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DOJ indicates it's considering Google breakup following monopoly ruling
It comes after a U.S. judge found Google guilty of holding a monopoly in general search.
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Google begins its defense in antitrust case alleging monopoly over advertising technology
Google has opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.
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Going once, going twice: Google's millisecond ad auctions are the focus of monopoly claim
An ongoing trial may determine whether Google holds an illegal monopoly on the technology used to buy and sell certain types of advertising on web pages.
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Google loses antitrust case over search
Google has illegally held a monopoly in search and text advertising, a federal judge ruled on Monday
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Google announces steps to combat nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes
The announcement comes after mounting scrutiny on Google for their role in perpetuating the spread of deepfakes.
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YouTube toughens policy on gun videos and young users; critics say proof will be in enforcement
YouTube is changing its rules to try to keep younger users from seeing potentially harmful firearm videos.
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Google wants judge, not jury, to decide upcoming antitrust case in Virginia
Google is asking that a federal judge, rather than a jury, decide whether it violated U.S. antitrust laws by building a monopoly on the technology that powers online advertising.
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Google unveils overhauled search with AI-enhanced results. Here's what to know
The makeover announced by Google will begin this week in the U.S. Here’s everything you need to know.
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Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government
Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.
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Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in cloud chief's office
Nine Google workers were arrested Tuesday after sit-in protests, including a nine-hour sit-in at Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office in Sunnyvale.
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Google to purge billions of files containing personal data in settlement of Chrome privacy case
Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser.
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Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fool's Day joke
Google decided to unveil something no one would believe was possible 20 years ago on April Fool’s Day. It was Gmail, a free service.
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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies
The Justice Department says a former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China.
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Google cracking down on cookies to improve user privacy
Have you ever looked at a pair of shoes on the internet and then started seeing ads about those shoes popping up everywhere? That’s the work of cookies. The technology stores and tracks information between website visits and is widely used by companies to sell more targeted advertisements. If you use Google Chrome, those ads will get a little...
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Google settles $5 billion lawsuit claiming it spied on users using ‘incognito mode'
Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use.
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Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google over Android app store monopoly
A federal court jury has decided that Google’s Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire.
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Here are the top Google searches of 2023
Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived.
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What did you Google in 2023? ‘Barbie,' Israel-Hamas war are among the year's top internet searches
Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world’s. On Monday, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries.
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Google set to start deleting ‘inactive' accounts Friday: Here's how to save yours
You’re going to want to act now if you want to keep an old Google account. Starting Friday, the company will start deleting inactive accounts. That includes all their contents, like emails, photos, YouTube videos and Google Drive files. It may be an account you set up to receive newsletters or things you didn’t want to use your primary...
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Google to delete inactive accounts
If you have an old Google account that you haven’t used in a while, it may be deleted if you don’t log in now.