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Google notifies users about revised inactivity, over-quota storage policies
Google's updated policies will not take effect until June 1, 2021
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Google begins showing authorised Covid-19 vaccine locations on Search
As the UK begins mass vaccination, Google has launched a new feature on Search that will show authorised locations to people who look up information for Covid-19 vaccines.
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Facebook faces US lawsuits that could force sale of Instagram, WhatsApp
Facebook becomes the second big tech company to face a major legal challenge this year after the U.S. Justice Department sued Alphabet Inc's Google in October
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Google honours Sir W Arthur Lewis: All you need to know about the economist
Lewis served as an economic advisor to numerous African and Caribbean governments, namely - Nigeria, Ghana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica and Barbados
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HC seeks govt, RBI views on plea seeking regulation of Big Tech in finance
The Delhi High Court Wednesday sought response of the Centre, RBI, SEBI, IRDAI and National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)
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Google and Facebook risk big fines under draft Australian news law
Facebook has previously warned it might block Australian news content rather than pay for it.
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Google firing respected AI researcher Timnit Gebru is cause for concern
Over 1,400 Google employees and thousands of techies employed in other Silicon Valley businesses have signed a letter of protest about the manner of her dismissal
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Australia to make Facebook, Google pay news outlets for content
The law amounts to the strongest check of the tech giants' market power globally
Australia pushes laws to make Facebook, Google pay news outlets for content
Australia finalised plans to make Facebook and Google pay its media outlets for news content, a world-first move aimed at protecting independent journalism
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Digital gold is the new war zone for PhonePe, Amazon and Google in India
With Covid-19 impacting buying sentiment, the tech giants are leaving no stone unturned to woo customers to buy digital gold on instalments across the country, including smaller towns
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Google removes some IAC browser extensions for 'policy violations'
Google was deciding whether to impose severe penalties on IAC over what Google concluded were 'deceptive marketing practices'
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Google AI researcher Timnit Gebru's exit sparks ethics, bias concerns
Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru helped improve Google's public image as a company that elevates Black computer scientists and questions harmful uses of AI technology.
Google Search driving 4bn customer-business connections a month
Google has revealed that Search results that show local places and businesses now drive more than 4 billion connections between customers and businesses every month
Google lets people share photos with Street View via smartphones
Users can collect own Street View imagery and put it in the right place on Google Maps.
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More than 40 states plan to file lawsuit against Facebook next week: Report
The complaint would be the second major lawsuit filed against a Big Tech company this year. The Justice Department sued Alphabet Inc's Google in October
Google illegally monitored workers, fired them for organising: US regulator
The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint accusing Google of unlawfully monitoring and questioning several workers who were then fired for trying to organise a union
Google offers people access to paywalled content in News Showcase
Google has announced to start offering people access to paywalled content in partnership with select news publishers, as part of $1 billion News Showcase initiative launched two months ago.
As world grapples with tech monopolies, can India's hard cap be a solution?
The country's unique approach is to decree limits on fintech competitors from the start
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Canada plans digital tax in 2022 on global tech giants such as FB, Google
The new tax would come into effect on Jan. 1, 2022, and remain in place until a common approach is agreed upon
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After festive season boost, key economic indicators show declining signs
Railway freight was up last week after rail traffic resumed in the state of Punjab after a month-long shutdown due to the farmers' agitation against the new farm laws
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