Google Tries to Weasel Its Way Out of Trial in Ad Monopoly Case with Payoff
Google has reportedly offered to pay the full amount of monetary damages sought by the agency to the U.S. Department of Justice to prevent its ad monopoly case from being tried by a jury. register report Tech giant Google, the company facing an antitrust jury trial for allegedly monopolizing the online advertising market, has taken […]
Google testing ads in AI-powered search as news publishers warn of looming disaster
Google has announced plans to place advertising directly into its new AI-powered search results, stoking concerns from news publishers that the controversial overhaul of the world’s most popular search engine could deal a devastating blow to site traffic and advertising revenue. The tech giant plans to begin testing search and shopping ads within automatically generated […]
Google, Meta Among Big Tech Companies Challenging New York Child Safety Online Bills
Google and Meta lead a group of companies in a lobbying effort against two bills aimed at enhancing online safety for children, the New York Post reported Monday. The companies, alongside various advocacy groups and businesses from different sectors, have already spent $823,235 through mid-March to influence lawmakers, and this figure is expected to surpass […]
Google cuts check for DOJ while trying to dodge jury trial in digital ads lawsuit
Google has taken the odd step of paying the full damages offered by the U.S. government in order to avoid a risky jury trial in a Department of Justice lawsuit targeting its alleged monopoly in the digital advertising market. In a little-noticed court filing last week,Google said it cut a cashier’s check for a redacted […]
Google, Meta, OpenAI pledge to develop AI safely at global summit
Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI on Tuesday joined more than a dozen other companies at the forefront of developing artificial intelligence to ensure safety at a time when regulators are scrambling to respond to rapid innovation and new risks. He vowed to develop the technology. The second world conference included companies from China, South Korea […]
Google, Meta warned that undersea internet cables at risk for Chinese espionage: report
US national security officials have reportedly warned companies including Google and Meta that their undersea internet cables are at risk of being tampered with by Chinese-controlled repair ships. At the center of the concern is an undersea fiber-optic cable in the Pacific Ocean that is partly owned by Big Tech companies and is used to […]
Meta, Google leading nearly $1M lobbying fight to kill NY online child safety bills
Google and Meta are at the forefront of a fierce push to repeal a New York state bill aimed at protecting children online. And spending in the controversial lobbying battle is on track to exceed $1 million, the Post reported. A group of Big Tech companies, advocacy groups, and companies from other sectors has announced […]
7 things Google just announced that are worth keeping a close eye on
Google’s flagship developer conference, called I/O, ended with an interesting leap into how the tech giant plans to change the world. Here are the 7 biggest things we learned from Google at I/O 2024. Google is implementing AI into nearly every aspect of its products and services Google’s I/O 2024 conference (Google) Google’s I/O event […]
Google unveils AI-assisted Gmail features
With the help of smart technology, the future is bright for Google. After launching generated AI features on its popular search engine, Google has announced tech-savvy changes coming to its email service. Google I/O keynote speech on tuesday. Gmail has Approximately 1.8 billion users Aparna Pappu, vice president of Google Workspace, says new tools powered […]
Google rolls out AI update
Google announces new AI capabilities across search Google rolls out new services Artificial intelligence (AI) features in search functionality Other Google services are also available as the company competes with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, to stay on the cutting edge of AI technology. Google AI monitoringuses its latest Gemini model to provide more complete […]