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For third time Google delays phase-out of third-party Chrome cookies after pushback from industry and British regulator
Another 20 staff have been fired by Google over Israel protest and their “completely unacceptable behaviour”
Google removes benefits requirements for contract firms as US labour board seeks to force union negotiations
AI push sees Alphabet's Google saying it will consolidate its AI teams in its Research and DeepMind divisions
Protest at cloud contract with Israel results in staff firings, in addition to layoffs of unspecified number of employees
Consequences of Assembly Bill 886. Google begins removing California news websites from some search results
British competition regulator has “real concerns” regarding AI foundation models controlled by small number of firms
US and Japan to be connected by two new subsea Google cables, amid possible AUKUS alliance expansion to include Japan
Google announced first ARM-based CPU Google Axion, as well as upgraded TPU AI chips, but it won't be selling them…
Google sues two alleged scammers who uploaded 87 different fraudulent apps to Play Store to support romance fraud
Google now showing AI-powered search summaries to some logged-in UK users, in expansion of test that began almost a year…
Amidst antitrust scrutiny, Alphabet reportedly plans on making an offer for HubSpot to bolster CRM and cloud position
Finally on the way? Google webpage briefly indicates that Apple will bring RCS to the iPhone by Autumn this year
Lawsuit settlement. Google agrees to destroy billions of private or “incognito” mode records as part of lawsuit settlement
Relief for Apple, Samsung etc after smartphone shipments are predicted to recover in 2024, as inflation eases
Amazon completes its $4bn investment into AI firm Anthropic, after providing an additional $2.75bn in funding
EU launches probe into Apple, Google and Meta's competition practices under new DMA rules as pressure mounts on tech giants
Another stiff fine against Google from French officials – this time 250 million euros for breaching IP rules to train…
Apple reportedly in talks with Google to use Gemini for generative AI tasks on iPhones in potentially major win for…
Alphabet's Waymo division to offer free rides in Los Angeles, as it confirms expansion into four major cities later this…
Search engine giant to restrict election-related queries that users can ask Gemini chatbot, after restriction applied in US, India
US arrest software engineer for allegedly stealing AI tech from Google, while secretly working for two Chinese firms
Engineer alleges Microsoft's Copilot Designer is creating vulgar, sexual and violent content, and has written to the SEC
European publishers sue Google for billions, over alleged financial losses due to Google's digital advertising practices
Reddit users, moderators express scepticism about IPO plans for company as it licenses content to Google for AI training
Google says Gmail 'here to stay' after fake email message viewed millions of times on social media
Image generation of historical people by Gemini (aka Bard) AI model is to be halted, amid inaccuracy criticisms
India looks set to begin manufacturing another flagship smartphone, with Google moving Pixel production away from China
Google and Environmental Defense Fund partner up to track down sources of methane emissions from outer space
Bard becomes Gemini, as Google rebrands chatbot and launches monthly subscription for access to more powerful AI system