All news on the topic: Google

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Greece moves to block under-15s from social media over addiction fears
Greece is set to ban under-15s from accessing social media under a new law that’s set to come into effect next year.
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Meta engineer accused of bypassing security systems to access over 30,000 private user images
A former worker at Meta is being investigated by police over suspicions he downloaded about 30,000 private Facebook images.
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OpenAI moves from AI tools to media influence with TBPN deal
ChatGPT-maker moves into broadcasting with deal for TBPN after it had pledged to abandon ‘side-quests’.
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UK races to lure Anthropic as US turns on AI start-up over military clash
Keir Starmer’s government steps up efforts to get American AI start-up to grow its presence in Britain.
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Starmer vows to ban addictive social media features as government targets tech firms over child harm
Addictive social media features should not be allowed, the Prime Minister has said, warning the next generation would not forgive the Government if it did not act.
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Epstein survivors launch class-action lawsuit against Trump and Google after their names appeared in the files
A class-action lawsuit filed on behalf of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse accuses Donald Trump’s administration and Google of failing to protect their identities and exposing them to "renewed trauma" and harassment.
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Epstein survivors sue Trump administration and Google over exposed identities
A group of Epstein survivors filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration and Google on Thursday over the disclosure of personal information found in the release of files.
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Court orders Meta and Google to pay $3 million after woman’s social media addiction case
Meta and Google have been found liable for a woman’s social media addiction in a landmark case.
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Former Google executive Matt Brittin named BBC director general
Matt Brittin, Google’s former top executive in Europe, has been named the BBC’s next director general.
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Trader of Russian coal Dmytro Kovalenko: from schemes with the occupied Donbas to the strange “cleanup” of the internet via OnlyFans
The controversial Ukrainian businessman Dmytro Kovalenko continues to dominate headlines: reports keep emerging about his dealings involving Russian coal.
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Bill Gates cancels AI Impact Summit speech in Delhi after fresh Epstein file revelations spark renewed scrutiny
Bill Gates has withdrawn from delivering a keynote address at the AI Impact Summit in India as he continues to face questions regarding his relationship with the deceased child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Google announces major €5.5bn push into Germany’s cloud and AI infrastructure
The tech giant is making its largest European investment to date and ensuring it dominates AI-related technologies in the continent’s largest economy.
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Israel required Google and Amazon to use a secret “winking mechanism” in $1.2bn cloud deal
When Google and Amazon negotiated a major $1.2bn cloud-computing deal in 2021, their customer – the Israeli government – had an unusual demand: agree to use a secret code as part of an arrangement that would become known as the “winking mechanism”.
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AI deepfakes on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok lure Europeans into billion-euro fraud schemes
Thousands of people across Europe are being lured into investment scams promoted on social media. Investigate Europe reports that tech companies and public authorities are failing to protect citizens despite the Digital Services Act.
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Seven years of EU political ad data vanish from Google’s Transparency tool
Google’s Ad Transparency tool no longer displays political online advertisements that have run on its platforms, past or present, from any countries in the European Union, making seven years of data from 27 different countries inaccessible.
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Love, lies, and heroin: the secret life and death of Google executive Forrest Hayes
When he’s not out looking for the big wave, there’s a significant story that has consumed Stephen Baxter, a reporter for the Santa Cruz Sentinel and a "48 Hours" consultant: the mysterious death of Google executive Forrest Hayes at the city’s expansive marina.
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OpenAI beats Elon Musk’s Grok in AI chess tournament final
OpenAI’s AI model 03, developed by the creators of ChatGPT, wins AI chess tournament undefeated
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Meta, Amazon, Google, Microsoft ramp up AI investments, eclipsing US education spending
Tech giants have invested more in AI than the US government has on education, jobs, and social services in 2025 up to this point.
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Google ordered to pay €314 million over mobile data theft
Google loses court case over Android user data collection without consent
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Biggest leak in history: nearly 16 billion records from Apple, Facebook, and Google exposed – Forbes
Nearly 16 billion records from Apple, Facebook, and Google accounts have been exposed in what experts are calling the largest data leak in history
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Internet platforms go down worldwide: access issues with email, music, and shopping
Major disruptions are currently affecting a number of popular online services around the world, including Google, Discord, Spotify, Amazon, and Snapchat.
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Biggest leak of the year: hackers dump passwords of Google, Facebook, PayPal, and Netflix users
Nearly 200,000,000 passwords have been exposed after digital thieves stole data linked to some of the world’s biggest tech firms.
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Mexico sues Google over renaming of Gulf of Mexico
Mexico has filed a lawsuit against Google for disregarding multiple requests not to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for users in the US on its maps service, Claudia Sheinbaum stated.
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Google uncovers new Russian spyware LostKeys linked to the FSB
Google uncovers Russian spyware LostKeys linked to FSB hacker group ColdRiver
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Google faces £5bn UK lawsuit over alleged ad overcharging and search dominance
Class action argues US tech firm charged more for advertising on its preinstalled apps than it could in fair market