May 02 Judge in landmark antitrust case grills Google on search engine dominance By Rebecca Santana, Associated Press Google reaped an operating profit of nearly $96 billion last year, mostly by selling digital ads — a market that it also dominates largely because it controls about 90 percent of the U.S. internet search market. Continue reading
Mar 31 20 years ago, people thought Google's Gmail launch was an April Fool's Day joke By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks every April Fool's Day. As a result, the release of Gmail with what sounded like a preposterous amount of storage capacity 20 years ago was believed to be one of… Continue reading
Mar 06 Former Google software engineer charged with stealing AI technology while working with Chinese companies By Eric Tucker, Associated Press Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal trade secret theft, each punishable by up to 10 years in prison. Continue reading
Jan 10 Watch 5:30 Why Google transformed a quantum computing lab into an artistic oasis By Mike Cerre Advance technology labs are not places where you're likely to find much creative artistic expression, let alone color. But a scientist and an artist have joined forces to help inspire the development of the next generation of computing at Google’s… Continue watching
Dec 30 Google settles $5 billion lawsuit alleging it tracked 'incognito mode' activity By Associated Press Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use. Continue reading
Dec 12 Epic wins its antitrust lawsuit against the Play Store. What does this verdict mean for Google? By Associated Press Google lost an antitrust lawsuit over barriers to its Android app store, as a federal court jury has decided that the company's payments system was anticompetitive and damaged smartphone consumers and software developers. Continue reading
Nov 06 Fortnite maker asks court to limit Google's ability to take a cut of in-app purchases By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press A 10-person jury will decide whether Google’s digital payment processing system in the Play Store that distributes apps for phones running on its Android software has been illegally driving up prices for consumers and developers. Continue reading
Sep 12 Google's search dominance faces big antitrust challenge in landmark trial By Paul Wiseman, Michael Liedtke, Associated Press The Justice Department filed its antitrust lawsuit against Google nearly three years ago during the Trump administration, charging that the company has used its internet search dominance to gain an unfair advantage against competitors. Continue reading
Sep 11 U.S. regulators to challenge Google's search engine dominance in federal trial By Michael Liedtke, Associated Press The 10-week trial comes years after the Justice Department alleged Google abused the power of its search engine in ways that stifle competition. The government says Google's practices increasingly force consumers to settle for inferior search results. Continue reading
Sep 07 Google to require disclosure for political ads that use AI to alter imagery or sounds By Michelle Chapman, Associated Press Google will soon require that political ads using artificial intelligence be accompanied by a prominent disclosure if imagery or sounds have been synthetically altered. Continue reading