OpenAI collaborated extensively with the news industry and gathered feedback from its partners regarding the search function
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Google’s antitrust loss to Epic could change the app store economy
A California jury votes unanimously in favour of Fortnite maker that Google’s App Store quashes competition and overcharges app developers
Google follows Apple’s lead in manufacturing smartphones in India
Will start rolling out in 2024 beginning with its latest Pixel 8, the company announces at it ‘Google for India’ event
Microsoft CEO Nadella says the internet is nothing more than ‘Google web’
Testifying in the antitrust case against Google, Nadella says Microsoft could not fight multi-billion dollar smartphones and browser deals
Google layoffs: Robots fired as tech giant cuts costs
Each of the robots is estimated to have cost Google thousands of dollars
Google job cuts: Alphabet slashes 12,000 workers
Google is cutting around 6% of its workforce
Google to integrate Google Maps and Waze teams to save cost
CEO Neha Parikh to exit the company, but Waze set to continue as standalone service; no job cuts planned as 500 staff merged with Google Geo
Job cuts: Tech firms layoff 120,000 workers, Meta, Twitter and Amazon cut staff
Tech firms have cut tens of thousands of jobs this year
Saudi Arabia’s PIF buying up Facebook and Google stock
$610bn Saudi wealth fund takes larger stake in tech giants
Big tech companies endure a nightmare day of lawsuits and fines
Court upheld record fines, new fines were imposed and there is a possibility of more fines after new lawsuit…everything happened to companies like Google, Amazon and Meta
Meta, Alphabet, Shopify, Stripe, and McKinsey commit to buy $925 million of carbon removal by 2030
The agreements promise to purchase future tonnes of carbon removal if and when they are delivered, enabling suppliers to secure financing to scale their deployments. When tonnes of CO2 are removed, the carbon removal companies get paid.
Video: Why Google struggles with hardware
Google’s hardware strategy has been somewhat of a puzzle. Why does a company that earns nearly all of its revenue from online advertising need the hassle of building and marketing hardware?
Google will listen to your conversations again, but ask first
Under the new Google policy, the company will tell users that their audio may be listened to if they opt in to a feature that also improves audio quality
Video: What happens to Huawei smartphones and tablets now?
The millions of people who have bought a Huawei phone are now caught up in a global trade war and could soon start losing access to several popular services.
Google to end some Huawei business ties after Trump crackdown
Huawei will only be able to access the public version of Google’s Android mobile operating system
Google makes new push to bolster travel-related searches
Google will launch a more unified travel product to integrate flight and hotel search functions, while organising people’s travel plans and saving research
Google advertising revenue growth slows, triggering share slump
Google’s search engine is coming under growing pressure Amazon.com battle for consumers looking for products