Regulators are looking to update rules, which target companies abusing their market power and those setting up illegal cartels, to make them more efficient, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said on Thursday.

EU regulators look to streamline antitrust rules

Negotiators from the European Parliament and EU member states agreed on Thursday on a landmark law to curb the market dominance of US big tech giants such as Google, Meta, Amazon and Apple.

EU negotiators agree landmark law to curb Big Tech

In the first step towards a possible access ban, Russian regulators on Friday accused US tech giant Google and its video subsidiary YouTube of "terrorist" activities.

Russia accuses Google and its video subsidiary YouTube of 'terrorist' activities

Google on Friday was targeted in an antitrust complaint by the European Publishers Council over its digital advertising business, potentially strengthening EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager's investigation into the issue.

Google's advertising tech targeted in European publishers' complaint

The world's biggest companies are taking pledges to tackle issues related to climate change, but how well are they coming along is a question. The latest report highlights a grim reality as according to a study of 25 corporations, many big companies are failing to meet their own targets on tackling climate change.

World's top companies failing to meet their own targets on tackling climate change

For the first time since 2014, Google Chrome is changing its logo. A designer for Google Chrome, Elvin Hu offered the first look for the logo's redesign on his Twitter handle.

Google Chrome changes logo for the first time in 8 years, netizens react

Indian officials have held a heated exchange with the US tech giants Google, Twitter and Facebook for not proactively removing fake news from their platforms.

India grills US tech giants for inaction on Fake News, seeks tougher crackdown

France on Friday upheld its decision of imposing a $111 million fine on Google for the 'Cookie' breach. The decision was made by the country's supreme administrative court Conseil d'Etat.

France court upholds fine on Google for 'cookie' breach

Texas, Indiana, Washington state and the district of Columbia they've all sued alphabet's Google over deceptive location tracking practices that invade users privacy. The search engine firm is accused of falsely leading consumers to believe that changing their account and device settings would allow customers to protect their privacy.

Google sued over location-tracking

A US senate panel is set on Thursday to debate a bill that aims to rein in app stores of companies that some lawmakers say exert too much market control, including Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google.

US Senate panel to debate app store reform bill

Google has announced that it will be mandating weekly Covid tests for all its employees and people entering its offices in the US. "To help prevent the further spread of COVID-19 during this period of heightened risk, we’re implementing new temporary health and safety measures for anyone accessing our sites in the US," a Google spokesperson said.

Google mandates Covid testing for people entering its US offices

France hits Google and Facebook with hefty fines over privacy concerns that include cookie breaches.

Google, Facebook fined for cookie breaches by France

Tech giants Google and Facebook have been fined multi-million dollars by France's data privacy watchdog. The tech giants have been accused of making it difficult for internet users to refuse online trackers or cookies.

Google and Facebook fined for cookie breaches

Claimants who accused Alphabet Inc's Google of unlawfully tracking their internet use while on "Incognito" browsing mode can question Chief Executive Sundar Pichai for up to two hours.The plaintiffs are arguing that Pichai has "unique, personal knowledge" of issues relating to the Chrome browser and privacy concerns.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai to be questioned in privacy lawsuit

Google was slapped with a hefty fine on Friday by a Moscow court. This was done as the tech giant failed to delete content which is termed illegal. Google has been fined with an amount of $98 million, the court's press service said on Telegram.

Moscow court fines Google $98 million for not removing illegal content

Alphabet Inc's Google is indefinitely pushing back its January return-to-office plan globally amid growing concerns over the new Omicron variant of the coronavirus and some resistance to company-mandated vaccinations.

Omicron variant: Google Delays Mandatory Return-To-Office globally

Google has advised its staff that if they don't comply with the company's COVID-19 vaccination policy, they will lose salary and eventually be fired, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing internal documents.

Follow COVID-19 vaccination rules or lose pay, job: Google to employees

Google has told its employees that they will lose their salaries and eventually be fired if they fail to fully vaccinate themselves and follow COVID-19 rules as mandated by the US administration.

Report: Google to cut pay and eventually fire unvaccinated employees

Google employees who haven’t been vaccinated could be put on forced leave and then let go from the company if they fail to follow its COVID-19 protocols.

Report: Google to fire unvaccinated workers

Google has started to rollout the November 2021 core update. This is the third core update Google released in 2021. Google announced this rollout on the Google Search Central Twitter account.

Google begins rolling out November 2021 core update at an unusual time

Google is commemorating Cybersecurity Awareness Month by announcing that by the end of the year, it will automatically enable two-factor authentication for its 150 million Google accounts.

Google enables two-factor authentication by default for millions of users

A regulator in Australia has said that it wants Google to give option to users to use search engine of their choice through a 'choice screen'. This is being looked at as a step to challenge Google's monopoly of the search market.

Australia wants Google to make alternative search engines available on smartphones

Russia has said that it will impose a fine on US tech giant Google this month which would be a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for consistently failing to delete illegal content.

Russia could fine Google up to 20% of annual revenue

Russia to fine U.S. tech giant Google a percentage of its annual Russian turnover for repeatedly failing to delete content deemed illegal, Moscow's strongest effort yet to rein in foreign tech firms.

Russia to fine tech giant Google over repeatedly failing to delete 'illegal' content

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