Tag: Google
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Google to change some ad practices after French watchdog imposes fine
Alphabet’s Google has agreed to make changes to some of its widely-used online advertising services under a settlement with France’s antitrust watchdog that was released on Monday. The authority also fined the Mountain View, California-based company 267.48 million dollars after a probe found it has abused its market power in the intricate ad business online,…
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SpaceX signs deal with Google for global high-speed Internet connectivity
Elon Musk’s SpaceX on Thursday signed a deal with Internet giant, Google to provide high-speed broadband internet connectivity around the world. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the deal is to deliver data, cloud services, and applications, leveraging Starlink’s ability to provide high-speed broadband internet. Under the deal, SpaceX will locate Starlink ground stations within Google data center…
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Google reinforces commitment to Africa’s startups ecosystem
Google on Thursday restated its commitment to the startup ecosystem in Africa, by offering a total of 40,000 scholarships to developers, spread across Mobile and Cloud development tracks. The announcement was made during a virtual event hosted by Google for key industry players, policy leads, startup executives and investors driving the growth of Africa’s tech…
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Russia sues Google, Facebook, Twitter for not deleting protest content
Russian authorities are suing five social media platforms for allegedly failing to delete posts urging children to take part in illegal protests, the Interfax news agency cited a Moscow court as saying on Tuesday. Twitter, Google, Facebook each have three cases against them, with each violation punishable by a fine of up to 4 million…
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Google earmarks $25m grant for girls in Africa
Google.org on Monday announced that it had earmarked $25m grant funding for its new Global Impact Challenge (GIC) for Women and Girls in Africa. Juliet Ehimuan, Country Director, Google Nigeria, said at a virtual event to mark the International Women’s Day (IWD) that Google was also reinforcing its commitment to the empowerment of women and…
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Google adds Apple’s TV app to latest Chromecast device
Alphabet Inc’s Google has added Apple Inc’s TV app, which includes paid streaming service Apple TV+, to the latest Chromecast TV device, the search giant said on Thursday. The move comes at a time when Apple has grown warmer to granting access to its services to hardware devices outside its ecosystem, with Chromecast users getting…
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Google names exec to oversee responsible AI research after staff unrest
Alphabet Inc’s Google on Thursday named Marian Croak, one of its few Black executives, to oversee research on responsible artificial intelligence (AI) after weeks of internal anger over its firing of a prominent Black scientist. Google confirmed Croak will manage 10 teams, including a dozen scientists studying the ethical considerations of automated technologies known as…
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Facebook, Google to start paying for news content
Australia is on course to become the first country to require social media giant Facebook and search giant Google to pay for news content. Member of the Australian Parliament, Josh Frydenberg, who is the federal treasurer and deputy leader of the Liberal Party, made this known in an emailed statement on Friday. He said Australia…
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We’re all clear now – Google
Internet search giant, Google has said the coast is now clear for all its users to start enjoying it’s services at 100% again. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports millions of users who rely on Google for efficiency suffered apprehension on Monday as a number of Google’s apps suffered a rare outage. The apps were knocked offline worldwide…
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BREAKING: Google suffers major outage
Millions of users who rely on Google for efficiency suffered apprehension on Monday as a number of Google’s apps suffered a rare outage. TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports the apps were knocked offline worldwide and the reason for the outage was yet to be ascertained as Google officials were yet to address the occurrence. The brief outage…