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Tech giant argues a $161m fine for exploiting the market dominance of its Android operating system should be quashed. Google has told a tribunal in India that the country’s antitrust investigators copied parts of a European ruling against the US firm for abusing the market dominance of its Android operating system, arguing the decision be quashed, legal papers show. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) in October fined Alphabet Inc’s Google $161m for exploiting its dominant position… Source link

It said that Google was entering into forced agreements with players in the space to ensure that its bouquet of apps – such as Google Chrome, YouTube, Google Maps and others – were used. This, the CCI said, was stifling competition and gave Google continuous access to consumer data and lucrative advertising opportunities. Source link

According to a recent leaked Google smartphone launch roadmap, the Pixel 7a should become official “around April or May” – most likely the announcement will take place at the company’s annual developer conference called I/O, which happens in May. As we get ever closer, more and more leaks of the device are starting to pop up – including today’s, which is a blurry hands-on video seemingly originating in Vietnam. We’re basing that assumption on the fact that the unit depicted has its… Source link

Spatial audio is coming with the January security patch, and head tracking is not far behind Google gave us the latest Pixel Feature Drop in December, but it saved one of its most anticipated goodies for the New Year. Spatial audio, a next-gen surround sound effect for supported headphones, is rolling out now to the Pixel 6 and 7 series alongside the January 2023 security update. Spatial audio was popularized by Apple’s AirPods Pro, which simulate a… Source link

Microsoft could soon get a return on its $1 billion investment in OpenAI, creator of the ChatGPT chatbot, which gives humanlike text answers to questions. Microsoft is preparing to launch a version of its Bing search engine that uses the artificial intelligence behind ChatGPT to answer some search queries rather than just showing a list of links, according to two people with direct knowledge of the plans. Microsoft hopes the new feature, which could launch before the end of March, will help… Source link

India antitrust rulings latest setback for Google in key market Google wants Indian antitrust decisions to be quashed Indian watchdog copied parts of EU order, Google alleges Google says its conduct is not anti-competitive – filing NEW DELHI, Jan 3 (Reuters) – Google has told a tribunal in India that the country’s antitrust investigators copied parts of a European ruling against the U.S. firm for abusing the market dominance of its Android operating system, arguing the decision be quashed, legal… Source link

Meta isn’t the only tech heavyweight making tools to help root out terrorist content. The Financial Times has learned Google’s Jigsaw is developing a free tool to help smaller websites detect and remove extremist material. The project, built with the help of the UN-supported Tech Against Terrorism, makes it easier for moderator teams to deal with potentially illegal content. The effort has the assistance of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (founded by Google, Meta, Microsoft… Source link

Google’s antitrust woes mainly stem from its Android mobile operating system, which is used by more than 70% of smartphone users worldwide.Image: Justin Sullivan (Getty Images) Google has asked an appeals court in India to throw out an October antitrust ruling by the Competition Commission of India (CCI), accusing regulators of plagiarizing language from a similar ruling in Europe. The American internet giant cited more than 50 instances of language copied verbatim. Google also objected to… Source link

A new hands-on video was posted today of the alleged Google Pixel 7a. The 49-second clip shows a device that reflects previous leaks and rumors about Google’s next mid-ranged Pixel. The device in question, posted on Slashleaks (first spotted by 9to5Google), looks similar to the Pixel 6a and Google’s 2022 flagships. The device name in Android 13 settings says “Pixel 7a,” and the handset runs internal pre-release (“design validation test”) software. The phone’s language is also… Source link

Welcome to a new year and also to the first Google Pixel update of the year. Google kicked off 2023 by releasing the January Android security patch and update for the Pixel 4a up through the Pixel 7. I know this may seem like a day late and a weird Tuesday release, but there was an observed holiday in there. Since this isn’t a big quarterly update, we aren’t actually expecting much in this build. Since we got a Pixel Feature Drop in December that brought to public a Quarterly… Source link