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• Google rolling out ‘A.I. Mode’ in next phase of company’s journey to change search

  AI mode is being offered to all comers in the U.S. just two-and-a-half-months after the company began testing with a limited Labs division audience.

  Tech

  May 20
  
• Mexico sues Google for renaming Gulf of Mexico as ‘Gulf of America’

  Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum had previously threatened Google with a lawsuit over the relabelling of the Gulf of Mexico.

  World

  May 9
  
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• Google loses 2nd U.S. antitrust case, this time over its online ad platform

  A U.S. judge ruled that Google unlawfully monopolized markets for publisher ad servers and the market for ad exchanges which sit between buyers and sellers.

  Tech

  Apr 17
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• Google inks biggest deal to date for Wiz, a cybersecurity firm

  Google will buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for US$32 billion to boost the tech giant’s in-house cloud computing amid burgeoning artificial intelligence growth.

  Tech

  Mar 18
• Google Maps now shows Gulf of America, removes Pride, Black History months

  Google's online and mobile calendars in the U.S. no longer include references to the first day of Black History Month or Pride Month, among other events. 

  Trending

  Feb 11
• Google will face mobile phone privacy class action, possible trial

  Chief Judge Richard Seeborg of the federal court in San Francisco rejected arguments that the search engine company adequately disclosed how its Web & App Activity settings worked.

  Consumer

  Jan 8
• Competition Bureau sues Google alleging anti-competitiveness on web ads

  The Thursday announcement ratchets up the Competition Bureau's ongoing investigation into Google and the world of online advertising.

  Canada

  Nov 28, 2024
• Google may have to sell Chrome. Why the impact could be ‘seismic’

  The measures presented by the Department of Justice are part of a landmark case in Washington which has the potential to reshape how users find information.

  Consumer

  Nov 21, 2024
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• Google granted 5-year exemption from Canada’s Online News Act

  Google agreed last year to pay Canadian news publishers $100 million a year, indexed to inflation, in order to be exempt from the law.

  Canada

  Oct 29, 2024
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• Google gets delay in antitrust case order to open up app store

  The delay comes less than two weeks after U.S. District Judge James Donato issued a decision that would have forced Google to make sweeping changes to its Play Store for Androids.

  U.S. News

  Oct 18, 2024