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Google Maps To Rename "Gulf of Mexico" To "Gulf of America", But With A Catch
The "Gulf of Mexico" will be shown as the "Gulf of America" to Google Maps users in the United States after the name change ordered by the Trump Administration is officially updated on the federal mapping database.
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EU Said to Reassess Tech Probes into Apple, Google, Meta
The European Commission is reevaluating its probes into tech giants. Apple, Meta, and Google are among tech giants that have urged US President-elect Trump to challenge European Union's regulatory scrutiny against them.
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Google Must Face Mobile Phone Privacy Class Action, Possible Trial
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected users' personal data. Users of Android and non-Android mobile devices accused Google of invading their privacy and violating a California law against unauthorised fraudulent computer access by intercepting and saving their personal browsing histories w...
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Google's Proposed Search Result Changes Get Thumbs Up from EU Airlines
Google's proposed changes to its search results to comply with EU tech legislation has received the thumbs up from lobbying group Airlines for Europe. The search engine giant is trying to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which prohibits it from favouring its own products and services on its platform.
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Japan's Antitrust Watchdog to Find Google Violated Law in Search Case: Report
The Japan Fair Trade Commission(JFTC) will soon issue a cease and desist order asking Google to halt its monopolistic practices, a report by Nikkei said.
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Vladimir Putin Blames YouTube For Slowing Speeds In Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blamed Alphabet's YouTube for slowing speeds on the video hosting platform in Russia and said Google must comply with Russian law if it wants to continue operating in Russia.
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Google's Biggest Bet Is Applying AI to Its Search Business, Says Alphabet Investment Chief
Applying AI to the search business that made Google a household name remains the largest gambit for the company, Ruth Porat, Alphabet's president and chief investment officer, said at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York on Tuesday.
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How Sundar Pichai's AI Vision Meshed With Elon Musk's Starship Ambitions
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet, engaged with his Tesla counterpart Elon Musk after the announcement of Google's latest quantum computing advancement, Willow.
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Google Says it Has Cracked a Quantum Computing Challenge with New Chip
Google on Monday said that it has overcome a key challenge in quantum computing with a new generation of chip, solving a computing problem in five minutes that would take a classical computer more time than the history of the universe.
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Uber Launches First Robotaxi Service Outside of US in Abu Dhabi
Uber Technologies has begun offering its first autonomous rides outside the US in Abu Dhabi, making good on an earlier partnership struck with Chinese vehicle partner WeRide.
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Canada's Antitrust Watchdog Sues Google Over Alleged Anti-Competitive Conduct in Advertising
Canada's Competition Bureau is suing Alphabet's Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising. The Competition Bureau, in a statement, said it had filed an application with the Competition Tribunal seeking an order that, among other things, requires Google to sell two of its ad tech tools.
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Google's Key Argument In Monopoly Lawsuit Falls Flat With US Judge
A federal judge threw cold water on one of Alphabet Inc.'s key arguments in a Department of Justice lawsuit over allegations that Google monopolized advertising technology.
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Researchers Find Evidence of the Oldest Alphabetic Writing in Human History in Syria
Clay cylinders bearing alphabetic inscriptions have been discovered in a 2400 BCE tomb at Tell Umm-el Marra, Syria. The find challenges prior beliefs about the origin and timeline of alphabetic writing, previously thought to have emerged around 1900 BCE in Egypt. The artefacts, unearthed by Johns Hopkins University researchers, include Early Bronze...
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World's Oldest Alphabet Writings Discovered In Syria, Archaeologists Claim
Long before alphabets came into existence, human civilisations used different means to communicate such as images and hieroglyphics.
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Google Must Sell Chrome to Restore Competition in Online Search, DOJ Argues
Alphabet's Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with rivals and take other measures - including possibly selling Android - to end its monopoly on online search, prosecutors argued to a judge on Wednesday.
