News agency Reuters has reported that the European Union has warned tech giants Google, Facebook, and Twitter to tackle deepfakes or be ready to face adverse consequences.

European Union warns Google, Facebook, Twitter to tackle deepfakes or risk adverse consequences: Report

Nearly 15 years after the iPhone sparked the smartphone revolution, Apple is assembling the pieces for what it hopes will become its next business-altering device: a headset that blends the digital world with the real one.

Apple starts connecting the dots for its next big thing

Google was accused of having hostile and casteist workplace practices after a talk by Dalit rights activist to Google News employees was cancelled by the tech giant, reports The Washington Post.

Google accused of hostile and casteist workplace practices: Report

"Is Google trying to f*** me?" This is the question former US President Donald Trump has been asking his friends and advisers for the past several weeks. What is the source of Trump's paranoia?

Is Google hatching a sinister plot to butt in on Donald Trump's app Truth Social's success?

Google last week unveiled its new palette of 10 skin tones which is touted to be a step forward in making AI serve people of colour better. When it launched the new Monk Skin Tone Scale, Google's parent company Alphabet Inc said that the palette would replace a flawed standard of six colors known as the Fitzpatrick Skin Type, which had become popular in the tech industry to assess whether smartwatch heart-rate sensors, artificial intelligence systems including facial recognition and other offerings show color bias.

What is Google's Monk Skin Tone Scale? How will it detect AI bias?

Google has added 24 more languages to its Google Translate language translation tool. Translate currently covers a total of 133 languages used around the world. New Indian languages being introduced include Assamese, Bhojpuri, Sanskrit, Dogri, Konkani, Meiteilon (Manipuri), Mizo, and Maithili.

Google Translate adds 24 languages and dialects, including Sanskrit and Bhojpuri

Tech giant Google had decided to ban all third-party call recording apps from the Play Store starting Wednesday. So, if you have installed call recording apps in your Android smartphone it will stop working from May 11.

Google to ban third-party call recording apps from Play Store starting today

Google is in the headlines yet again for its allegedly anticompetitive conduct with the Play store. The tech giant has been sued by dating apps maker Match Group Inc for refusing to share almost 30 per cent of their sales.

'Last resort': Dating apps maker Match sues Google for refusing to share almost 30% of their sales

In a recent blog post, Google stated that it made a number of privacy-focused improvements last year in order to better protect users against harmful apps. The search engine behemoth banned 1.

Google blocked 1.2 million privacy-violating apps from the Play Store last year

Russian hackers have recently attempted to penetrate the networks of NATO and the militaries of some eastern European countries, Google's Threat Analysis Group said in a report published on Wednesday.

Russian hackers targeted NATO, eastern European militaries: Google

Russia's media regulator has imposed restrictions on Google News, accusing the company of disseminating "false" material on Russia's offensive in Ukraine. According to a statement from Russia's media regulator Roskomnadzor reported by the agencies, the decision was made at the request of the Russian General Prosecutor's Office.

Russia blocks Google over 'inauthentic' information on Ukraine war

Google has announced that Android users in Ukraine will now get air raid alerts on their phones before attacks by Russian forces. In a blog post on Thursday, the tech giant said it’s working with the Ukrainian government to roll out an air raid alert system for Android phones in the country.

Google rolls out air raid alerts feature for Ukraine Android users

In recent weeks, Russian hackers well-known to law enforcement have been engaging in phishing campaigns, espionage and other attacks targetting Ukraine and its European allies, said Alphabet Inc's Google.

Russian, Belarusian hackers target Ukraine, European allies through phishing campaigns, says Google

Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would remove Russian state-owned media outlet RT's mobile apps from the Windows App store and ban advertisements on Russian state-sponsored media, as global tech firms respond to Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Microsoft to remove RT apps, ban Russian state-owned media ads

Alphabet Inc's Google confirmed on Sunday it has temporarily disabled for Ukraine some Google Maps tools which provide live information about traffic conditions and how busy different places are.

Google temporarily disables Google Maps live traffic data in Ukraine

Google parent Alphabet Inc reported record quarterly sales that topped expectations on Tuesday, as its internet advertising business surged on consumers using Google search as they shopped online and advertisers upping their marketing budgets.

Google propels record Alphabet revenue, driving shares up 8%

Alphabet Inc`s Google will invest up to $1 billion in Bharti Airtel in a move that could help bolster the Indian telecom operator`s digital offerings, the companies said on Friday.

Google to invest up to $1 billion in India telecom company Bharti Airtel

The smartphone industry is dominated by two major operating systems—Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. And the Indian government has taken upon itself to shake the status quo.

Indian govt looking to break dominance of Android, iOS; to facilitate homegrown OS

Indian filmmaker Suneel Darshan, famed for films like 'Inteqam' and 'Andaaz,' has filed a FIR against Google, its CEO, Sundar Pichai, and numerous other Google workers, alleging copyright violations of his 2017 directorial 'Ek Haseena Thi Ek Deewana Tha' on YouTube.

FIR against Google CEO Sundar Pichai, five others over film piracy on YouTube

A group of top US justice officials accused Google in lawsuits on Monday of tracking and profiting from users' location data, despite leading consumers to think they could protect their privacy on the tech giant's services.

Google profited from users' location data, claims lawsuit

A new lawsuit has claimed that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Google CEO Sundar Pichai colluded in online ad sales. According to an amended antitrust complaint filed by Texas and 15 other states, the two tech giants teamed up and hammered out the terms of the agreement.

New lawsuit alleges Facebook and Google colluded in online ad sales

Regulators in France have slapped massive fines of USD 237 million (210 million euros) on Facebook and Google over their use of 'cookies', said authorities on Thursday.

Facebook, Google slapped with huge fines in France over 'cookies'

As per a report by Newsweek and Capital & Main, which cited leaked internal documents, Amazon, Google, Walmart, and other corporate behemoths have been spying on their employees to prevent them from unionising.

Technology giants spy on staff to prevent unionising, report says

Invoking for the first time the recently notified intermediary guidelines and digital media ethics code under the Information and Technology (IT) Act, 20 YouTube channels and two websites were banned by the Indian government for allegedly running ‘anti-India’ propaganda from Pakistan, according to reports.

20 YouTube channels, two websites taken down under IT Act for ‘anti-India’ propaganda: Report

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