The Justice Department is suing Google to break up its ad business Igor Bonifacic @igorbonifacic Alongside eight states, the US Department of Justice is suing Google to break up the company’s advertising business. In a complaint filed Tuesday with a federal court in Virginia, the agency accused Google of illegally monopolizing the digital advertising … Continue reading DOJ accuses Google of deleting chat evidence for its antitrust lawsuit
Google Has ‘Durable Monopoly’ In Search, Justice Department Argues by Wendy Davis @wendyndavis, February 17, 2023 Google is the “gatekeeper of the internet,” with “a durable monopoly” in search, the Department of Justice and a coalition of state attorneys general contend in newly unsealed court papers. “Google cements its monopolies through exclusionary distribution agreements that … Continue reading Google Has ‘Durable Monopoly’ In Search, Justice Department Argues
Search Beyond Google: The Future Of Brand Discovery by Allie Webb , February 17, 2023 The following was previously published in an earlier edition of Marketing Insider. Search: It’s Google’s world. We’re just living in it. This may have been true in the past, but not anymore. Google is still the dominant traditional search engine, … Continue reading Search Beyond Google: The Future Of Brand Discovery
Google Expands ‘Prebunking’ In Europe by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, February 13, 2023 Google plans to launch a campaign in Germany that aims to help people counter the effects of online misinformation, after seeing success in Eastern Europe. A series of short videos will highlight and demonstrate techniques that are common to misleading claims. … Continue reading Google Expands ‘Prebunking’ In Europe
Google Bard’s Public Mistake Worries Investors by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, February 9, 2023 Google’s chatbot Bard, a conversational service for search, on Wednesday shared inaccurate information in a promotional video suggesting that Alphabet, the company’s parent, is losing ground to rival Microsoft. Bard’s error was discovered just prior to Google’s presentation. As of … Continue reading Google Bard’s Public Mistake Worries Investors
Google Talks Back: Tech Giant Asks Court To Drop Suit Over Alleged Spam Bias by Ray Schultz , February 8, 2023 Google has asked a federal court to toss a lawsuit filed against it by the Republican National Committee (RNC) over alleged bias in spam-filter placement. The RNC sued last year after an academic report … Continue reading Google Talks Back: Tech Giant Asks Court To Drop Suit Over Alleged Spam Bias
Google Opens Bard Chatbot Test With More Plans For AI In Search by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, February 6, 2023 Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai in a blog post on Monday explained how the company will launch a conversational artificial intelligence (AI) service called Bard. The test will let users provide feedback. A public release will … Continue reading Google Opens Bard Chatbot Test With More Plans For AI In Search
Google Partners With AI Company Anthropic, Reportedly Makes Financial Investment by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, February 5, 2023 Google’s partnership with artificial intelligence (AI) firm Anthropic as a preferred cloud provider, announced Friday, includes a financial investment, very similar to Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI. While the post on the Google Cloud blog did not mention Google’s … Continue reading Google Partners With AI Company Anthropic, Reportedly Makes Financial Investment
Commerce Department calls Google and Apple ‘gatekeepers’ of mobile apps Kris Holt @krisholt Biden administration officials have taken aim at Apple and Google in a new report, describing the pair as “gatekeepers” of the mobile apps that consumers and businesses rely on. The Department of Commerce’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) states that … Continue reading Commerce Department calls Google and Apple ‘gatekeepers’ of mobile apps
T-Mobile data breach compromised 37 million customers’ data Mariella Moon @mariella_moon T-Mobile has admitted that hackers were able to steal the information of around 37 million postpaid and prepaid customers in another major data breach. The carrier said in a regulatory filing that it discovered the issue on January 5th, but that it believes the … Continue reading Google Fi warns customers that their data has been compromised
