Google, the multinational technology company has decided to nix one of the popular amusements of the internet. Google won't answer the silly questions anymore as the company has announced that it wants to improve its 'featured snippets' service which means that the company is trying to stop the automatic featured responses.

Google: No more asking of silly questions, seeks to improve 'featured snippets' tool

Google seeks to improve tool, no more asking silly questions

In response to a protracted legal battle with Australia's competition authority over deceiving customers about the collection of their personal location data, Google has agreed to pay $42.

Google misleads Australians about collecting location data, agrees to pay $42.7 million penalty

A new report by news agency Reuters has revealed that Google has opposed a proposal about developing a self-regulatory body for the social media sector in India to hear user complaints.

Google expresses grave reservations about developing self-regulatory body for social media in India: Report

Days after Beijing conducted military drills in the Taiwan Strait, Taiwan began its live-fire drill early on Tuesday to thwart any potential Chinese attack on the island, according to AFP.

Morning news brief: Taiwan begins live-fire military drill, Google server down for thousands of users, & more

Alphabet Inc's Google services appeared to be back up after facing a brief global disruption on late Monday, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

Google down for thousands of users: Reports

According to cyber security analytics firm Zscaler Threatlabz, Google has removed 50 more apps from its Play Store as it said that they were infected by the Joker malware.

Google deletes 50 apps infected with Joker malware. Recommends users to delete the apps if installed

According to a report, Elon Musk allegedly had an extramarital affair with Nicole Shanahan, the wife of billionaire Google co-founder Sergey Brin. Tesla CEO Musk has denied such reports.

WION Fineprint | Report: Elon Musk had an affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin's wife Nicole

Google has fired an engineer after he made a claim that their Lamda chatbot has a soul. The company said Engineer's claims are 'wholly unfounded'. Watch this report!

WION Fineprint | Google fires Engineer claiming AI sentience

The shares of Snap Inc. the parent company of photo-sharing platform Snapchat fell as much as 25 per cent after the social media company reported disappointing second-quarter results.

Snapchat's share tumble 25 per cent after dismal Q2 earning reports

Google faces a London trial over an estimated $1.1 billion damages claim after a court authorised a lawsuit that alleges that the tech giant overcharged 19.5 million customers for app store purchases.

Google faces $1 billion UK trial over app store pricing

The Alphabet-owned internet firm is accused of overcharging 19.5 million users for app store purchases, as per a case that was approved by the court. The tech company is now facing a trial in London over an estimated 1.

Google faces $1.1 billion UK trial for overcharging users for app store purchases

The Government of India is expected to soon take a call and make the big tech Silicon Valley companies such as Google (owns YouTube), Meta (owns Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram), Twitter and Amazon pay the local Indian publishers as well as digital publishers', a share of the revenue for the original content churned by them.

Government of India to make Silicon Valley tech giants pay for content to news publishers

Google has announced to automatically delete visits to abortion clinics and other potentially sensitive locations from users' location data in US. This comes after US court limited abortion rights.

Google to erase abortion clinic visits from users' location data in US

Google is taking steps to protect women rights. It says that location data for fertility clinics will be deleted. The move comes after SCOTUS overturned Roe V Wade.

Google takes step to protect women rights: Location data for fertility clinics to be deleted

The Joe Biden administration wants to lead the world in climate action, but can't even bring systemic changes at home. The US Supreme Court has curbed federal power to fight climate change. EPA can no longer regulate carbon emissions. Palki Sharma reports.

WION Fineprint | US regulator asks Google and Apple stores to remove Tiktok app

Google has agreed to pay $90 million to end legal dispute with the app developers over the money they made from making apps for Android smartphones and persuading users to make app purchases.

Google agrees to pay $90 million fund to end legal dispute with app developers

Google has finally unveiled its new bay view campus for its employees this week in California. It took five years to complete the construction of the campus.

Google's new bay view campus comprises of social spaces, solar panels

A study found that Google searches can act as an effective tool to track domestic violence, especially during a crisis time. The study suggests that some search keywords can predict such incidents, which may eventually help the authorities to tackle such incidents on time.

Research tells how online searches can predict cases of domestic violence

Google seems to have a 'cult' problem. According to a former employee who was fired, a religious sect has gained massive influence over Google's developer studio, hiring several members from the group. Molly Gambhir tells you more.

WION Fineprint | Google embroiled in religious controversies

Technology juggernaut Google made a startling decision to pay for improved Wikipedia services at a time when industry analysts think the market for encyclopaedia services may create a new growth narrative in the years to come.

Search giant Google ready to pay for enhanced Wikipedia services

Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, has filed for divorce from his wife Nicole Shanahan citing "irreconcilable differences". He joins long list of prominent names to choose to end their marriage.

With divorce filing, Google's Sergey Brin joins list of big names calling it quits

Amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, Google Russia has filed for bankruptcy. However, Google says it will continue free services. Even YouTube in Russia will stay online for now.

Google Russia files for bankruptcy but will continue free services

Google, Meta, Twitter and Microsoft agreed on Thursday to take a firm stance against disinformation as part of an amended European Union of conduct, which could result in large fines if they don’t.

Google, Twitter and Meta pledge to fight fake news

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