Days after blocking sales of Apple's I Phone 16 in the country Indonesia has now banned sales of Google pixel phones. Watch this report to know more.

Indonesia Bans Sales Of Google Pixel Phones

A Russian court has fined Google 2 decillion Russian rubles ($2.5 decillion) for refusing to reinstate more than a dozen pro-Kremlin accounts on Google’s subsidiary YouTube. Watch this report for more details!

Russian Court Imposes $2.5 Decillion Fine on Google, Surpassing Global GDP

Google Faces $2.5 Decillion Fine Over Media Restrictions

Do social media companies deliberately design their apps in a way that turns teens into addicts, warranting schools to invest resources on their mental health? And if yes, should schools be compensated for that?

US court okays lawsuits accusing Meta, Google of deploying addiction tactics on teens

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has made headlines with the launch of its upgraded AI translation tool, Marco MT, which it asserts is superior to offerings from tech giants like Google and ChatGPT.

Alibaba claims its new AI translation tool outperforms Google and ChatGPT

As the demand for data centre power continues to escalate, tech giant Google has announced a significant partnership with a nuclear energy firm. This collaboration aims to bolster the company's efforts in securing sustainable and reliable energy sources for its rapidly expanding data centre operations.

Google partners with nuclear energy firm to meet soaring data centre power demands

American technological giant Google announced on Monday (Oct 14) that it had signed the world's first corporate agreement to buy power from multiple small modular reactors (SMRs) to meet the electricity demand for Artificial Intelligence (AI).

'Nuclear can play...': Google to buy power for AI from small modular nuclear reactors

The US Department of Justice has asked the US court to force Google to divest parts of its business such as its Chrome browser and its Android operating system. The aim is to limit alphabet Google's parent companies illegal Monopoly in online search. Watch to know more details.

Google's Online Search Monopoly Illegal: US

There has been ongoing speculation about whether Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet (Google's parent company), might be forced to break up Google due to increasing regulatory pressure. Governments, particularly in the U.S. and Europe, have scrutinized Google for its dominance in search, advertising, and other digital services, accusing it of anti-competitive practices. Antitrust lawsuits and investigations have raised the possibility of breaking up the tech giant to foster competition. While Pichai has defended Google's practices, arguing that its services benefit consumers, the growing calls for tech regulation mean a forced breakup remains a potential outcome, though not yet certain.

Will Sundar Pichai Be Forced To Break Google?

The US government is considering asking a federal judge to break up the search engine giant Google in a move to reshape how technology giants do business. The US Department of Justice (DoJ) said the move may include structural requirements to prevent Google from maintaining its search monopoly.

Search engine giant Google threatened with break up by US government

Seen as a significant ruling that could reshape the mobile app landscape, a US judge has ordered Alphabet's Google to implement major changes to its Play Store, allowing for increased competition and greater flexibility for Android users.

Google ordered to open its app store to competition in landmark ruling

The Fortnite developer Epic games has accused Google and Samsung of violating US antitrust law. The game maker has alleged the tech companies of coordinating to block third-party app on Samsung devices, the two companies have been accused of reducing consumer choice and preventing competition that would make app less expensive.

Fortnite Creator Accuses Samsung and Google Of Scheme To Block App Rivals

Google has reportedly spent $2.7 billion to bring back Noam Shazeer, a key figure in artificial intelligence who he left the company to start his own venture. Shazeer, 48, first joined Google in 2000 but left the technology giant in 2021 following the company’s refusal to launch a chatbot he developed alongside colleague Daniel De Freitas, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Google spends $2.7 billion to bring back AI genius Noam Shazeer who quit after firm rejected his chatbot

Donald Trump on Friday accused Google of showing only "bad stories" about him and vowed to have the tech giant prosecuted if he gets back in the White House.

US: Donald Trump Vows To Prosecute Google If He Wins For Showing "Bad Stories" On Him

Google is planning to let people time travel way back to the 1930s. The search engine is set to bring in some new updates to its satellite imagery platform Google Earth.

Google Earth will soon let you 'time travel' and go back 80 years

On September 18, the European Union's second-ranking court declared that a fine of about 1.5 billion Euros, i.e., 1.7 billion US dollars approximately levied against Google by regulatory authorities must be overturned, supporting the American technology company in its appeal against the sanction according to a report by Reuters.

Google wins appeal against EU antitrust fine, Qualcomm suffers a setback

Security experts still do not know how the trojan malware got there but say that it has affected 1.3 million Android-based TV boxes across almost 200 countries. Google is trying to distance itself from the 'Android TV' branding, now preferring 'Google TV', and perhaps for good reason.

Report: 1.3 million Android-based TV boxes affected by new 'Vo1d' malware

In a defensive move, Apple has taken the drastic decision to remove its highly anticipated generative AI software, dubbed "Apple Intelligence," from the iPhone 16 Pro in the European Union (EU).

iPhone 16 Pro faces drastic downgrade in European Union due to the Digital Markets Act

A major marketing company whose clients include Facebook, Amazon and Google has admitted that it listens to users' smartphone conversations and uses artificial intelligence (AI) to articulate data and later place advertisements.

Your phone is listening to your conversations, firm working for FB, Google confirms

Google has identified a connection between Russian state hackers and exploits that bear an “identical or strikingly similar” resemblance to those created by spyware companies NSO Group and Intellexa, raising concerns about the spread of commercial spyware into the hands of state-backed threat actors.

Google reveals new exploits targeting Chrome and iOS Webkit

Google has launched a new foldable phone, while China has rolled out an ultra-fast charging EV battery. The past week was full of interesting tech developments, and we have highlighted the most important ones in our Tech Wrap.

Google's new Pixel 9 smartphone series

Google this week unveiled its latest innovation for android users, bringing a new wave of artificial intelligence to your fingertips. The tech giant announced the launch of its first AI-powered android update and the new pixel 9 Smartphone series, all featuring the cutting-edge Gemini AI assistant.

Google Pixel 9: New Android update features Gemini AI

Google has admitted that it knowingly omitted the autocomplete search results regarding the assassination attempt against former US president Donald Trump, according to a report in Fox News.

'We don't allow...': Google admits omitting Trump's assassination attempt search results

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt has blamed 'work from home' as the reason for the company's lagging performance in the artificial intelligence (AI) race. Schmidt said the search engine giant had let go of its lead in the field after it started prioritising work-life balance and remote working.

Ex-Google CEO blames 'work from home' for company losing in AI race. Netizens school him

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