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Google to pay $30m to settle YouTube children’s privacy lawsuit
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Japan’s antitrust body orders Google to cease unfair trade practices

The Japan Fair Trade Commission issued a cease and desist order against Google on Tuesday, accusing the company of unfair trade practices related to its search services on Android devices. This action follows similar crackdowns in the UK and the U.S., reflecting growing global concerns over the company’s market dominance. The Commission stated that Google […]

Google launches AI-powered search in Nigeria, other countries
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Google plans to merge Gemini, Veo AI models

Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis revealed plans to integrate the tech giant’s Gemini AI models with its video-generating system, Veo. The move, he said, is aimed at enhancing the models’ grasp of the real world was disclosed in a recent episode of Possible, a podcast co-hosted by LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman. “We’ve always built Gemini, […]

Google to pay $30m to settle YouTube children’s privacy lawsuit
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Google joins OpenAI, backs Anthropic’s AI connectivity standard

Google is the latest tech giant to throw its weight behind Anthropic’s Model Context Protocol, a rising industry standard designed to help AI models interact more effectively with external data sources. In a post on social media platform X on Wednesday, Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis announced that support for MCP would be integrated into […]

Google to revises app rules after EU charges over market abuse
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Google updates workspace with AI to handle specialized tasks

Google is injecting a fresh wave of artificial intelligence into its Workspace suite, unveiling new automation tools and generative AI features designed to boost productivity and streamline office workflows. At its Cloud Next event, the tech giant introduced Workspace Flows, a powerful new tool aimed at automating multi-step tasks — such as updating spreadsheets, searching […]

Samsung’s home robot ‘Ballie’ adds Google’s Gemini AI
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Samsung’s home robot ‘Ballie’ adds Google’s Gemini AI

Samsung is teaming up with Google Cloud to bring Gemini, Google’s powerful generative AI, to its long-anticipated home robot, Ballie, the companies announced on Wednesday. Through this partnership, Ballie will gain access to Gemini’s multimodal AI capabilities, allowing it to understand and respond to queries using both audio and video input. Samsung says users will […]

Google rolls out AI-Powered scam protection on Chrome
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Google adds AI-powered music feature to Cloud

Google announced a series of major upgrades to its generative AI tools, signaling a stronger push to dominate the enterprise AI market at its annual Cloud Next conference. The updates, rolled out Wednesday, enhance several first-party media-generating models within the company’s Vertex AI platform. Among the highlights is the preview release of Lyria, Google’s text-to-music […]

Microsoft plans for collaboration with AI agents
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US lawmakers probe Microsoft, Google AI deals amid antitrust concerns

Two United States senators have asked Microsoft and Google to provide details about their cloud computing partnerships with AI companies, citing concerns these deals could hinder competition in the rapidly evolving AI industry. Senators Elizabeth Warren and Ron Wyden—the ranking Democrats on the Senate Banking and Finance Committees—sent letters requesting that Google and Microsoft provide […]

Google to revises app rules after EU charges over market abuse
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Google paying AI staff to sit out for a year – Report

Google is reportedly paying some AI researchers to take extended time off rather than risk them joining rival firms in an unusual move highlighting the fierce battle for top artificial intelligence talent. According to a report by Business Insider, Google’s AI subsidiary DeepMind is enforcing strict noncompete agreements in the U.K. that prevent certain staff […]

Australian court rules Apple, Google abused market power
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Google expands AI Mode with multimodal search for images

Google is enhancing its experimental AI Mode within Google Search by introducing multimodal search, allowing users to ask complex questions about images they upload or take with their camera. The feature, announced in a blog post on Monday, builds on the visual search capabilities of Google Lens and represents a significant step in making search […]

Google to pay $30m to settle YouTube children’s privacy lawsuit
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Google settles $100m lawsuit over ad pricing disputes

Google has agreed to pay $100 million in cash to settle a long-standing lawsuit alleging that it overcharged advertisers by failing to provide promised discounts and charging for ad clicks outside targeted geographic areas. The preliminary settlement of the 14-year-old class action, which began in March 2011, was filed late Thursday in the federal court […]

Google to pay $30m to settle YouTube children’s privacy lawsuit
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News is useless to ads, claims Google after EU test

Google has published findings from a recent experiment in which it removed news from search results for 1% of users across eight European markets for 2.5 months. The tech giant claims the results show that news has little to no impact on its advertising business. The test was conducted in response to European copyright laws […]

Google sorts mail by relevance with AI-powered update
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Google sorts mail by relevance with AI-powered update

Google announced on Thursday that Gmail will now use AI to prioritize emails based on factors such as recency, most-clicked messages, and frequent contacts, making it easier for users to find relevant emails. Previously, Gmail’s search function displayed results in chronological order based on keyword matches. “With this update, the emails you’re looking for are […]