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CSU alum, Army veteran illustrates Google search Veterans Day image

CSU alum, Army veteran illustrates Google search Veterans Day image

November 11, 2021 Columbus State alumnus and Army veteran Steve Tette’s work is being seen by hundreds of millions of Google users on Thursday, Nov. 11. The American realist artist was chosen to design the “Google Doodle” for Veterans Day. The doodles are a Google program to alter the search engine’s logo in celebration of holidays, anniversaries and the lives of influential… Source link

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Top UK court blocks legal action against Google over internet tracking | UK supreme court

Top UK court blocks legal action against Google over internet tracking | UK supreme court

A £3bn legal action against Google over claims it secretly tracked the internet activity of millions of iPhone users has been blocked by the UK supreme court. Legal experts said the decision meant the “floodgates” remained closed to class actions on data privacy in England and Wales, although the ruling noted digital technology’s ability to cause “mass harm” to people. Richard Lloyd, a former director of the consumer group Which?, wanted to bring a US-style class action lawsuit… Source link

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Apple, Google, others lose court challenge to patent review policy

Apple, Google, others lose court challenge to patent review policy

A 3D printed Google logo is placed on the Apple Macbook in this illustration taken April 12, 2020. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic Tech companies said rule reducing reviews undermines patent system Court says PTO decisions on instituting review can’t be appealed (Reuters) – A federal judge in California tossed a lawsuit brought by big tech companies including Apple and Google over a U.S. Patent and Trademark Office policy that reduced the number of patent disputes it considers. U.S. Supreme Court precedent… Source link

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Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, $2.8-bln fine

Google loses challenge against EU antitrust ruling, .8-bln fine

LUXEMBOURG, Nov 10 (Reuters) – Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google lost an appeal against a 2.42-billion-euro ($2.8-billion) antitrust decision on Wednesday, a major win for Europe’s competition chief in the first of three court rulings central to the EU push to regulate big tech. Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager fined the world’s most popular internet search engine in 2017 over the use of its own price comparison shopping service to gain an unfair advantage over smaller European… Source link

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Google wins appeal against UK class action-style suit seeking damages for Safari tracking – TechCrunch

Google wins appeal against UK class action-style suit seeking damages for Safari tracking – TechCrunch

Google has won an appeal against a class action-style privacy litigation at the UK Supreme Court — avoiding what could have been up to £3BN in damages had it lost the case. The long-running litigation was brought by veteran consumer rights campaigner, Richard Lloyd, who, since 2017, has been pursing a collective lawsuit, alleging Google applied a Safari workaround to override iPhone users’ privacy settings in Apple’s Safari browser between 2011 and 2012 — and seeking… Source link

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Android users get another app-based Google TV remote option

Android users get another app-based Google TV remote option

Google has updated its Google Home Android app to add a built-in remote for Android TV, Google TV, and other devices like the Nvidia Shield. The feature, which was spotted by 9to5Google, is a helpful option if you misplace a physical remote control. To use it, head to the page in the Google Home app for the device you want to control, and then tap “Open remote” in the bottom left corner of the page. Although the Google Home remote feature is only available on Android for now, its… Source link

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Supreme Court blocks mass iPhone claim against Google

Supreme Court blocks mass iPhone claim against Google

The Google case – brought by Richard Lloyd, the former director of consumer rights group Which? – alleged that between 2011 and 2012 Google cookies collected data on health, race, ethnicity, sexuality and finance through Apple’s Safari web browser, even when users had chosen a “do not track” privacy setting. Source link

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Google Loses Appeal of $2.8 Billion E.U. Antitrust Fine

Google Loses Appeal of .8 Billion E.U. Antitrust Fine

In a major ruling that bolsters the European Union’s efforts to clamp down on the world’s largest technology companies, Google lost an appeal on Wednesday to overturn a landmark antitrust ruling by European regulators against the internet giant. The decision by the Luxembourg-based General Court related to a 2017 decision by the European Commission, the bloc’s executive branch, to fine Google 2.4 billion euros (about $2.8 billion) for giving preferential treatment to its own… Source link

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