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CCI probing Google’s ‘dominance’ in news aggregation space
New Delhi : The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has hit Google again, this time with a probe into the tech giant over allegedly "abusing its dominance" in news aggregation to impose unfair conditions on news publishers.In a 21-page…
Google copied Sonos’ speaker technology: US trade court
San Francisco : In a significant ruling, the US International Trade Commission (ITC) has said that Google violated five patents of high-tech speaker and audio technology company Sonos, relating to smart speakers.A US judge had ruled in…
Google, Facebook face $235 mn fine in France over cookie tracking
San Francisco : Google and Facebook are facing a combined $235 million fine for cookie tracking in France, the media reported.According to a report in Politico citing a document, the French watchdog Commission Nationale de I'informatique et…
Instagram starts testing chronological feed
San Francisco : Meta-owned photo-sharing platform Instagram has started testing the chronological feed as it promised last month.According to Instagram Head Adam Mosseri, the firm wants to make it easier for people to view content how they…
Google acquires Israeli cybersecurity startup Siemplify for $500 mn
San Francisco : To bolster its response to ever-growing cyber-attacks, Google has acquired an Israel-based cybersecurity startup 'Siemplify' reportedly for $500 million. The startup will be integrated into Google Cloud Platform, especially…
Twitter permanently suspends US Congresswoman’s account for Covid misinformation
Washington : Twitter has permanently suspended an account of US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Representative from Georgia, for "repeated violations" of the micro-blogging site's Covid-19 misinformation policies."We…
Vaccine, vaccination trended most on social media in 2021: Report
Moscow : Vaccine and vaccination have topped the list of the most popular words used on social media this year, media reports said.According to the Medialogia information and analytical system, vaccine or vaccination were used 63.72 million…
Google adds five Stadia Pro games for Jan
San Francisco : Google has expanded the library of Stadia games by adding five Stadia Pro games for January 2022.Darksiders III, The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark, Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night, Shantae: Risky's Revenge -…
Covid-19, UP elections 2022 trended most among on Koo in 2021
New Delhi : Homegrown micro-blogging platform Koo on Friday said that topics such as Covid-19, and UP elections 2022 trended the most among on the platform in 2021.The company has released a new report that unravels insights into how…
Google removes over 61K pieces of bad content in India in Nov
New Delhi : Google removed 61,114 pieces of content based on user complaints in the month of November, the company said in its monthly report in compliance with the new India IT Rules 2021.The tech giant received 26,087 complaints from…