Google’s Threat Analysis Group has recently published a report detailing how over the past few years phishing hackers have hijacked popular YouTube accounts to make money through cryptocurrency scams and other methods. Since late 2019, Google has tracked and disrupted the scammers, described as “a group of hackers recruited in a Russian-speaking forum.” Combining cookie-based…
Google to Slash Fee It Takes From Subscriptions on App Store
By Mark Gurman From Bloomberg News Alphabet Inc.’s Google is slashing the fees it takes from subscription services on its app store following pressure from developers and lawmakers. Beginning Jan. 1, the Google Play Store will charge third-party subscription apps a 15 percent commission, the company said Thursday. Previously, subscription apps were charged 30 percent…
Google Announces Pixel 6 Phone With New Chip, Subscription Service
October 21, 2021
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Alphabet Inc.’s Google on Tuesday announced the newest iteration of its smartphone—Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro—which will be powered by the company’s first chip called Tensor. The tech giant also launched Pixel Pass, a subscription service starting at $45 per month for U.S. customers that will include the Pixel 6 and access to the…
Swiss Court Rejects Google Appeal Over Cloud Contract
October 20, 2021
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ZURICH—A Swiss court has dismissed Google’s bid to block the award of a government cloud computing contract worth up to 110 million Swiss francs ($119 million) to rival bidders. “In an interim decision, the Federal Administrative Court rejects Google’s request to grant suspensive effect to its appeal. The Federal Office for Buildings and Logistics may…
Russia May Fine Google up to $240 Million Over Content Deemed Illegal
October 19, 2021
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Russia said on Tuesday it is seeking to fine Google more than $200 million after the U.S. tech giant repeatedly failed to remove content deemed illegal by Moscow. Communications regulator Roskomnadzor said Google had failed to pay 32.5 million roubles ($458,100) in penalties levied so far this year and that it would now seek a…
Senators Introduce Bill Aimed at Controlling Big Tech and Restoring Competition
October 19, 2021
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A dozen Republican and Democratic senators on Oct. 18 introduced a bill aimed at stopping Big Tech from limiting consumer choice and restoring competition online. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in introducing the bill, known as the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. It is cosponsored by Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.),…
How Apple’s Privacy Policy Change Affected Advertising Business?
Apple Inc’s advertising business has more than tripled its market share in the six months after introducing privacy changes restricting rivals, including Facebook Inc, from targeting ads at consumers, the Financial Times reports. The in-house business, called Search Ads, offers sponsored slots in the App Store that appear above search results. EasyPark app doubled its spending with Apple…
‘Keyword Warrants’ Violate Constitutional Rights: Experts
A relatively new type of search warrant that attempts to compel search engines to hand over information on anybody in a certain area who has entered in a set of terms is a violation of the U.S. Constitution, experts say. “Keyword warrants are a blatantly unconstitutional way to transform every Google search into a government…
Google Banning Ads With ‘Inaccurate’ Content on Climate Change
October 8, 2021
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Google is banning advertisements featuring content that contradict what it called “inaccurate” content on climate change, and will no longer allow ad revenue to be made from them, the company announced in a blog post on Oct. 7. The tech giant said the new policy will go into effect in November and will help “strengthen the integrity” of…
Google Rivals Want EU Lawmakers to Act via New Tech Rules
BRUSSELS—DuckDuckGo and three other search engine rivals to Google on Thursday urged EU lawmakers to take action against the Alphabet Inc.’s unit via new tech rules, saying they have yet to see positive results from an antitrust ruling against Google Inc. The European Commission in 2018 levied a record 4.24- billion-euro ($5 billion) fine on…
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