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March 15, 2021, 12:18 PM
Google loses at least $5 billion in lawsuit
A judge ruled the tech giant must face a class-action lawsuit claiming it tracks data even when users browse in "incognito" mode.
March 15, 2021, 12:18 PM
March 4, 2021, 3:53 PM
Google plans to stop selling ads based on users' search history
Amid growing privacy concerns, the company plans to abandon tracking technologies that identify users across multiple websites.
March 4, 2021, 3:53 PM
March 3, 2021, 7:15 PM
Google ends sale of ads using individual web tracking data
Google says it won’t develop new ways to follow individual users across the internet after it phases out existing ad-tracking technology from Chrome browsers
March 3, 2021, 7:15 PM
1 month ago
Google Maps will now allow users to pay their parking meter through the app
The contact-free feature will be available in 400 cities. It will be starting on Android and expanding to Apple.
1 month ago
1 month ago
Australia says Google, Facebook close to media pay deals
Australia creating laws that would force digital giants to finance journalism.
1 month ago
1 month ago
Girl battles it out with family's Google Home device
All Julia, 2, wants to hear is 'Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" but the smart device isn't having it.
1 month ago
1 month ago
Google to pay $3.8 million over alleged discrimination against women, Asians
Google will pay more than $3.8 million to settle allegations of pay and hiring discrimination that disadvantaged women and Asian workers, the Department of Labor said.
1 month ago
2 months ago
Regulator says Australia must address Google ad dominance
Australia’s competition watchdog says a lack of competition for Google and a lack of transparency in the digital advertising supply chain need to be addressed because they are impacting publishers, advertisers and consumers
2 months ago
2 months ago
Google pledges $150 million towards vaccine education and equitable distribution
Google on Monday announced a series of steps the company was taking to support the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
2 months ago
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Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia
Google is threatening to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government proceeds with plans to make tech giants pay for news content
2 months ago
2 months ago
Trump's pardon blitz keeps ex-Google exec out of prison
A long-running Silicon Valley soap opera has taken an unexpected twist after outgoing President Donald Trump pardoned a former Google engineer
2 months ago
2 months ago
After top staff exodus, Texas AG seeks $43M for Google suit
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is seeking $43 million in taxpayer money to pay outside lawyers to lead a 10-state antitrust lawsuit against Google
2 months ago
2 months ago
'This is historic': Hundreds of Google employees to form union
Hundreds of employees at Google announced the formation of a union on Monday.
2 months ago
3 months ago
Google's antitrust case won't go to trial until Sept. 2023
The U.S. government’s attempt to prove Google has been using its dominance of online search to stifle competition and innovation at the expense of consumers and advertisers won’t go to trial for nearly three years
3 months ago
3 months ago
EU clears Google's $2.1B takeover of Fitbit, with conditions
EU regulators cleared Google’s plan to buy fitness tracking device maker Fitbit after the company promised to silo off user data and not use it for advertising
3 months ago
3 months ago
Google hit with new antitrust lawsuit from 38 state attorneys general
A bipartisan coalition of 38 state attorneys general announced a new lawsuit against Google Thursday, alleging anticompetitive conduct.
3 months ago
3 months ago
New anti-trust lawsuit accuses Google of overcharging for advertising
In a separate suit, the Justice Department claimed, "Google has a monopoly over search services."
3 months ago
3 months ago
Ten states sue Google for 'anti-competitive' online ad sales
Ten states have brought a lawsuit against Google, accusing the search giant of “anti-competitive conduct” in the online advertising industry including a deal to manipulate sales with rival Facebook
3 months ago
3 months ago
Google has 2nd outage in 2 days
About 18,000 Gmail users were affected in the latest outage.
3 months ago
3 months ago
Google blames internal storage issue for worldwide outage
More than two dozen of its services crashed Monday morning, including YouTube and Gmail.
3 months ago
3 months ago
Google experiences massive outage
The widespread outage hit Gmail, YouTube and Google Classroom Monday morning in a number of countries.
3 months ago
3 months ago
Google released the most searched terms this year
"Coronavirus" is the most searched with the second and third most searched terms in 2020 being "election results" and "Kobe Bryant."
3 months ago
3 months ago
Gmail, YouTube down briefly as Google suffers brief outage
Google users in the U.S., Europe, India and other parts of the world were briefly unable to access their Gmail accounts, watch YouTube videos or get to their online documents
3 months ago
3 months ago
Georgia runoff election ads can start running on Google platforms after company lifts ban
On Thursday, Google will lift its ban on political ads, opening the door for a flood of Georgia Senate runoffs ads that haven't been allowed since polls closed Nov. 3.
