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Google won’t make Indian developers use its billing system
Google is pausing enforcement of a policy requiring app developers in India to use its proprietary billing system for selling digital goods after a CCI ruling. Read more…
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South Korea bill could make content firms pay network fees
South Korea’s parliament sees heated debate over proposed legislation to make global content providers such as Netflix and Google pay local network fees. Read more…
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India fines Google $162mn for anti-competitive practices
India’s competition regulator ordered Google to change its approach to its Android platform and fined the company $161.95mn for anti-competitive practices. Read more…
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Google pressured by India to police illegal lending apps
Google has been asked by the Indian government and the RBI to introduce more stringent checks to help curb the use of illegal digital lending apps in India. Read more…
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Korea levies massive fines on Google and Meta over privacy
South Korea has levied tens of millions of dollars in fines on Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms for privacy law violations. Read more…
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Google looks to shift some Pixel production out of China
Google is exploring the possibility of moving some production of its Pixel smartphones from China to India amid Covid-19 lockdowns and US-China tensions. Read more…
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Google India allows fantasy sports on Play Store (for now)
Google will launch a pilot permitting fantasy sports apps and rummy games on Play Store in India, changing its stance on disallowing real-money fantasy games. Read more…
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Jio teams with Google to make budget 5G phone
India’s Reliance Jio says it is working with Google to launch a budget 5G phone as it laid out a $25 billion plan for introducing 5G services within two months. Read more…
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Google’s quantum computer skunked by ordinary algorithm
Three years ago, Google’s Sycamore quantum computer solved a problem no ordinary computer could do. Now an ordinary computer has in fact done it. Read more…
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Google cleared of defamation by Australia’s High Court
Australia’s highest court has overturned a ruling that had found Google engaged in defamation by supplying a link to a contested newspaper article. Read more…
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Google has robot waiters, but you can’t have one (yet)
Google has developed robot waiters that combine physical robots with virtual chatbots to help its employees fetch soda and chips from break rooms. Read more…
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Australian court orders Google to pay for misleading users
Australia’s Federal Court orders Google to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on the collection of their personal location data. Read more…
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LaMDA isn’t sentient – actually, it’s not even close
A Google researcher says its LaMDA language model has become sentient. But all available evidence indicates that AI remains as dumb as ever. Read more…
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Google asks to integrate shopping services with India’s ONDC
Google is in talks with the Indian government to integrate its shopping services with the country’s open e-commerce network ONDC Read more…
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African subsea cables controlled by Big Tech – what could go wrong?
Google and Meta’s African subsea networks are raising questions about how much control Big Tech should have over internet infrastructure. Read more…
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Google will have another go at AR glasses – this time, with subtitles
A decade after the infamous debut of Google Glass, Google previews glasses at I/O that display translations of conversations in real time. Read more…
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Travellers in APAC are seeking tech-driven experiences
Travellers in APAC are zeroing in on destinations in the region that offer digital experiences that are safe, contactless, and easy to book. Read more…
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Google is struggling with internal battle over AI research for chip design
Google recently fired a senior engineering manager who was trying to discredit landmark research by his own colleagues on AI software. Read more…
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Russia demands Google stop spreading threats via YouTube
Russia has demanded that Google stop spreading what it called threats against Russian citizens on its YouTube video-sharing platform. Read more…
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Moscow struggles against social media giants to control Ukraine narrative
Moscow ramps up efforts to control the Ukraine narrative as Meta and Google put restrictions on Russia’s state-controlled media outlets. Read more…
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