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Google’s AI Previews Erode The Internet, Edtech Company Says in Lawsuit

Alphabet’s Google internet search engine is eroding demand for original content and undermining publishers’ ability to compete with its artificial intelligence-generated overviews, a U.S. educational technology company said in a lawsuit filed on Monday. Chegg, an online education company that …

Mexico’s Sheinbaum Threatens to Sue Google Over ‘Gulf of America’ Maps Change

Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum threatened a civil lawsuit against Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America on its maps service following an executive order Donald Trump signed after taking office. Sheinbaum insisted Thursday that Alphabet Inc.’s …

Microsoft Hit by French Antitrust Probe Over Rivals’ Bing Access

Microsoft Corp. is under investigation from the French antitrust authority amid concerns the U.S. tech giant is degrading the quality of results when smaller rivals pay to use Bing technology in their own search-engine products. Officials are weighing if Microsoft …

Google Asks US Appeals Court to Overturn App Store Verdict

Lawyers for Alphabet’s Google and “Fortnite” maker Epic Games squared off before a U.S. appeals court in California on Monday, as Google tries to undo a jury verdict and a judge’s order forcing it to revamp its app store. Google’s …

Google Pushes Global Agenda to Educate Workers, Lawmakers on AI

Alphabet’s Google, already facing an unprecedented regulatory onslaught, is looking to shape public perception and policies on artificial intelligence ahead of a global wave of AI regulation. A key priority, one executive told Reuters, comes in building out educational programs …

Apple Fights $1.8B App Store Suit in First of UK Class Actions Against Tech Giants

Apple has abused its dominant position by charging app developers an unfair 30% commission through its App Store, costing British consumers up to 1.5 billion pounds ($1.8 billion), a London tribunal heard on Monday. The U.S. tech company is facing …

Hackers Hijack a Wide Range of Companies’ Chrome Extensions, Experts Say

Hackers have compromised several different companies’ Chrome browser extensions in a series of intrusions dating back to mid-December, according to one of the victims and experts who have examined the campaign. Among the victims was the California-based Cyberhaven, a data …

Polish E-Commerce Allegro’s Unit Sues Alphabet for $568M

A subsidiary of Polish e-commerce platform Allegro filed a lawsuit on Monday against Google owner Alphabet, Google Ireland and Google LLC, seeking 2.33 billion zlotys ($567.60 million) in damages, Allegro said in a statement. The unit, Ceneo, is demanding compensation …

Google Defeats UK Privacy Lawsuit Over Medical Data Deal

Google on Wednesday defeated an attempt in a London court to revive a lawsuit brought by a hospital patient on behalf of 1.6 million people over medical records provided to the U.S. tech giant by a British hospital trust. The …

Meta, Google, TikTok Must Face Schools’ Addiction Claims

Meta Platforms Inc., Google, TikTok and Snap will have to face lawsuits brought by school districts in federal court blaming their “addictive” apps for contributing to a mental health crisis among students. The ruling Thursday by US District Judge Yvonne …