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Google Steps up Fight Against Fake Reviews

Google pledges to crack down on fake reviews after UK watchdog investigation

Google pledged to crack down on fake online reviews with tougher punishments for rogue reviewers and businesses that try to profit from them, British regulators said Friday following an investigation.

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Clampdown on fake Google reviews announced

Businesses which boost their star ratings will have warnings attached to them - fake reviewers will be banned.

U.S. News & World Report · 18h

Google Steps up Fight Against Fake Reviews After UK Probe

The watchdog started a formal investigation into Amazon and Alphabet's Google in 2021 over concerns they were not doing enough to combat fake reviews on their sites, which are use

Google buys part of HTC's XR business

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Google buys part of HTC’s XR business for $250M

Google has agreed to acquire part of HTC's extended-reality (XR) business for $250 million, expanding its push into virtual and augmented reality hardware The deal involves transferring some of the HTC VIVE engineering staff to Google and granting non-exclusive IP rights.

Engadget on MSN · 1d

Google buys part of HTC's Vive VR team for $250 million

Google is paying HTC $250 million in cash for a deal that will give the bigger company's plans for Android XR a boost. Under the terms of their agreement, some members of the HTC Vive engineering team will be joining Google,

Yahoo · 1d

Google is bulk buying HTC Vive engineers to help Android XR become a platform that can rival Meta's VR/AR dominance

Google introduced the Android XR platform in partnership with Samsung and Qualcomm, which is "a new operating system built for this next generation of computing". Now, Google has bought part of HTC Vive's engineering team,

UK watchdog targets Apple, Google mobile ecosystems

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

UK Watchdog Targets Apple, Google Mobile Ecosystems With New Digital Market Powers

Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS are facing fresh scrutiny from Britain’s competition watchdog, which unveiled investigations targeting the two tech giants’ mobile phone ecosystems under new powers to

Engadget on MSN · 1d

UK investigating Google and Apple's mobile ecosystems

Google and Apple are having a bad day. The tech giants are facing a new investigation into their mobile ecosystems from the UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and growing pressure to adopt a new app store initiative in India.

CNET on MSN · 1d

Apple and Google Face Mobile Ecosystem Competition Probe in the UK

The investigation will look for "potential exploitative conduct" by the tech companies, which dominate the mobile market.

Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Why You Need A New Email Account

Republished on January 22 with a new warning about the Generative AI tools now coming as standard from Google, Microsoft and ...

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Google’s Gemini AI smart home controls are rolling out to everyone

Google is bringing smart home controls in Gemini to everyone. The Google Home extension in the Gemini app is adding a few new ...

Google is making Circle to Search more helpful

Google is updating Circle to Search to make it easier for users to find information and get things done. The feature allows ...

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Careful — this Google ad could swipe your bank data without you knowing

This malicious Google ad for the Homebrew website was almost impossible to spot because it displayed the correct URL before ...

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Google’s Identity Check for Android keeps phone thieves out of your digital accounts

Google is officially launching a new Android security feature for Pixel devices with Android 15 to prevent phone thieves from ...

Google Steps Up AI Race With Fresh $1 Billion Investment in OpenAI Rival Anthropic

The AI contender to the apparent market leader finished a $2 million funding round and now has a $60 billion valuation.

Google increases investment in Anthropic by another $1 billion

The new tranche of money from Google into Anthropic adds to a total investment of $8 billion from Amazon, the ecommerce group ...

Samsung is officially working on AR glasses with Google - but I wouldn't get too excited yet

The two tech giants are entering the race to create a pair of augmented reality glasses, competing with Apple and Meta.

Android Circuit: Galaxy S25 Edge Surprise, Google’s Galaxy Unpacked Updates, Oppo’s Ultimate Foldable

This week’s Android headlines; Galaxy Unpacked details and reaction, Galaxy AI updated, Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge surprise, ...

Google's mobile search results are losing this 16-year-old feature for the sake of simplicity

Google has announced that it is removing breadcrumbs from search results on mobile. The feature will still be available on ...

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Google Steps up Fight Against Fake Reviews

Google buys part of HTC's XR business

UK watchdog targets Apple, Google mobile ecosystems

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