Tech giant Google has recently been in the crosshairs of legal action over allegations of privacy breaches. The company has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit filed against it in the United States worth five billion dollars. The whole affair revolved around the tracking of Chrome users who searched in so-called anonymous mode. The lawsui...
The dispute between tech giants Apple and Google and game studio Epic Games over transaction fees on the official App Store and Google Play has entered another phase, with a California jury returning a verdict in favour of the makers of the popular game Fortnite. This court battle has roots dating back to 2020 and concerns the fees Apple and Goo...
Google is pulling out the heavy artillery in its fight for an open RCS communications standard against Apple's closed iMessage system. The long-running feud between the tech giants is taking a new turn, thanks to Europe's new Digital Markets Act, which came into force in May 2023. Major European operators, including Vodafone, Deutsche Telekom...
A family in North Carolina has sued the US company Google over out-of-date maps. Exactly a year ago, the family says Philip Paxson died on his way back from his daughter's birthday party because of it. Google Maps navigation led him to a bridge that locals have called the Bridge to Nowhere for nine years. It is in a state of disrepair and is not...
The CEO of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has engineered one of the biggest turnarounds in Silicon Valley history, boosting the share price of the ailing semiconductor maker more than 30 times in less than 10 years. It is now gearing up for the battle in artificial intelligence (AI) as part of the coming revolution. Today, AMD is a well-known a...
Google is facing the prospect of having to sell part of its internet empire, with the European Commission (EC) ordering the US company to "discontinue its lucrative digital advertising business". This is in direct response to concerns that Google could abuse its dominant position in the European market. This was reported by Reuters, citing an of...
Google's decision to withdraw the problematic game app is likely due to the case of Brazilian footballer Vinicius Junior, who recently spoke out against repeated racial slurs. US internet company Google has pulled a game app called Slavery Simulator, which allowed people to play slave traders and even torture them. This was reported by the BBC. ...
Google has launched its own AI-powered chatbot called Bard. The AI chatbot can answer questions in a human-like way by accessing up-to-date information from the internet. It is considered a competitor to ChatGPT, which was launched last year. Bard is only available to people over the age of 18 and requires a Google account to use it. However,...
Atomontage, a startup focusing on 3D graphics processing, has attracted investment from J&T Ventures, as well as investors like the creator of Candy Crush and the founders of Oculus VR. 3D scanning, graphics, and visualization offer tremendous opportunities across various industries, from medicine to construction and the gaming industry. ...
