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Google Pays Record Privacy Settlement as Lawsuits are Expected to Rise

Google Pays Record Privacy Settlement as Lawsuits are Expected to Rise

In what is considered the largest privacy-related settlement in history, Google will pay $391.5 million to 40 states to settle an investigation by 40 state attorneys general.  The bipartisan coalition of attorneys general alleged that Google misled users into believing that opting out of sharing their location data prevented the company from tracking users’ locations.  But even when users opted out of location tracking, researchers confirmed that Google… Source link

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Google Pays Chrome Hackers $45,000, Releases High-Severity Update

Google Pays Chrome Hackers ,000, Releases High-Severity Update

Today is known as ‘Exploit Wednesday’ because it follows Patch Tuesday when big-name vendors release multiple security patches. I have already reported this morning how Microsoft confirmed no less than four new Windows zero-days being actively exploited in the wild. While none are zero-days, Google is also rolling out an update to address six high-severity security issues impacting the Chrome browser. Four of these earned the hackers who reported them a total of $45,000. What are the six… Source link

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Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dominance, DOJ says

Google pays ‘enormous’ sums to maintain search-engine dominance, DOJ says

Alphabet’s Google pays billions of dollars each year to Apple, Samsung Electronics and other telecom giants to illegally maintain its spot as the No. 1 search engine, the US Justice Department told a federal judge Thursday. DOJ attorney Kenneth Dintzer didn’t disclose how much Google spends to be the default search engine on most browsers and all US mobile phones, but described the payments as “enormous numbers.”  “Google invests billions in defaults, knowing people won’t… Source link

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Google Pays $1 Billion for London Office Building

Google Pays  Billion for London Office Building

Google said Friday that it would spend $1 billion to purchase a London office building, making it the owner of another high-priced piece of real estate as the internet giant bets on an eventual return to office for its employees around the world. The company said it would buy a building in London’s West End where it had already been leasing office space. The purchase is on top of another $1 billion that Google is estimated to be spending to construct an 11-story, one-million-square-foot… Source link

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Google Pays $1 Billion for London Office Building

Google Pays  Billion for London Office Building

Google said Friday that it would spend $1 billion to purchase a London office building, making it the owner of another high-priced piece of real estate as the internet giant bets on an eventual return to office for its employees around the world. The company said it would buy a building in London’s West End where it had already been leasing office space. The purchase is on top of another $1 billion that Google is estimated to be spending to construct an 11-story, one-million-square-foot… Source link

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Stephen Hawking on his 80th birthday: Google pays tribute to late scientist

Stephen Hawking on his 80th birthday: Google pays tribute to late scientist

Hawking, who died in 2018 at the age of 76, was also a cosmologist, astronomer, mathematician and author of numerous books including the landmark “A Brief History of Time,” which has sold more than 10 million copies. A Google Doodle, which is a temporary alteration of the search engine’s logo to celebrate special occasions, was created by Matthew Cruickshank in honor of Hawking. “Today’s video Doodle celebrates one of history’s most influential scientific minds, English cosmologist, author,… Source link

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Google pays tribute to late scientist Stephen Hawking on his 80th birthday | News

Google pays tribute to late scientist Stephen Hawking on his 80th birthday | News

Google on Saturday is paying tribute to renowned scientist Stephen Hawking, who overcame a debilitating disease to continue probing the mysteries of the universe, for what would be his 80th birthday on Earth. Hawking, who died in 2018 at the age of 76, was also a cosmologist, astronomer, mathematician and author of numerous books including the landmark “A Brief… Source link

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