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A jury sided with Epic Games over Google in an antitrust case that could change how app marketplaces like Google Play operate on Monday. The unanimous verdict ends the companies’ three-year legal battle. Fortnite creator Epic sued Google in 2020, alleging that its app store practices violated federal and California …

AllTrails was named Apple’s iPhone App of the Year for 2023, while Imprint: Learn Visually was named Google Play’s best app. Apple and Google chose Honkai: Star Rail for Game of the Year. These year-end “best of” lists aren’t just a way to promote new apps and games, but also …

Want to keep a Google account you haven’t used in a while? Log in soon before it’s deleted. Google will delete inactive accounts after two years on Friday, December 1, 2023. It’s likely to free up server space and protect privacy, according to the company. Google warned in May 2023 …

Two weeks ago, the U.S. Justice Department completed its evidentiary phase in its Google antitrust trial, with closing arguments scheduled for May 2024. Can an industry giant legally engage in anticompetitive business practices if they improve its product and its customers’? Apparently, Judge Amit Mehta has “no idea” how he …

At its Google for India event, Google announced several generative AI tools. The features include images, videos, and government scheme information. Google announced today that users will be able to view summaries of over 100 Indian government-led schemes in the coming weeks. The feature will provide Hindi and English information. …

A Google executive said the company will start assembling its Pixel smartphones in India, becoming the latest tech giant to target the South Asian market. Rick Osterloh, Senior VP of Devices and Services at Google, announced at the company’s annual India event Thursday that the Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 …

Today at Google Cloud Next, the company announced several new generative AI enhancements to its security product line to make it easier to find information from massive security data by asking plain language questions. These new capabilities are designed to do more with less, according to Google cloud security UX …

Google says it will provide more information about EU-targeted ads. It is also giving third-party researchers studying regional systemic content risks data. The actions are among several it’s announcing today to comply with the bloc’s Digital Services Act. Friday (August 25) is the DSA compliance deadline for larger platforms with …

According to the official bug report, Google fixed an Apple employee-discovered Chrome zero-day. The bug is unremarkable, but how it was found and reported to Google is. A Google employee said an Apple employee participating in a March Capture The Flag (CTF) hacking competition discovered the bug. However, that Apple …

Google added event creation and availability sharing to Gmail with Google Calendar integration on Tuesday. Gmail now has a calendar icon at the bottom of the conversation view with two options: “Create an event” and “Offer times you’re free”. The “Create an event” button creates a Google Calendar event using …