Match, Indian startups call for antitrust probe of Google in-app billing fee
By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Tinder-owner Match Group and Indian startups have asked the country’s competition body to investigate Alphabet’s Google for alleged non-compliance with an antitrust directive…
Google says Microsoft cloud practices are anti-competitive
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google Cloud has accused Microsoft of anti-competitive cloud computing practices and criticised imminent deals with several European cloud vendors, saying these do…
Tech giants from Google to TikTok face tougher EU rules
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Tech giants including Facebook, Google, Twitter and TikTok face stricter online content rules in the European Union due to their huge number of…
MusicLM, Google’s AI that turns text into music
Google announced that it has developed MusicLM, an artificial intelligence capable of creating music from a textual request. Following the success of ChatGPT, which brought textual generative AI to the fore, huge…
YouTube CEO Wojcicki, one of the first Google employees, steps down
By Yuvraj Malik and Nivedita Balu (Reuters) – YouTube Chief Executive and one of the first Google employees, Susan Wojcicki, is stepping down from her role at the tech giant…
U.S. targets Google’s online ad business monopoly in latest Big Tech lawsuit
By Diane Bartz and David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department accused Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday of abusing its dominance in digital advertising, threatening to dismantle a…
Google-backed ShareChat cuts 20% of workforce
By Aditya Kalra BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s ShareChat, a short video-sharing platform backed by Google and Temasek, said on Monday it let go of around 20% of its employees, as…
Google set to challenge India Android antitrust ruling at Supreme Court-sources
By Aditi Shah and Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Google is preparing to approach India’s Supreme Court within days to try to block a ruling by the country’s antitrust…
Google Ad Manager outage costs big websites ad sales
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – A Google service relied upon by many large websites to sell and display ads was down for about three hours Thursday, denying major…
Google Pixel Watch faces hurdles with economy, no iPhone support
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Google Pixel Watch, smartwatch will go on sale Oct. 13 for $350, the Alphabet Inc unit said on Thursday, taking on a field…