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[unable to retrieve full-text content]Google mocks Epic’s proposed reforms to end Android app market monopoly  Ars Technica Source link

BRUSSELS, Feb 26 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google Cloud on Monday ramped up its criticism of Microsoft’s cloud computing practices, saying its rival is seeking a monopoly that would harm the development of emerging technologies such as generative artificial intelligence. Microsoft and Amazon have recently attracted scrutiny in Britain, the European Union and the United States over their market power in cloud computing. Google trails a distant third behind the two leaders. … Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]Putin takes aim at West’s “AI monopoly”  GZERO Media Source link

Google logo is seen through the broken glass in this illustration photo taken in Krakow, Poland on … [+] February 28, 2020. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images Revolution and Evolution of Search Many of us born before the Internet era remember life before search. To get an answer to a simple question we either asked someone with that knowledge, went to the library, or, used the Yellow Pages. The Internet changed everything. In just six years from… Source link

Chinnapong Both Google (NASDAQ:GOOG)(NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) for years have been competing with each other in the video segment of a broader digital advertising market. While the former managed to take the lead thanks to the aggressive growth of YouTube in recent years, the latter nevertheless has been actively exploring options on how to narrow the gap by promoting various video products within Facebook and Instagram. However, the rise of short-form video content… Source link

Enlarge / The Overture Maps logo. Overture Maps Foundation Google Maps is getting some competition. The Linux Foundation has announced Overture Maps, a “new collaborative effort to develop interoperable open map data as a shared asset that can strengthen mapping services worldwide.” It’s an open source mapping effort that includes a list of heavy hitters: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Meta, Microsoft, and TomTom,… Source link

The parent company of dating apps Tinder, Match and OkCupid is suing Google, alleging that the company exerts too much control over payments through its Google Play app marketplace. The lawsuit, filed Monday in California’s Northern District, accuses the company of deploying “anticompetitive tactics” to maintain a monopoly on the Android mobile ecosystem: Ten years ago, Match Group was Google’s partner. We are now its hostage. Google lured app developers to its platform with… Source link

Match Group, the company behind popular dating apps such as Tinder, Match, and OkCupid, is suing Google over its restrictive billing policies on the Play Store. In its complaint, Match Group claims Google “illegally monopolized the market for distributing apps” on Android by forcing apps to use Google’s own billing system and then taking a cut of the payments. Match Group’s complaint plays off an earlier lawsuit Epic Games filed against Apple in 2020, alleging that Apple engaged… Source link

Nothing escapes the partisan divide — or so it seems. Party affiliation shapes opinions about inflation, clothing brands, and even America’s pastime — Major League Baseball. But actor Matt Damon — who himself has been criticized as a “Hollywood liberal” — says a worldwide aid effort to expand worldwide water access resonates with Democrats and Republicans alike. Damon, the co-founder of a global water access philanthropy called Water.org, rebuked the notion that liberals tend to be… Source link

UPDATED with YouTube TV statement. Roku is warning its customers with YouTube TV subscriptions that the service could go dark in the coming days due to what it calls Google’s “predatory” and “monopoly” behavior. In a statement, YouTube TV said it is negotiating “in good faith” with Roku to reach a new deal. “Unfortunately, Roku often engages in these types of tactics in their negotiations,” the statement said. “We’re disappointed that they chose to make baseless… Source link