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Google Urges DOJ to Reverse Course on Breaking Up Company
Representatives for the Alphabet unit asked the government in a meeting last week to take a less aggressive stance as the US looks to end what a judge ruled to be an illegal online search monopoly, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the private deliberations.
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Canada Regulator to Impose Fee on Google For Online News Law's Operating Costs
The imposition of the levy on Google comes at a time of increased tension between Canada and the United States over trade, border security, and a digital services tax on US technology firms.
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Google Said to be Facing EU Charges of Breaching Big Tech Rules
Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech. One probe focuses on whether Google favours its vertical search engines such as Google Shopping, Google Flights and Google Hotels over rivals, and whether it discriminates against third-party services on Google search results.
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Google Offers to Loosen Search Deals With Apple, Other Firms in US Antitrust Case Remedy
Google urged US District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington to move cautiously in deciding what the company must do to restore competition, after his ruling that the company holds an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising.
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WhatsApp Wins Ruling Against NSO Group as US Court Finds It Liable for Pegasus Spyware Hack
WhatsApp claimed a legal win over the NSO Group, the makers of the Pegasus spyware, on Friday. A US District Court judge ruled in favour of the Meta-owned platform and found that the Israeli company is liable for hacking 1,400 individuals’ devices and infecting them with spyware via the instant messaging platform’s servers.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) Launches Automated Reasoning Checks in Preview to Combat AI Hallucinations
Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a new service at its ongoing re:Invent conference that will help enterprises reduce instances of artificial intelligence (AI) hallucination. Launched on Monday, the Automated Reasoning checks tool is available in preview and can be found within the Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. The company claimed that the tool mathe...
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Google’s Chrome Worth Up to $20 Billion If Judge Orders Sale
Chrome browser could go for as much as $20 billion if a judge agrees to a Justice Department proposal to sell the business. Antitrust officials, along with states that have joined the case, also plan to recommend Wednesday that federal judge Amit Mehta impose data licensing requirements.
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DOJ Said to Push Google to Sell Chrome to Break Search Monopoly
The US DOJ has decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser. The department will ask the judge, who ruled in August that Google illegally monopolised the search market, to require measures related to artificial intelligence and its Android smartphone operating system.
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Google Wants US Judge's App Store Ruling Put on Hold
In a court filing on Friday night, Google said US District Judge James Donato’s injunction order, which goes into effect on November 1, would harm the company and introduce "serious safety, security, and privacy risks into the Android ecosystem."
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Apple Accused of Restricting Workers' Slack, Social Media Use by US Labor Board
Apple has been accused by the US National Labor Relations board of interfering with workers' rights to collectively advocate for better working conditions by restricting their use of Slack. The NLRB complaint also alleges that the iPhone maker illegally fired an employee who advocated for workplace changes on Slack, and made another worker delete a...
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US Judge Says Elon Musk's X Must Face Class Action Age Bias Claims Over Mass Layoff
A US District Judge has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired the company can sue for age discrimination.
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US Considers Breaking Up Google in Rare Antitrust Move
The US department of justice is considering breaking up Google after a court ruling recently said the company has monopolised the online search market. The move would be Washington’s first push to dismantle a company for illegal monopolisation since unsuccessful efforts to break up Microsoft two decades ago.
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Google Antitrust Ruling Could Put $20 Billion at Risk for Apple: Report
A US judge has recently ruled that Alphabet-owned Google was operating an illegal monopoly in the web search sector. Google pays Apple $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1,67,890 crore) annually, or about 36 percent of what it earns from search advertising made through the Safari browser. If the deal is undone, Apple could take a 4-6 percent hit to its prof...
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Meta Charged by EU for Breaching Tech Rules With Its Pay or Consent Advertising Model
Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the US company's newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and activists' ire.
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US Reinstates Open Internet Rules Quashed Under Trump Administration
The US Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to reinstate tougher rules to guarantee open access to the internet, reversing a decision made during the Trump administration.
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Google Urges DOJ to Reverse Course on Breaking Up Company
Representatives for the Alphabet unit asked the government in a meeting last week to take a less aggressive stance as the US looks to end what a judge ruled to be an illegal online search monopoly, said the people, who asked not to be identified discussing the private deliberations.
