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digitpatrox23 hours ago
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Google employees’ attempts to hide messages from investigators might backfire

Google employees liberally labeled their emails as “privileged and confidential” and spoke “off the record” over chat messages, even after being told to preserve their communications for investigators, lawyers for the Justice Department have told a Virginia court over the past couple of weeks. That strategy could backfire if the judge in Google’s second antitrust trial believes the company intentionally…
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digitpatrox1 day ago
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Google wins landmark EU antitrust battle, easing legal pressures – Computerworld

Qualcomm ruling in contrast In Qualcomm’s case, the company secured a slight reduction of its EU antitrust fine, lowering the penalty to $266 million (€238.7 million) from the original $270 million (€242 million), but the court dismissed its other claims. The fine, handed down by the European Commission in 2019, was based on claims that Qualcomm engaged in predatory pricing…
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digitpatrox2 days ago
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Google Overturns €1.5 Billion E.U. Antitrust Fine

Google has successfully overturned a €1.5 billion antitrust fine it was handed by the European Commission five years ago. Judges at the European General Court annulled the decision because the Commission had made errors in its assessment of the company’s advertising contracts. Specifically, the Commission had not demonstrated that Google’s contracts with publishers had potentially deterred innovation, helped the company…
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digitpatrox2 days ago
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Google Workspace users will see their Calendars front and center in Chrome

Google is adding a new daily calendar overview in newly opened Chrome tabs for Workspace users with easy access to schedules and video calls. That way, when you’re signed in with your organization’s account, the first thing you’ll see is your appointments and meetings, in addition to files stored in Google Drive. Regular Chrome users could already set up site…
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digitpatrox1 week ago
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Google Gemini’s Live Conversations Are Coming to All Android Phones

Google is rolling out Gemini Live to everyone for free. Unlike the standard Gemini bot, you can talk to Gemini Live in real time. You can have a natural back-and-forth with it, brainstorm ideas together, or ask it to teach you stuff. Gemini Live was originally a Pixel 9 exclusive, bundled with Google’s Gemini Advanced subscription. But you don’t need…
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digitpatrox1 week ago
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Google Cloud Strengthens Backup Service With Vaults

Backup and recovery are critical in catastrophic cases that affect an organization’s entire Google Cloud account. Having an untouchable, logically air-gapped version adds a layer of reassurance for high-stakes data. On Sept. 10, Google Cloud beefed up its backup and disaster recovery services with an unmodifiable vault. The service is currently in preview mode, but it will be available to…
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digitpatrox1 week ago
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How to cancel digital subscriptions on your Apple and Google accounts

These days, there are so many digital subscriptions out there — music, movies, fitness, cloud storage, software, podcasts, audiobooks, Patreons, security cameras, AI bots, and more — that it’s perfectly understandable if you start losing track of what exactly you’re signed up for. To make things even more complicated, you may be paying some subscriptions monthly and others annually. Then,…
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digitpatrox1 week ago
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Google Chrome makes it easier to opt out of annoying notifications on Android

Google is expanding a Chrome safety feature to help you cancel pesky website notifications with a single tap. It’s already available on Pixels and is coming to more Android devices; adding a simple unsubscribe button in the notification so that you can get rid of websites you didn’t mean to subscribe to, like horoscopes or weird facts about ducks (there’s…
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digitpatrox1 week ago
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Google faces EU investigation over AI data compliance – Computerworld

“Enterprises racing to train their AI models using foundational models from Google or Meta may need to pause and assess compliance with user privacy and local regulations,” said Neil Shah, partner and co-founder at Counterpoint Research. “This could slow AI rollouts, especially in the EU, where businesses rely on tech giants with large-scale, advertising-driven models.” Regulatory gray areas Enterprises partnering…
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digitpatrox1 week ago
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Google is spending big on carbon capture technology – here’s why

Google has signed a carbon removal deal with direct air capture provider, Holocene, at the bargain price of $100 per ton. The tech giant revealed this is the lowest price on record for this technology, signalling a huge shift in the potential of the process in helping support environmental targets. Currently, carbon removal prices tend to amount to many hundreds…
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