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Amazon, Google Named by EU Among ‘Critical’ Tech Providers for Finance Industry
Nov 19 2025 // European Union regulators on Tuesday designated 19 technology companies, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft, as critical third-party computing providers for the bloc’s finance industry. Under...
No Firm Is Immune if AI Bubble Bursts, Google CEO Tells BBC
Nov 18 2025 // Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said no company would be unscathed if the artificial intelligence boom collapses, as soaring valuations and heavy investment in the sector fuel concerns of a bubble. Pichai said in an...
Update: Google, Meta Delay Red Sea Cables as Security Risks Rattle Plans
Nov 17 2025 // Multiple subsea internet cables slated to run through the Red Sea are yet to complete as planned, as political tensions and heightened security threats have made the route more dangerous and complicated for commercial...
Google Accused in Suit of Using Gemini AI Tool to Snoop on Users
Nov 12 2025 // Google was accused in a lawsuit of using its Gemini AI assistant to unlawfully track the private communications of users of its Gmail, instant messaging and videoconference programs. In the past, users of Gmail, Chat and...
Consumers Seek $2.36B From Google After Privacy Verdict
Oct 27 2025 // U.S. Google users who won a $425 million jury verdict in a consumer privacy class action last month have asked a federal judge to force the Alphabet unit to forfeit an additional $2.36 billion in profits. The consumers in...
Conservative Activist Sues Google Over AI-Generated Statements
Oct 24 2025 // Conservative activist Robby Starbuck sued Google on Wednesday, alleging the tech giant’s artificial intelligence systems generated “outrageously false” information about him. Starbuck said in the lawsuit,...
Google Backs Gas Power Plant With Carbon Capture for Midwest Data Centers
Oct 23 2025 // Google has entered into the first corporate agreement to buy electricity from a U.S. power plant using carbon capture and storage in a deal to help fuel its data centers in the country’s Midwest region, the...
US Supreme Court Allows Order Forcing Google to Make App Store Reform
Oct 7 2025 // The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to halt key parts of a judge’s order requiring Alphabet’s Google to make major changes to its app store Play, as the company prepares to appeal a decision in a lawsuit...
Google Likely to Be Hit With First EU Antitrust Fine Under New EU Law, Sources Say
Sep 25 2025 // Alphabet’s Google is likely to be hit with its first fine under landmark new EU tech rules in the coming months, and the European Commission is now drafting its decision, three people with direct knowledge of the...
Rolling Stone, Billboard Owner Penske Sues Google Over AI Overviews
Sep 15 2025 // The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic to its websites. The lawsuit by Penske Media...
Google Sued by Advertising Exchange Over Monopoly Violations
Sep 9 2025 // Alphabet Inc.’s Google was sued by advertising exchange PubMatic Inc., which is seeking billions of dollars over its claim that the search giant has illegally monopolized the ad technology market. The lawsuit, filed...
Google Hit With $3.45 Billion EU Antitrust Fine Over Adtech Practices
Sep 8 2025 // Alphabet’s Google was hit with a 2.95-billion-euro ($3.45 billion) European Union antitrust fine on Friday for anti-competitive practices in its lucrative adtech business, a sharp sanction that riled up U.S....
Google Must Pay $425 Million in Class Action Over Privacy, Jury Rules
Sep 4 2025 // A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet’s Google must pay $425 million for invading users’ privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in...
Google Keeps Chrome and Apple Deal but Must Share Data in Big Antitrust Ruling
Sep 3 2025 // Google won’t have to sell its Chrome browser, a judge in Washington said on Tuesday, handing a rare win to Big Tech in its battle with U.S. antitrust enforcers, but ordering Google to share data with rivals to open...
Google Adtech Fine on Hold as EU Awaits Lower US Car Duties, Sources Say
Sep 3 2025 // EU antitrust regulators have delayed fining Alphabet’s Google over its adtech business, while waiting for the United States to cut tariffs on European cars as part of a trade deal, three people with knowledge of the...
China-Linked Hackers Hit Southeast Asia Diplomats, Google Says
Aug 26 2025 // Diplomats in Southeast Asia were targeted in a cyber-espionage campaign earlier this year, likely waged in support of operations aligned with the strategic interests of China, according to Google. The attacks, using social...
Google Settles YouTube Children’s Privacy Lawsuit for $30 Million
Aug 21 2025 // Google will pay $30 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it violated the privacy of children using YouTube by collecting their personal information without parental consent, and using it to send targeted ads. A preliminary...
Google Agrees $36 Million Fine for Anti-Competitive Deals With Australia Telcos
Aug 18 2025 // Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country’s two largest telcos to pre-install its search...
Meta Clashes With Apple, Google Over Child Age Check Legislation
Jul 25 2025 // The biggest tech companies are warring over who’s responsible for children’s safety online, with billions of dollars in fines on the line as states rapidly pass conflicting laws requiring companies to verify...
Google to Offer Free AI Certification Courses to Virginia Job Seekers
Jul 18 2025 // Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin announced on Tuesday that Google will partner with his administration to provide free and low-cost artificial intelligence certification courses to Virginians as part of his office’s...
