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Russia fines Google more than world’s entire GDP for blocking YouTube accounts | World News
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Google has reportedly racked up a fine of more than two undecillion rubles – two followed by 36 zeros – after it removed state-run and pro-government accounts from YouTube. Put another way, an undecillion is a trillion times a trillion times a trillion. The fine is far greater than the world’s total GDP, estimated at…
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British Google AI boss Sir Demis Hassabis among scientists awarded Nobel Prize for chemistry | UK News
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Briton Sir Demis Hassabis has been awarded the Nobel Prize for chemistry, jointly with two other scientists. The trio of Sir Demis, as well as Americans Professor David Baker and Dr John Jumper, were honoured on Wednesday for their work on decoding the structure of proteins and creating new ones. The research has helped advances…
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Google faces threat of being broken up after US Justice Department warns of need to end ‘illegal monopoly’ | Business News
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US officials have confirmed they are considering breaking up Google’s “illegal monopoly” of internet searches. The tech giant could face restrictions on its own products – including its Chrome browser, Play Store and Android operating system, the US Justice Department said. It comes after a judge found in August the company had broken anti-trust laws…
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Fortnite back on mobile phones after Epic Games’ row with Google and Apple | Science & Tech News
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Fortnite is back on mobile phones for the first time in four years, after bitter legal rows got the game taken off both Android and Apple app stores. Now, developer Epic Games has launched its own app store, making it one of the first third-party stores available on iOS – although UK iPhone users will…
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US authorities considering breaking up Google – reports | Science & Tech News
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The US Department of Justice is considering breaking up Google, according to reports from Bloomberg, the New York Times and others. Last week, a federal court in the US ruled the tech giant had broken antitrust law by spending billions on creating an illegal monopoly and becoming the world’s default search engine. Read more: Google…
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Google illegally maintained online search monopoly, US court rules | Business News
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Google illegally maintained an online search monopoly, a US court has said, in one of the biggest rulings against the company’s market dominance. The tech giant has been successfully sued in federal court by the US Justice Department and states which argued it remained the most used internet search engine by paying smartphone makers billions…
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Google ‘considers charging’ for premium search results powered by artificial intelligence | Business News
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Google is considering charging users for “premium” internet search results powered by artificial intelligence (AI), according to a report. The tech giant is said to be exploring several ideas about how to use the technology, including incorporating enhanced search tools as part of its premium subscription services. Google‘s main search engine would remain free to…
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Apple, Meta and Google parent company investigated by EU | Science & Tech News
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Apple, Meta and Google’s parent company are being investigated by the European Union under new laws designed to clamp down on the market power of the world’s tech giants. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) came into force at the beginning of March and aims to tackle “gatekeeping” behaviour among tech giants. If the companies are…
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Scam Lyca Mobile site appearing as ‘verified advertiser’ on Google, Which? warns | Science & Tech News
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A scam website impersonating legitimate phone network Lyca Mobile has found a way to reach the top of Google searches, Which? has warned. Google allows companies to pay for verified adverts, meaning their sites can feature at the top of relevant searches, but they need to pass an advertiser identity verification process beforehand, which is…
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Samsung to add Google AI tech to new series of smartphones | Science & Tech News
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Samsung will integrate Google’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology into its next generation of Galaxy smartphones. The South Korean firm unveiled the S24 series and boasted of an array of new features powered by AI on Wednesday. “We will reshape the technology landscape, we will open a new chapter without barriers to unleash your potential,”…