Tag: Google
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US justice officials accuse Google of tracking and profiting from users’ location data
The suit alleges Google misled US consumers by continuing to track their locations even when users sought to prevent it
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Russia imposes heavy fines on Google
Moscow: Russia has reportedly fined the international search engine Google 98 million for continuing to violate illegal content laws. In this regard, Russian media say that the decision issued by the Moscow court did not provide details of the illegal content, but local media reported that the court fined Google for not removing the content…
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Google tells employees to get vaccinated or lose their jobs
Google told employees it will reduce pay or even fire them if they don’t comply with its vaccine rules, as per a CNBC report
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Google announces top trending searches of Pakistan
Karachi, Pakistan, 8 December 2021: Google has released the list of top trending searches — searches that had a high spike in traffic over a sustained period in 2021 as compared to 2020 —- in Pakistan. The lists cover a wide array of categories ranging from sports, movies, dramas, and animated films, giving a fascinating…
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Google sues two Russians for alleged organised crime enterprise
In a complaint being unsealed Tuesday in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Google names two defendants, Dmitry Starovikov and Alexander Filippov, as well as 15 unnamed individuals
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Russia court orders Google to pay yet another fine
A Russian court has ordered Google to pay another hefty fine for violating domestic laws on prohibited content
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Google issues upgrade warning to users after hacker attack
In a fresh blog post, Google has alerted its users to the presence of two new ‘Zero Day’ threats for Linux, Mac OS and Windows
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Google fined in South Korea for abusing its dominant position
The South Korean antitrust regulator said Google’s terms with device makers on using its operating system restricted competition
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Telenor Velocity launches Digital Hackfair 2.0 in collaboration with Google
Islamabad– 2nd September 2021: Telenor Pakistan’s Digital Accelerator Program, Telenor Velocity, is back with Digital Hackfair 2.0 in partnership with Google. Digital Hackfair 2.0 is a virtual hackathon bringing the best developers and innovators from Pakistan to use Google technologies such as Android to build impactful solutions. This is the second time Velocity and Google…
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Taliban Try to Access Emails of the Former Government
Google has possibly closed down an unknown number of Afghan government email accounts after the Taliban tried to access the previous government’s emails. According to Al-Arabiya, although the Taliban announced a general amnesty for officials in the previous government and their allies after taking control of Afghanistan, British news agency Reuters says that they are…