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Google Plans To Charge For AI-Powered Search Engine: Reports

April 3, 2024 admin

The move would mark Google’s first time in putting any of its core products behind a paywall. California: Alphabet’s Google is considering charging for premium features on its generative AI-powered search engine, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the plan. The tech giant is looking at a variety of options, including…

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Delhi High Court Imposes Rs 1 Lakh Fine On Google. Here’s Why

April 2, 2024 admin

Court noted that Google’s application was dismissed due to a lack of inventive steps. (Representational) New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday while dismissing its appeal imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on Google for representing wrong facts and for its failure to disclose the information regarding the refusal of the patent by…

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Google To Destroy Billions Of Browsing Data To Settle Consumer Privacy Lawsuit

April 1, 2024 admin

The class action involved millions of Google users (Representational) Google agreed to destroy billions of data records to settle a lawsuit claiming it secretly tracked the internet use of people who thought they were browsing privately. Terms of the settlement were filed on Monday in the Oakland, California federal court, and require approval by U.S….

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Under Google, NCPCR pressure, IPO-bound Ullu drops adult content

March 30, 2024 admin

The Android version of the Ullu app has been cleansed of much of the content it has built its business on. | Photo Credit: Photo Credit: X/@ULLUapp Pressure is mounting on the Initial Public Offering-bound (IPO) streaming platform Ullu for its adult-only content, with the streaming self-regulatory body it is a member of issuing a…

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EU To Probe Apple, Google, Meta For Potential Digital Markets Breach

March 25, 2024 admin

The Commission also launched investigatory steps relating to Apple’s new fee structure Brussels: EU antitrust regulators on Monday opened their first investigations under the Digital Markets Act into Apple, Alphabet’s Google and Meta Platforms for potential breaches of the landmark EU tech rules. “The (European) Commission suspects that the measures put in place by these…

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Google Sued By Black Employee Who Was Celebrated As Diversity Success

March 15, 2024 admin

Jalon Hall painted Googles management environment as hostile and racially charged. Jalon Hall, a black, deaf employee and the first of her kind hired by Google, has filed a lawsuit against the tech giant, alleging racial and disability discrimination. Ms Hall accuses Google of failing to live up to its promises of inclusivity despite celebrating…

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Google Restricts Gemini AI From Answering Questions On Global Elections

March 12, 2024 admin

Google’s AI products are under the scanner after inaccuracies in some historical depictions. Google is restricting AI chatbot Gemini from answering questions about the global elections set to happen this year, the Alphabet-owned firm said on Tuesday, as it looks to avoid potential missteps in the deployment of the technology. The update comes at a…

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Europe’s Digital Markets Act is forcing tech giants to make changes. Here’s what that will look like

March 7, 2024 admin

Europeans scrolling their phones and computers this week will get new choices for default browsers and search engines, where to download iPhone apps and how their personal online data is used. They’re a part of changes required under the Digital Markets Act, a set of European Union regulations that six tech companies classed as “gatekeepers”…

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Union Ministers meet Google, app developers to resolve offloading from Play Store

March 4, 2024 admin

Government ministers on March 4 held multiple meetings with Google and startups that have been delisted from the tech giant’s Play store, but no solution seems to be on the horizon with Indian companies accusing the U.S. giant of abusing its dominant position. In separate meetings with Minister of State for IT and Electronics Rajeev…

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Minister’s Warning In Gemini AI Row

March 4, 2024 admin

New Delhi: Union IT Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Monday said Google had left itself open to possible criminal prosecution, after the global internet giant’s artificial intelligence tool – Gemini – provided an objectionable response to a question about Prime Minister Narendra Modi. “Platforms like Google are significant powers on the internet (and) for them to…

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