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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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  YouTube Creators Get New Option to Allow Third-Party AI Firms to Train Models on Their Videos

  YouTube announced a new update on Monday that will allow content creators on the platform more control over third-party artificial intelligence (AI) training. The move comes after the video-streaming giant introduced new tools to protect creators from deepfakes that imitate their likenesses, including their faces and voices. The new option will let...

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  Turkey Fines Google $75 Million For Violating Competition Law

  Turkey's competition authority has fined Google $75 million, for taking advantage of its dominant position in the AD server services market, the regulator said in a statement on Friday.

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  Rivals Criticise Google's Search Result Changes, Call for EU Antitrust Charges

  Over 20 price comparison websites across Europe have proposed changes to its search results, saying they still fail to comply with EU tech rules. The DMA prohibits it from favouring its products and services on its platform.

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  Google Reportedly Developing Motion Cues Feature to Tackle Vehicle Motion Sickness

  Google might be developing a new feature to tackle potential motion sickness when using Android smartphones in vehicles during transit, according to a report. It is said to have been discovered during an APK teardown of the latest version of the Google Play Services app. While third-party apps to prevent car sickness are available on the Google Pla...

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  Google's December Pixel Feature Drop Rolls Out With Improvements to Gemini and More

  Google has rolled out the December Pixel Feature Drop update for compatible Pixel devices. Apart from including the latest security patch, the update introduces new ways of using Gemini, which include getting more personalised responses, accessing more apps and services, and taking advantage of smarter replies when using Call Screen. The update a...

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  'Martial Law' Most-Searched Word On Google In South Korea

  The Korean term for "martial law" was the most-searched word on Google in South Korea on Wednesday, following President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived declaration of martial law.

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  Proposed Australia Law Would Fine Big Tech Over Digital Competition

  Australia's centre-left Labor government has targeted Big Tech's influence, and parliament passed a law last week that banned social media for children aged under 16.

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  Gemini App for Android and iOS Now Available to Google Workspace Users

  Gemini app for Android and iOS is now available for Google Workspace users, the company announced on Wednesday. With this, Workspace users can access the Gemini mobile app as a core service and use it for organisational tasks. Earlier, these users could only access Gemini capabilities on the web and within certain apps such as Google Docs or Gmail.

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  Google Appoints Ex-Apple Executive Mitul Shah To Lead Pixel Business

  Google has roped in the former head of consumer sales at Apple India Mitul Shah to lead its Pixel smartphone devices and services business in the country, according to a social media post.

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  Google to Tweak Search Results in Europe After Rivals Complained

  Google plans to make adjustments to displaying search results on its platform in Europe after some smaller rivals complained about lower traffic to their sites. Under the EU Digital Markets Act (DMA), Google is prohibited from favouring its products and services on its platform.

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  Google Messages Rolls Out Merged Camera and Gallery UI, Adds Image Quality Selection in Beta: Report

  Google Messages has rolled out a redesigned user interface (UI) for sending photos and videos via rich communication services (RCS) that merges the camera viewfinder and the gallery picker, according to a report. Instead of the combined view including the camera UI, up to four recent images, and the folders option, the viewfinder now takes up most ...

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  Google Launches AI Feature To Provide Real-Time Air Quality Info On Maps

  In a bid to combat the rising air pollution woes of India, tech giant Google on Wednesday launched Air View+ -- an artificial intelligence-based solution that can help the government and the people with useful hyperlocal air quality information.

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  Google Shielded Email Feature Reportedly in Development; Could Help Users Hide Email Addresses

  Google is reportedly working on Shielded Email, a new feature that could protect user privacy while using apps that ask for their email address. The new Shielded Email feature could allow users to share email address 'aliases' when signing up for apps or newsletters and might work similarly to Apple's Hide My Email service that is available to iClo...

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  Make Google A "Trusted Source" In US Election: Sundar Pichai To Employees

  As the White House race entered the crucial counting stage, Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai told employees to make sure that "the products we build" are "a trusted source of information to people of every background and belief."