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Matthew Boswell, Commissioner of Competition, Competition Bureau Canada

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Canada Joins Global Crackdown, Sues Google for Anti-Competitive Behavior

Hadia Seema
December 2, 2024

Competition Bureau Canada has filed a lawsuit against Google - alleging that the tech giant has exploited its market dominance and employed anti-competitive tactics.

A picture of Google's Moscow office interior

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Russian Court Imposes Record-Breaking $2.5 Decillion Fine on Google – Surpassing Global Economic Output

Hadia Seema
November 6, 2024

Currently, 17 Russian media outlets, including Zvezda - owned by Putin's Ministry of Defence - are suing Google for blocking their content.

Founders of Foundem, Shivaun and Adam Raff stand outside of the European Court of Justice

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Google Slapped with €2.4 Bn Crore Fine After Losing 15-Year Legal Battle to British Couple

Hadia Seema
November 5, 2024

British couple Shivaun and Adam Raff took on tech behemoth Google and emerged victorious, securing a landmark ruling and a record-breaking €2.4 Bn fine.

EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager on the left and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the right

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Google Fails to Overturn €2.42 Bn EU Fine in Shopping Antitrust Dispute

Hadia Seema
September 16, 2024

Google's appeal against the European Commission's 2017 antitrust ruling has been rejected. €2.42 billion penalty imposed by the Commission was confirmed.

A picture of judge P. Mehta on the left and Google CEO Sundar Pichai on the right.

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Google Antitrust Case U.S. – Federal Judge Ruled to Smush Google’s Search Monopoly, and Deliver Punishment in August 2025

M Haseeb
September 14, 2024

As per the ruling by Judge P. Mehta, Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act, and a US antitrust law by monopolizing the search engine market.

According to various reports, the rise in Nvidia's valuation comes amid the skyrocketing demand for AI tools that require GPUs for Large Language Models (LLM).

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[Shots] Nvidia beats Amazon and Google in terms of valuation

Riyaz Idrisi
February 19, 2024

Nvidia's shares surged by 2.5 percent on Wednesday pushing its market capitalization to $1.83 trillion - beating Google parent Alphabet Inc.

Susan disclosed that Neal Mohan, the Chief Product Officer will take over Susan's role as the CEO of YouTube.

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YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki steps down after nine years

Editorial Staff
February 18, 2023

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has reportedly stepped down from her role at Alphabet-owned video-sharing platform YouTube.

A wrong result provided by the BARD AI tool in its demo returned the wrong answer - hurling Google's plan to outrun ChatGPT.

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Google BARD AI returns wrong answer about JWST – costing $100 bn loss

M Haseeb
February 10, 2023

Google announced Bard AI on Monday that returned a wrong answer - hurling Google's plan to outrun ChatGPT, losing $100 billion in value.

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Google establishes COVID-19 fund to offer work flexibility to employees against Coronavirus

Wajiha Wahab
March 11, 2020

Google's parent Alphabet Inc last week issued a memo offering work-from-home to employees in Washington. When Coronavirus cases jumped to 647 in the US...