3 months ago
4 months ago
Google faces UK scrutiny over new advertising data revamp
Google faces fresh regulatory scrutiny in Britain over plans to revamp its ad data system, after a group of competitors complained to regulators that the changes would cement the U.S. tech giant’s online dominance
4 months ago
4 months ago
Turkey fines Google for abusing market dominance
Turkish regulators have fined Google 196.7 million Turkish liras ($25.5 million) for allegedly abusing its market dominance in online searches
4 months ago
4 months ago
Google ad costs, not its alleged monopoly, irks businesses
Monopoly or not, small business owners’ biggest complaint about Google is that its advertising policies favor companies with big marketing budgets
4 months ago
5 months ago
Italian regulator investigates Google over digital ads
Italian regulators opened an investigation Wednesday into Google over alleged abuse of its dominant role in the country’s online ad market, adding to the global scrutiny that the Silicon Valley company is facing
5 months ago
5 months ago
DOJ files major antitrust suit against Google
The Justice Department filed an a major antitrust lawsuit against Google Tuesday, challenging the giant tech company's dominance of the web browsing sector.
5 months ago
5 months ago
US Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Google
The DOJ accuses the tech giant of illegally controlling search and stifling competition, saying they are the “monopoly gatekeeper for the internet.”
5 months ago
6 months ago
Google pledges $1 billion over 3 years to pay news publishers for content
Google has announced a $1 billion investment over three years to start paying news publishers for content.
6 months ago
6 months ago
Google to pay $1 billion over 3 years for news content
Google says it will pay publishers $1 billion over the next three years for their news content
6 months ago
6 months ago
Google’s 2020 all-virtual event
Google is expected to unveil its Pixel 5 smartphone and new smart speakers.
6 months ago
6 months ago
Google helps people without college degrees get jobs
Google is offering “career certificates” that are six-month courses and can fast track you into high demand jobs like web developer or data analyst.
6 months ago
6 months ago
Google parent agrees to $310M misconduct lawsuit settlement
Google's parent company has reached a $310 million settlement in a shareholder lawsuit over its treatment of allegations of sexual misconduct by executives
6 months ago
6 months ago
Google receives $25M tax break from Nevada to build facility
Officials say Google will receive more than $25 million in tax breaks after pledging an additional $600 million for a new data center in southern Nevada
6 months ago
6 months ago
Google faces possible federal antitrust charges
Attorney General William Barr overruled federal lawyers who requested more time to build their case.
6 months ago
7 months ago
Google says Australians could lose free search services
Google is warning that the Australian government’s plan to make digital giants pay for news content threatens users’ free services in Australia and could result in their data being given to media organizations
7 months ago
7 months ago
Apple, Google remove Fortnite from app stores
The game with 350 million users is gone from the Apple app store after the developer Epic Games implemented an in-app system that circumvents the typical 30% fee structure.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Class-action lawsuit finalized for former Google+ users
Customers can get a portion of the $7.5 million settlement by filing a claim.
7 months ago
7 months ago
Ex-Google exec sent to prison for stealing robocar secrets
A former Google engineer who helped steer the company’s self-driving car project has been sentenced to 18 months in prison
7 months ago
7 months ago
Google unveils budget Pixel phone as pandemic curbs spending
Google has started selling its long-delayed budget smartphone
7 months ago
7 months ago
Google is set to drop Pixel 4a
Reports say users should expect a 5.8 inch screen.
7 months ago
8 months ago
Google employees will work from home until next summer
This is the first U.S. firm to push its office return to the second half of 2021.
8 months ago
8 months ago
Australian watchdog accuses Google of privacy breaches
Australia’s consumer watchdog has launched court action against Google alleging the technology giant misled account holders about its use of their personal data
8 months ago
8 months ago
Australian watchdog accuses Google of privacy breaches
Australia’s consumer watchdog has launched court action against Google alleging the technology giant misled account holders about its use of their personal data
8 months ago
8 months ago
Advocacy groups try to stop Google’s Fitbit acquisition
Plus: Kobe Bryant's image will be featured on the cover of upcoming "Mamba Forever" 2K21 games and Captain America’s available in the Fortnite store.
8 months ago
9 months ago
Google to start paying some news publishers for content
Google says it will start paying some news publishers for their journalistic content, in a deal that could ease tensions between the internet search giant and the beleagured news industry
9 months ago
9 months ago
Google Maps issues new updates as cities reopen
Plus, Twitter is looking to bring back its account verification program and Denver International Airport is testing new technology to prevent the spread of the coronavirus through the summer.
9 months ago
9 months ago
New Google app visualizes social distancing guidelines using augmented reality
Google Sodar uses your phone’s camera to help you see what a 6-foot distance from another person looks like.
9 months ago