US Judge rules that the internet search engine is an illegal game
A US judge has ruled that Google is the only real choice as the default search engine for Apple. “Apple has estimated how much it would cost to create and maintain a search platform that could compete with Google,” he said. Apple would have to spend $20 billion to reproduce Google’s technical infrastructure dedicated to search, he added.
A US judge says that a search on the internet is an illegal game
The US Justice Department’s antitrust case that accused Google of abusing its dominant market position in search ads will be heard by a federal judge in New York this year, reports said. The judge has set a period of five to seven years to decide on the remedies. He will also hold a separate trial to determine what remedies Google should face.
A US Judge rules that the internet search engine is an illegal game
A US federal judge has ruled that Google abuses its market dominance in search and text ad sales. Judge Amit Mehta said Google’s deal-making harms competition and that it has abused its monopoly. The judge also said the US government has shown evidence of “unfair, unfair or deceptive practices” on Google’s platform. He said he will hold a separate trial to determine remedies.
The default is for Microsoft to switch off recall after a security backlash
Google’s Project Zero researcher James Forshaw discovered a method for accessing Recall data without administrator privileges, which cybersecurity strategist and ethical hacker Alex Hagenah called “mindblowing”. Hagenah had recently built a Proof-of-Concept tool to show that someone who gained access to a victim’s machine with Recall could immediately siphon out all their history recorded by the feature.
The search engine has to manually remove weird answers
Google is taking action to remove its AI Overviews for certain queries where appropriate under its policy after users complained of them saying weird stuff. It said the examples would be used to develop larger improvements to its systems. Users posted memes like “What’s glue on pizza?” and “I want to eat rocks”. However, Google said the examples are being removed due to a bug.
The judge suggests there will be a plan to rein in the illegal play store
A judge has said there’s a risk that Google’s Android app stores could have a “new terrain” after it was found to be in violation of US antitrust laws. “We’re walking on new terrain…we’re gonna be there for a while. The result of breaking antitrust laws ischanging how we do things,” he added. Google had earlier said it’ll take enforcement action against its rival app stores.
Police arrested a couple of workers for protesting a contract with Israel
A former YouTube software engineer who was arrested for participating in a sit-in against the Project Nimbus contract between Amazon and Israel has said, “We were arrested for 10 hours.” Zelda Montes said she was arrested on November 19 after occupying Google’s New York office for more than 10 hours. Google had fired 28 workers for participating in protests against Project Nimbus.
Some workers are protesting a cloud contract with Israel
Google employees protested outside their offices in several US cities on Wednesday over a contract with Israel’s army that includes AI technology. They said such capabilities could be used by Israel’s security apparatus to harm Palestinians. “We stand against the military-industrial complex of Israel and call on our companies to not do business with it,” they said in a statement.
The new tech law of the EU is being used to target Apple and other companies
The European Commission is opening five non-compliance investigations into how Apple, Google and Meta are complying with its new Digital Markets Act antitrust rules. “We suspect that the suggested solutions put forward by the three companies do not fully comply with the DMA,” the EU’s antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said. It’s also investigating whether Amazon is self-preferencing its own products on its store.
Here is how tech giants are responding to the EU competition rules
The US FTC announced new rules that restrict Google’s ability to throttle or limit the ability to use third-party apps and services for its services, including Search. However, Google said that it would be willing to let third-party companies co-exist with its services. It also said it wouldn’t “condition” app store access of third-party developers on using their payments systems.