ABC
Facebook owner Meta faces $600 mln lawsuit from Spanish media
2:59 PM UTC – December 4, 2023 MADRID (Reuters) – A group representing 83 Spanish media outlets has filed a 550 million…
Agrrement
Report: Google To Pay $100M A Year To Canadian News Outlets
Google has agreed to pay $100 million annually to Canadian publishers as part of a deal with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government to avoid a news blackout.
000 already-known materials
Google DeepMind AI reveals potential for thousands of new materials
4:05 PM UTC – November 29, 2023 LONDON (Reuters) – Google DeepMind has used artificial intelligence (AI) to predict the structure of…
Freespoke
Just Google It: A Monopoly Of Information
For months Google has been embroiled in what is considered the largest monopoly trial of the modern tech era. One search engine company, by the name of Freespoke, is challenging Goliath.
Alphabet
EU lawmakers back rules forcing Big Tech to tackle child pornography
EU lawmakers agreed to draft rules requiring Google, Meta and other online services to identify and remove online child pornography.
$86 billion valuation
Microsoft emerges as big winner from OpenAI turmoil with Altman on board
Microsoft emerged on Monday as the big winner of the upheaval at OpenAI, hiring ousted CEO Sam Altman and other key staff of the startup.
AI-powered
Spotify to use Google’s AI to tailor podcasts, audiobooks recommendations
Spotify expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to use large language models to help identify a user’s listening patterns across podcasts and audiobooks.
Alphabet
Microsoft, Google will not challenge EU gatekeeper status
Microsoft and Google will not challenge an EU law requiring them to make it easier for users to move between competing services.
Apple
Musk’s X has a fraction of rivals’ content moderators, EU says
X has just 2,294 content moderators to ensure users comply with EU online content rules.
Alphabet
Google, Meta win court fight against Austrian online content rule
Top EU court backs Google, Meta, and TikTok against Austrian law mandating hate speech deletion.