Google, Meta and TikTok have removed social media accounts belonging to an industrial plant in Russia’s Tatarstan region aimed at recruiting young foreign women to make drones for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
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Amazon, Google make dueling nuclear investments to power data centers
Tech giants Amazon and Google are investing in the next generation of nuclear reactors.
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Fighting back data centers, one small town at a time
Communities are pushing back against data centers and the noise and power consumption that come with them.
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At Google antitrust trial, documents say one thing. The tech giant’s witnesses say different
The judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over technology that matches buyers and sellers of online advertising must choose whether to believe what Google executives wrote or what they’ve said on the witness stand.
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EU forcing Google, Apple to pay billions in fines and back taxes
Both companies have now exhausted their appeals in cases that date to the previous decade and helped jumpstart an era of intensifying scrutiny for Big Tech.
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Google faces another antitrust trial after ruling that declared search engine a monopoly
The Justice Department and Google each made opening statements Monday to a federal judge who will decide whether Google holds a monopoly over online advertising technology.
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Susan Wojcicki, former YouTube CEO and longtime Google executive, dies at 56
Wojcicki played a key role in Google’s creation and served 9 years as YouTube’s CEO.
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6 ways the Google antitrust ruling could change the internet
Maybe you could choose a Google-quality search engine tailored to children or news. Or would Android, Google search and Chrome be split up?
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Google loses massive antitrust case over its search dominance
A judge ruled that the ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation – a seismic decision that could shake up the internet.
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Google dangled more than $500 million to foil Microsoft EU cloud pact
However, the attempt to derail the cloud firms’ antitrust settlement with Microsoft Corp. failed.