By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet’s Google was hit with a 2.1-billion-euro ($2.3 billion) lawsuit by 32 media groups including Axel Springer and Schibsted on Wednesday, alleging that they had suffered losses due to the company’s practices in digital advertising. Shares of the Mountain View, California-based company fell more than 2%. The move by the group – which include publishers in Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, the… Source link

For anyone who has ever wished for the ability to hand annotate directly on a Google Doc, Google announced on Tuesday it’s rolling out a new markup feature for Google Workspace customers, Google Workspace Individual subscribers, and personal Google accounts that will allow users to write directly on a Google Doc with a stylus or their finger. The new feature includes a few standard pen and highlighter colors (black, blue, red, green, yellow), and an eraser. If you don’t like any of those… Source link

Glanceable Directions are finally hitting Google Maps a year after the Menlo Park-based tech giant announced the feature. The feature will roll out to users on all iOS and Android devices. Google’s commitment to upgrading Maps is welcomed as Glanceable Directions is yet another new feature the company has introduced in the past couple of months. SEE ALSO: New Waze safety feature warns users of roads with history of crashes What are ‘Glanceable Directions’? Announced in February 2023,… Source link

Google is facing a $2.27 billion lawsuit by 32 media groups claiming that the company’s digital advertising practices have led to financial losses. The publishers, including Axel Springer and Schibsted, are based in various countries across Europe, such as Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Spain, and Sweden. What the lawsuit is saying. A statement issued by the media groups’ lawyers Geradin… Source link

A tipped pass was only the start of the pandemonium between the Dallas Mavericks and Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday. The fun began with the Mavericks down 118-117 and 8.3 seconds left. Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber nearly lost the game with a mistimed pass to Luka Doncic, who still came down with the ball and drove to the basket for an attempt at a game-winner. Understandably, most Cavaliers defenders collapsed on Doncic. That left Mavericks forward P.J. Washington wide open under the basket… Source link

Bitcoin (BTC) surged on Wednesday to break above $59,000, putting it within striking distance of its all-time high as enthusiasm for the world’s largest cryptocurrency reached a level last seen during a 2021 boom. The price of the digital asset is now up more than 15% on the week and 40% so far this year, due largely to excitement sparked by a series of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds that started trading in January. Bitcoin was up more than 5% at $59,396 at last check, touching its… Source link

This is The Takeaway from today’s Morning Brief, which you can sign up to receive in your inbox every morning along with: “Number go up.” It’s one of the many memes that sprang up during a previous crypto surge, representing a similar vibe as “to the moon” or “hodl” — the idea that the faithful would keep buying in the belief that prices would continue to climb. (It’s also the title of Zeke Faux’s seminal book on crypto.) Crypto bulls have pointed to what they say are… Source link

Hi everyone I want to address the recent issues with problematic text and image responses in the Gemini app (formerly Bard). I know that some of its responses have offended our users and shown bias — to be clear, that’s completely unacceptable and we got it wrong. Our teams have been working around the clock to address these issues. We’re already seeing a substantial improvement on a wide range of prompts. No Al is perfect, especially at this emerging stage of the industry’s… Source link

Max Strus caught fire against the Mavericks. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki) A tipped pass was only the start of the pandemonium between the Dallas Mavericks and Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday. The fun began with the Mavericks down 118-117 and 8.3 seconds left. Mavericks forward Maxi Kleber nearly lost the game with a mistimed pass to Luka Doncic, who still came down with the ball and drove to the basket for an attempted at a game-winner. Understandably, most of the Cavaliers defense collapsed on… Source link

Alphabet’s Google Cloud has intensified its criticism of Microsoft’s cloud computing strategies. According to an exclusive report by Reuters, the company asserts that Microsoft is seeking a monopoly, which could hinder the development of emerging technologies like generative artificial intelligence. Google, currently trailing behind Microsoft and Amazon, raises concerns about the impact of Microsoft’s practices on the cloud market.Recently, during an interview, Google Cloud Vice… Source link