Google has avoided a forced breakup of its digital advertising technology business after a US federal judge rejected the government’s demand that the company sell its advertising exchange. However, the ruling still requires Google to make significant changes to the way it operates its advertising technology, in a decision that could have important consequences for...
A Pune court has directed Google and YouTube to provide original digital records connected to a video that has become an important part of the defamation case filed against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi over his remarks concerning Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The court’s direction came during proceedings in the case filed by Satyaki Savarkar, the grandnephew...
Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has sought to reassure investors and the wider technology industry about the company’s position in the rapidly intensifying artificial intelligence race, pointing to strong second-quarter performance and continued momentum across key parts of the business. Pichai described the current period as an “exciting moment” for Google as the company...
The European Union has intensified its efforts to regulate the dominance of major technology companies by requiring Google to make certain search-related data more accessible to competing artificial intelligence-powered search services. The move represents one of the most significant enforcement actions under the bloc’s new digital competition framework and reflects growing concerns over the influence...