Testimony this week from Google’s antitrust trial shows that Google gives Samsung an “enormous sum of money” each month to preinstall the Gemini AI app on Samsung devices, reported Bloomberg, The Verge reported. Now that Judge Amit Mehta has ruled… Read More
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Chrome Begins Disabling uBlock Origin
If you’re a fan of uBlock Origin, don’t be surprised if it stops functioning in Chrome. The Google-owned browser has started disabling the free add blocker as part of the company’s plan to phase out older “Manifest V2” extensions, PCMag… Read More
U.S. Weighs Google Breakup In Historic Big Tech AntiTrust Case
The U.S. Justice Department is considering asking a federal judge to force Google to sell off parts of its business in what would be a historic breakup of one of the world’s biggest tech companies, Bloomberg reported. Antitrust enforcers are… Read More
Google Wins EU Antitrust Fine Fight
Alphabet unit Google won a legal challenge on Wednesday against a 1.49 billion euro ($1.7 billion) European Union antitrust fine, while Qualcomm failed to repeal a penalty, Reuters reported. The rulings underscore outgoing EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager’s mixed record… Read More
Google Will Now Link To The Internet Archive To Add More Context
Rolling out starting today, Google Search results will now directly link to The Internet Archive to add historical context for the links in your results, 9TO5 Google reported. Google Search makes it easy to find information, but occasionally you need… Read More
Google’s Second Antitrust Trial Could Help Shape The Future Of Online Ads
A month after losing a landmark antitrust case brought by the Department of Justice, Google is headed back to court to face off for a second time against federal prosecutors, CNBC reported. In August, a judge ruled that Google has… Read More
Google’s Pixel Studio Image Generation Can Go Off The Rails
One of the new AI-powered launch features on the Pixel 9 series is Pixel Studio, an app that takes text prompts and turns them into images. It might end up being a fun little tool, but it can also go… Read More