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Canada Regulator to Impose Fee on Google For Online News Law's Operating Costs
The imposition of the levy on Google comes at a time of increased tension between Canada and the United States over trade, border security, and a digital services tax on US technology firms.
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Google Said to be Facing EU Charges of Breaching Big Tech Rules
Google is set to be charged with breaching EU rules aimed at checking the power of Big Tech. One probe focuses on whether Google favours its vertical search engines such as Google Shopping, Google Flights and Google Hotels over rivals, and whether it discriminates against third-party services on Google search results.
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Google Offers to Loosen Search Deals With Apple, Other Firms in US Antitrust Case Remedy
Google urged US District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington to move cautiously in deciding what the company must do to restore competition, after his ruling that the company holds an illegal monopoly in online search and related advertising.
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WhatsApp Wins Ruling Against NSO Group as US Court Finds It Liable for Pegasus Spyware Hack
WhatsApp claimed a legal win over the NSO Group, the makers of the Pegasus spyware, on Friday. A US District Court judge ruled in favour of the Meta-owned platform and found that the Israeli company is liable for hacking 1,400 individuals’ devices and infecting them with spyware via the instant messaging platform’s servers.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS) Launches Automated Reasoning Checks in Preview to Combat AI Hallucinations
Amazon Web Services (AWS) launched a new service at its ongoing re:Invent conference that will help enterprises reduce instances of artificial intelligence (AI) hallucination. Launched on Monday, the Automated Reasoning checks tool is available in preview and can be found within the Amazon Bedrock Guardrails. The company claimed that the tool mathe...
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Google’s Chrome Worth Up to $20 Billion If Judge Orders Sale
Chrome browser could go for as much as $20 billion if a judge agrees to a Justice Department proposal to sell the business. Antitrust officials, along with states that have joined the case, also plan to recommend Wednesday that federal judge Amit Mehta impose data licensing requirements.
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DOJ Said to Push Google to Sell Chrome to Break Search Monopoly
The US DOJ has decided to ask a judge to force Alphabet Inc.’s Google to sell off its Chrome browser. The department will ask the judge, who ruled in August that Google illegally monopolised the search market, to require measures related to artificial intelligence and its Android smartphone operating system.
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Google Wants US Judge's App Store Ruling Put on Hold
In a court filing on Friday night, Google said US District Judge James Donato’s injunction order, which goes into effect on November 1, would harm the company and introduce "serious safety, security, and privacy risks into the Android ecosystem."
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Apple Accused of Restricting Workers' Slack, Social Media Use by US Labor Board
Apple has been accused by the US National Labor Relations board of interfering with workers' rights to collectively advocate for better working conditions by restricting their use of Slack. The NLRB complaint also alleges that the iPhone maker illegally fired an employee who advocated for workplace changes on Slack, and made another worker delete a...
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US Judge Says Elon Musk's X Must Face Class Action Age Bias Claims Over Mass Layoff
A US District Judge has ruled that roughly 150 older workers who were laid off by social media platform X when Elon Musk acquired the company can sue for age discrimination.
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US Considers Breaking Up Google in Rare Antitrust Move
The US department of justice is considering breaking up Google after a court ruling recently said the company has monopolised the online search market. The move would be Washington’s first push to dismantle a company for illegal monopolisation since unsuccessful efforts to break up Microsoft two decades ago.
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Google Antitrust Ruling Could Put $20 Billion at Risk for Apple: Report
A US judge has recently ruled that Alphabet-owned Google was operating an illegal monopoly in the web search sector. Google pays Apple $20 billion (roughly Rs. 1,67,890 crore) annually, or about 36 percent of what it earns from search advertising made through the Safari browser. If the deal is undone, Apple could take a 4-6 percent hit to its prof...
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Meta Charged by EU for Breaching Tech Rules With Its Pay or Consent Advertising Model
Meta Platforms was charged by EU antitrust regulators on Monday for failing to comply with landmark tech rules as they took aim at the US company's newly introduced pay or consent advertising model, already the target of privacy regulators and activists' ire.
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US Reinstates Open Internet Rules Quashed Under Trump Administration
The US Federal Communications Commission voted on Thursday to reinstate tougher rules to guarantee open access to the internet, reversing a decision made during the Trump administration.
