Google loses appeal and will have to pay 150 million euro fine
A French appeals court upholds the fine levied by that country's privacy watchdog.
A French court of appeals upheld a 150 million euro fine levied against Alphabet's Google for abusing its power over the treatment of advertisers, according to a report in Reuters.
France's antitrust watchdog,... Read more
Google increases Android security
A new set of changes to its developer policy aim to make the platform more secure.
Google this week announced updated target level API requirements for Android applications in an attempt to improve the overall security of the ecosystem. These new developer requirements will take effect between M... Read more
Google bans apps with hidden data-harvesting code from the Play Store
Google has removed hundreds of applications from its Google Play store after discovering that they have a software component that collects data covertly.
Measurement Systems S. de R.L., the Panamanian business that produced the malware, is connected to a Virginia defense contractor that offers c... Read more
Google postpones migration of free G Suite users
Google is postponing the migration deadline of free G Suite accounts to paid Google Workspace accounts. Users gain an additional two months.
Earlier this year, Google announced the end of its free G Suite version. Though new users are unable to freely use the software, existing accounts have bee... Read more
Google focuses on data with BigLake and Spanner
Google Cloud announced BigLake, a new data lake engine. Furthermore, Google is updating Cloud Spanner, its existing SQL database management service.
The newly announced BigLake should unite various data lakes and data warehouse environments in a single platform. In doing so, Google eliminates t... Read more
Top HR executive: ‘hybrid work will be history in a few years’
The former head of HR at Google has little faith in the future of hybrid work. Laszlo Bock expects Google's staff to return to the office full-time within three to five years.
Starting next Monday, US Google employees are expected in the office three days a week. For some organizations, the end ... Read more
Community Grants program 2022 launched by the Rust Foundation
The Rust Foundation is offering assistance to its people with its Community Grant Program 2022. Applications open on April 1st, 2022.
The big guns like AWS, Google, and Huawei have allocated the Rust Community Grants Program budget for 2022, amounting to $625,000. The Community Grants Program wi... Read more
Google launches major update for Meet, Spaces and Voice
Google added new functionality to its video conferencing, collaboration and telephony solutions
Video conferencing platform Google Meet received the most significant updates. Integrations of Meet, Google Docs, Sheets and Slides allow participants to view documents, spreadsheets and slides from a... Read more
Cloud infrastructure giants boosted data center hardware and software spending
Public cloud infrastructure services like AWS, Google, and Microsoft have boosted the sales of data center hardware and software, increasing the profits of data center manufacturers like Cisco and Dell Technologies.
Over the past year, billions have been invested in launching new kits of data ce... Read more
Google schedules trials for FLEDGE and Topics APIs
The tech giant has declared its intent to experiment in its "Privacy Sandbox".
Google is preparing another round of tests for the latest iteration of its purportedly private-preserving ad technology, according to a report in The Register. This comes after after last year's Federated Learning of ... Read more