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Google Maps To Rename "Gulf of Mexico" To "Gulf of America", But With A Catch
The "Gulf of Mexico" will be shown as the "Gulf of America" to Google Maps users in the United States after the name change ordered by the Trump Administration is officially updated on the federal mapping database.
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EU Said to Reassess Tech Probes into Apple, Google, Meta
The European Commission is reevaluating its probes into tech giants. Apple, Meta, and Google are among tech giants that have urged US President-elect Trump to challenge European Union's regulatory scrutiny against them.
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Google Must Face Mobile Phone Privacy Class Action, Possible Trial
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected users' personal data. Users of Android and non-Android mobile devices accused Google of invading their privacy and violating a California law against unauthorised fraudulent computer access by intercepting and saving their personal browsing histories w...
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Google's Proposed Search Result Changes Get Thumbs Up from EU Airlines
Google's proposed changes to its search results to comply with EU tech legislation has received the thumbs up from lobbying group Airlines for Europe. The search engine giant is trying to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which prohibits it from favouring its own products and services on its platform.
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Japan's Antitrust Watchdog to Find Google Violated Law in Search Case: Report
The Japan Fair Trade Commission(JFTC) will soon issue a cease and desist order asking Google to halt its monopolistic practices, a report by Nikkei said.
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Vladimir Putin Blames YouTube For Slowing Speeds In Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blamed Alphabet's YouTube for slowing speeds on the video hosting platform in Russia and said Google must comply with Russian law if it wants to continue operating in Russia.
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Google's Biggest Bet Is Applying AI to Its Search Business, Says Alphabet Investment Chief
Applying AI to the search business that made Google a household name remains the largest gambit for the company, Ruth Porat, Alphabet's president and chief investment officer, said at the Reuters NEXT conference in New York on Tuesday.
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How Sundar Pichai's AI Vision Meshed With Elon Musk's Starship Ambitions
Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Alphabet, engaged with his Tesla counterpart Elon Musk after the announcement of Google's latest quantum computing advancement, Willow.
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Google Says it Has Cracked a Quantum Computing Challenge with New Chip
Google on Monday said that it has overcome a key challenge in quantum computing with a new generation of chip, solving a computing problem in five minutes that would take a classical computer more time than the history of the universe.
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Uber Launches First Robotaxi Service Outside of US in Abu Dhabi
Uber Technologies has begun offering its first autonomous rides outside the US in Abu Dhabi, making good on an earlier partnership struck with Chinese vehicle partner WeRide.
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Canada's Antitrust Watchdog Sues Google Over Alleged Anti-Competitive Conduct in Advertising
Canada's Competition Bureau is suing Alphabet's Google over alleged anti-competitive conduct in online advertising. The Competition Bureau, in a statement, said it had filed an application with the Competition Tribunal seeking an order that, among other things, requires Google to sell two of its ad tech tools.
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Google's Key Argument In Monopoly Lawsuit Falls Flat With US Judge
A federal judge threw cold water on one of Alphabet Inc.'s key arguments in a Department of Justice lawsuit over allegations that Google monopolized advertising technology.
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Researchers Find Evidence of the Oldest Alphabetic Writing in Human History in Syria
Clay cylinders bearing alphabetic inscriptions have been discovered in a 2400 BCE tomb at Tell Umm-el Marra, Syria. The find challenges prior beliefs about the origin and timeline of alphabetic writing, previously thought to have emerged around 1900 BCE in Egypt. The artefacts, unearthed by Johns Hopkins University researchers, include Early Bronze...
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World's Oldest Alphabet Writings Discovered In Syria, Archaeologists Claim
Long before alphabets came into existence, human civilisations used different means to communicate such as images and hieroglyphics.
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Google Must Sell Chrome to Restore Competition in Online Search, DOJ Argues
Alphabet's Google must sell its Chrome browser, share data and search results with rivals and take other measures - including possibly selling Android - to end its monopoly on online search, prosecutors argued to a judge on Wednesday.
