Google, Justice Department make final arguments about whether search engine is a monopoly
The government and Google are making their closing arguments in a high-stakes antitrust trial to a federal judge in Washington who must now decide whether the tech giantโs search engine constitutes an illegal monopoly.
Fired Google workers ousted over Israeli contract protests file complaint with labor regulators
Dozens of Google workers who were fired after internal protests surrounding a lucrative contract that the internet company has with the Israeli government have filed a complaint with labor regulators in an attempt to get their jobs back.
Tech CEOs Altman, Nadella, Pichai and others join government AI safety board led by DHS' Mayorkas
The CEOs of leading U_S_ technology companies are joining a new artificial intelligence safety board to advise the federal government on how to protect the nationโs critical services from โAI-related disruptions.โ.
Google parent reports another quarter of robust growth, rolls out first-ever quarterly dividend
Googleโs corporate parent Alphabet Inc. has released a quarterly report showing itโs still reaping double-digit revenue gains from its digital advertising empire while sowing potentially lucrative new ground in artificial intelligence.
Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government
Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.
Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fools' Day joke
Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fools' Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago.
Apple, Google, Meta targeted under new European law meant to prevent cornering of digital markets
European Union regulators have opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta, in the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets that took effect earlier this month.
Google says its AI image-generator would sometimes 'overcompensate' for diversity
Google apologized Friday for its faulty rollout of a new artificial intelligence image-generator, acknowledging that in some cases the tool would โovercompensateโ in seeking a diverse range of people even when such a range didnโt make sense.
A beheading video was on YouTube for hours, raising questions about why it wasn't taken down sooner
A graphic video from a Pennsylvania man accused of beheading his father that circulated for hours on YouTube has put a spotlight yet again on gaps in social media companiesโ ability to prevent horrific postings from spreading across the web.
Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using 'incognito mode'
Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging it spied on people who used the โincognito" mode in its Chrome browser โ along with similar โprivateโ modes in other browsers โ to track their internet use.
Google to pay $700 million to US states, consumers in app store settlement
Google has agreed to pay $700 million and make several other concessions to settle allegations that it had been stifling competition against its Android app store โ the same issue that went to trial in another case that could result in even bigger changes.
Epic wins its antitrust lawsuit against the Play Store. What does this verdict mean for Google?
Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over barriers to its Android app store, as a federal court jury has decided that the companyโs payments system was anticompetitive and damaged smartphone consumers and software developers.
Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google over barriers to its Android app store
A federal court jury has decided that Googleโs Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire.
Google launches Gemini, upping the stakes in the global AI race
Google took its next leap in artificial intelligence Wednesday with the launch of project Gemini, an AI model trained to behave in human-like ways thatโs likely to intensify the debate about the technologyโs potential promise and perils.
Google CEO Sundar Pichai returns to court to defend internet company for second time in two weeks
Google CEO Sundar Pichai on Tuesday was summoned to federal court for the second time in two weeks to testify in an antitrust trial threatening to topple a pillar of an internet empire that he helped build.
Fortnite maker accuses Google of bullying and bribing to block competition to its Android app store
Google on Monday confronted the second major U.S. antitrust trial in two months to cast the internet powerhouse as a brazen bully that uses its immense wealth and peopleโs dependence on one of its main products to stifle competition at consumersโ expense.
Google's ad sales growth accelerated in 3Q, but investors are unimpressed with the performance
Googleโs digital advertising sales growth accelerated during the summer, advancing a recent revival that helped its corporate parent Alphabet Inc. to deliver a quarterly profit that exceeded analysts' projections.
What Googleโs antitrust trial means for your search habits
If government regulators prevail in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century, itโs likely to unleash drastic changes designed to undermining the dominance of the Google search engine that defines the internet for billions of people.
Meta and X questioned by lawmakers over lack of rules against AI-generated political deepfakes
US Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and U.S. Rep. Yvette Clarke of New York sent a letter Thursday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and X CEO Linda Yaccarino expressing โserious concernsโ about the emergence of AI-generated political ads on their platforms and asking each to explain any rules theyโre crafting to curb the harms to free and fair elections.
Google packs more artificial intelligence into new Pixel phones, raises prices for devices by $100
Google has unveiled a next-generation Pixel smartphones lineup that will be infused with more artificial intelligence tools capable of writing captions about photos that also can be altered by the technology.
Google brings its AI chatbot Bard into its inner circle, opening door to Gmail, Maps, YouTube
Google is introducing its artificially intelligent chatbot named Bard to other members of its digital family โ including Gmail, Maps and YouTube โ as it seeks to ward off competitive threats posed by similar technology run by Open AI and Microsoft.
Artificial intelligence technology behind ChatGPT was built in Iowa -- with a lot of water
As they race to capitalize on a craze for generative AI, leading tech developers including Microsoft, OpenAI and Google have acknowledged that growing demand for their AI tools carries hefty costs, from expensive semiconductors to an increase in water consumption.
Inflection.ai CEO Mustafa Suleyman explains how to catch a ride on the 'coming wave' of technology
If you have watched a telecast involving basketball superstar LeBron James during the past 20 years, you probably have heard an announcer declare: โYou canโt stop him, you can only hope to contain him.โ.
Google reaches tentative settlement with all 50 states over alleged app store monopoly
All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giantโs alleged monopolistic control of the distribution of apps for the software that runs most of the worldโs cellphones.
Children's advocates ask FTC to investigate Google for targeting ads to kids
Children's advocacy groups including Fairplay and Common Sense Media are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, saying the tech giant serves personalized ads to kids on YouTube despite federal law prohibiting the practice.
Google rebounds from unprecedented drop in ad revenue with a resurgence that pushes stock higher
Google snapped out of an unprecedented advertising slump during its latest quarter, signaling a return to growth cycle needed to fuel investments in artificial intelligence technology that expected to reshape the competitive landscape.
Gannett sues Google, Alphabet claiming they have a monopoly on digital advertising
Gannett is suing Google and its parent company Alphabet, claiming that they unlawfully acquired and maintain monopolies on the advertising technology tools that publishers and advertisers use to buy and sell online ad space.