Category: showcase

Watchdog Says Google Offers to Exclude Showcase From General Searches in Germany

BERLIN—Google has offered to remove Google News Showcase content from general search results in Germany in a bid to end a competition inquiry, the country’s Federal Cartel Office said on Wednesday. Alphabet’s Google launched Google News Showcase in 2020. The platform promotes content from more than 1,000 publishers that have agreed to license content for…


Tesla Seeks COVID-19 Rules Waiver to Host 9,000 at Berlin ‘Giga-Fest’

BERLIN—Tesla, well-versed in German bureaucracy as it tries to build a huge factory near Berlin, is seeking a waiver from COVID-19 rules on mass gatherings to host up to 9,000 people at a “Giga-Fest” to showcase its plans. The electric vehicle maker, which began construction in the town of Grunheide in December 2019 but is…