Year in Google Search 2024 words, people, events
Google Search: Punctual as Christmas in December, Google's report summarises which terms were the most clicked on on the year on the globe's most popular search engine. Big G works by divisions, separating searches between the various countries and listing
Google tests removing ‘News’ in 8 EU countries, igniting backlash
Tech behemoth Google recently announced a time-limited experiment to omit European Union news publishers from its search and news platforms. The test has been met with significant opposition, particularly in France. According to Google, the experiment measures the impact of EU
The world’s most expensive fine, which will never be paid
The most expensive fine in the world is so high that the figure is difficult to pronounce and impossible to imagine. It is the one Russia has imposed on Google, and it corresponds to 20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 dollars. To simplify, this is
Google complains to EU over Microsoft cloud practices
By Philip Blenkinsop BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google filed a complaint to the European Commission on Wednesday against what it said were Microsoft's anti-competitive practices to lock customers into Microsoft's cloud platform Azure. Google, whose biggest cloud computing rivals are Microsoft
Ex-Google exec said goal was to ‘crush’ competition, trial evidence shows
By Jody Godoy ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (Reuters) - A Google executive told colleagues the goal for the company's then-nascent online advertising business in 2009 was to "crush" rival advertising networks, according to evidence prosecutors presented at the tech titan's antitrust trial on
Top EU privacy regulator opens probe into Google’s AI compliance
By Padraic Halpin DUBLIN (Reuters) - Google's lead EU privacy regulator opened an inquiry on Thursday into whether the search engine giant adequately protected European Union users' personal data before using it to help develop its foundational AI Model. Ireland's Data Protection
Google abusing power over website ads, UK regulator says
By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's antitrust regulator said on Friday it had provisionally found Alphabet's Google had abused its dominant position in digital advertising to restrict competition. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said it believed Google was using anti-competitive
Google search monopoly US case remedies to come by December
By Jody Godoy (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Justice plans to issue an outline by December on what Alphabet's Google must do to restore competition after a judge earlier found the company illegally monopolized the market for online search, prosecutors
EU regulators to seek feedback on Google’s compliance proposals to avert charges
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union antitrust regulators will seek feedback next week on Google's proposals to comply with tech rules aimed at promoting fair competition, people with direct knowledge of the matter said on Wednesday, which could