by: HALELUYA HADERO, Associated Press Posted: Mar 25, 2021 / 09:33 AM EDT / Updated: Mar 25, 2021 / 09:43 AM EDT Dr. Eric E. Schmidt, co-founder of Schmidt Futures, speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, during a hearing on emerging technologies and their impact on national security. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and his wife, Wendy, have given $150 million to a research institute to establish a… Source link
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by: ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press Posted: Feb 16, 2021 / 02:45 AM EST / Updated: Feb 16, 2021 / 03:21 AM EST FILE – In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a woman walks below a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif. Australia’s government said on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021, it will amend draft laws that would make Google and Facebook pay for news to clarify that publishers would be paid in lump sums rather than per click on… Source link
Read More »Microsoft backs Australian plan to make Google pay for news – WAVY.com
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Microsoft said on Wednesday it supports Australia’s plans to make the biggest digital platforms pay for news and would help small businesses transfer their advertising to Bing if Google quits the country. Microsoft has been positioning itself to increase market share for its search engine Bing after a Google executive told a Senate hearing last month that it would likely make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government goes ahead with a… Source link
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by: ROD McGUIRK, Associated Press Posted: Jan 31, 2021 / 11:55 PM EST / Updated: Jan 31, 2021 / 11:55 PM EST FILE – This Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, Feb. 1, 2021, that Microsoft was confident that it could fill the void if Google carried out its threat to remove its search engine from Australia. (AP Photo/Marcio… Source link
Read More »Regulator says Australia must address Google ad dominance – WAVY.com
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A lack of competition for Google and a lack of transparency in the digital advertising supply chain needed to be addressed because they were impacting publishers, advertisers and consumers, Australia’s competition watchdog said on Thursday. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released its interim report on its inquiry into the Google-dominated digital advertising services industry in Australia that is worth 3.4 billion Australian dollars… Source link
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