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Android users could get paid from $135M Google settlement

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Google Will Pay $135M to Android Phone Owners. Learn Who's Eligible and How to Get Paid

For years, Google has been accused of harvesting data from Android phones without users' consent.

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Android phone users can claim money from Google's $135M settlement

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Use Android? How to get a cut of Google's $135M cellular data settlement

EU wants Google to share its data with other search engines

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The European Commission wants Google to share search engine data with competitors

The European Commission has proposed new measures for Google aimed at bringing the tech giant's search business into compliance with the Digital Markets Act. In order to allow third-party online search engines to be competitive with Google,

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Google told to share search data with AI rivals in EU proposal

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Google should allow third-party search engines access to data, EU says

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The E.U. asks Google to share its search-engine data with competitors

Google was fined $3.5 billion by the European Union in September for breaching antitrust rules.

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EU spells out how Google must share data with rivals

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The EU has told Google what it must do to share search data with rivals

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Android users could get money under $135 million Google settlement

Millions of people using Android mobile devices could receive a payout, according to the settlement website.

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AI is a gold mine for spammers and scammers, but Google is using it as a tool to fight back

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Google Is Adding New Ways to Use AI Mode in Chrome

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Google debuts standalone Gemini app for Apple’s macOS

Alphabet Inc.’s Google released a standalone Gemini app for macOS, giving owners of Apple Inc.’s Mac computers an easier way of accessing the artificial intelligence assistant.

Google releases new apps for Windows and MacOS

The “Google app for desktop” first arrived on Windows in a beta form last September. It was pretty rough at first, and Google couldn’t even update the early versions of the app, forcing users to uninstall and reinstall new builds. That won’t be a concern with the official release, which brings assorted search capabilities to your Windows PC.

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100M Android users can cash in on Google’s $135 million settlement: How to get your share

About 100 million Android users across the United States may be eligible for a cash payment from a $135 million class action settlement against Google — and you don’t need to file a claim to get it. The settlement stems from a lawsuit alleging Google’s Android operating system transferred data to Google servers without user permission.

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Google faces mass arbitration as advertisers seek billions

Alphabet Inc.’s Google is facing billions of dollars in potential damage claims as part of mass arbitration tied to the company’s online search and advertising technology businesses, which courts have ruled were illegal monopolies.

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Google is offering 50% off YouTube Premium for a year, but there's a catch

Google is sweetening is $19.99 AI Pro plan by offering users a 50% discount on a yearly YouTube Premium individual subscription.

Zuckerberg Is Dangerously Close To Cracking Google's Money Machine

Alphabet Inc‘s Google's ad business has long been the internet's most reliable cash engine. What's changing isn't its dominance—but the speed at which Meta Platforms, Inc. is closing in, driven by its CEO Mark Zuckerberg's push into AI-driven advertising and platform expansion.

Google will punish sites that hijack your back button

Google has made some controversial decisions related to its flagship search engine in recent years, but this one will probably be pretty popular. The company announced in a developer note (via 9to5google) that it will start punishing websites that hijack users' back buttons in their web browsers.

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Google adds Nano Banana-powered image generation to Gemini’s personal intelligence

The feature will be initially available to paid users in the U.S.