EU signs off on tech giant regulation
Enforcement might be impossible
EU lawmakers gave the thumbs up to landmark rules to rein in tech giants such as Alphabet unit Google, Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Microsoft, but enforcement could be hampered by regulators' limited resources.
US Supreme Court protects Big Tech
Federal government moves to protect consumers unconsitutional
The US Supremes might be making a move to protect Big Tech from efforts made by the federal government to restrain their power.
Milan-based RCS Lab hacked Apple and Android
Too sexy from Milan
An Italian company's hacking tools were good enough to take down Apple and Android smartphones in Italy and Kazakhstan, according to Google.
Italians say struffoli to Google Analytics
You can’t transfer data to the US
The Italian data protection authority has found a local web publisher's use of Google analytics is non-compliant with EU data protection rules because it transfers data to a third-world country, which lacks a civilized legal framework.
Big Tech not all that keen on AI products
The only way is Ethics
Search engine outfit Google is not rushing to turn its cloud into AI based decision making.
Google about to charge for Gmail
Otherwise you will be suspended by August 1
Google is about to do something really dumb and force people to pay for a service which has been free for years.
Google investigated over use of maps
German antitrust watchdog barks
Google is under investigation by Germany’s antitrust watchdog amid concerns over the use of its maps platform.
Google tells engineer who claims his chatbot is sentient to have a holiday
Claims his chatbot is like a child, Google thinks he needs testing
Google engineer who claimed a computer chatbot he was working on had become sentient and was thinking and reasoning like a human being has been told to take a break.
Google cloud breaks Pi record
And didn't get eaten by the tiger
Google Cloud developer advocate Emma Haruka Iwao and her colleagues say they've calculated Pi to 100 trillion digital decimal places.
Europe working on a Russian cloud ban
New sanctions
The European Union is working on a possible ban on the provision of cloud services to Russia as part of new sanctions against the Kremlin for the invasion of Ukraine.