Turkish authorities impose almost $9 million fine on Google
Turkish authorities have penalized Google with a substantial fine for non-compliance with regulatory requirements, totaling nearly $9 million.
Iran to sue Google for attempts to misname Persian Gulf
Iran's National Virtual Space Center has announced plans to take legal action against Google for distorting the name of the Persian Gulf.
Google Maps to feature Georgia's 360-degree panoramic images
Google Street View has officially commenced operations in Georgia in partnership with the Georgian Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development and the Innovation and Technology Agency. As part of this initiative, specialized filming …
Türkiye fines Google $15mln over competition infringements
Türkiye's Competition Board fined U.S. tech giant Google 482 million liras (around $14.88 million) for failing to comply with an injunction related to hotel search queries. The regulatory body said that Google had not …
Artificial intelligence in search engines to change everything soon
Today, if you want to find something, you might ask your favourite search engine for some advice. After wading past half a page of adverts, you get a load of links to articles on moving companies. You click on one of the links and finally …
Azerbaijan to introduce Google Pay services
The Central Bank of Azerbaijan is constantly working on expanding financial inclusion and increasing the availability of financial services, CBA Executive Director Farid Osmanov said on the sidelines of a press conference on July 29. …
Russia fines Google $370 mln for repeated content violations
Alphabet's Google was fined 21.1 billion roubles ($373 million) on Monday by a Moscow court for a repeated failure to remove content Russia deems illegal, such as "fake news" about the conflict in Ukraine, Russia's …
Russian subsidiary of Google files for bankruptcy
Google's subsidiary in Russia, Google LLC, has filed for bankruptcy. The motion for bankruptcy was lodged with Moscow's Arbitration Court on June 16, according to the database of arbitration cases. Google LLC posted a …
Access to News.Google service restricted in Russia
The access to the News.Google Internet service has been restricted on the territory of Russia due to provided access to materials containing unreliable information about the course of the special military operation in Ukraine, press service of …
Google, Facebook and TikTok block RT, Sputnik across Europe
Meta, Google and TikTok decided to block the channels connected to RT television channel and Sputnik information agency on the video hosting service YouTube that it owns, over the situation in Ukraine. "Due to the ongoing war …
Baku notifies Google of liberated lands' distorted names
Baku has sent a letter to Google over the distorted names of Azerbaijani territories liberated from the Armenian occupation displayed on Google Maps, Azerbaijani Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Leyla Abdullayeva said. She …
Google delays return to office over Omicron concerns
Google has again pushed back plans to draw staff back to the office amid concern over the spread of Covid-19’s Omicron variant. The American technology group, which has over 150,000 employees across the world, will not mandate …
Google Doodle honors Lotfi Zadeh, father of fuzzy logic
Google on November 30 dedicated its Doodle to world-renowned Azerbaijani-American mathematician Lotfi Zadeh on the 57th anniversary of the "fuzzy logic" concept's creation. Zadeh was born in Baku on Feb. 4, 1921, …
Moscow court fines Google, TikTok, Twitter for refusing to delete content
A Russian court on Thursday said it had fined Tiktok 1.5 million roubles ($20,425) over a failure to delete content Moscow deems illegal, part of a broader standoff between Moscow and big tech companies. It also fined Google 3.5 million …
WhatsApp stops supporting some old phones on January 1
A new WhatsApp update will prevent the popular messaging app from working on millions of phones from 1 January 2021. Older Android and iPhone devices will no longer support the latest version of the app, …
Google turning smartphones into earthquake detectors
Google launched an earthquake alert system in California, saying it is working on letting Android-powered smartphones double as tremor detectors. The new "ShakeAlert" system, created in collaboration with the US …
Google to adopt work-from-home until at least July 2021
Google will extend its work-from-home stance until at least July 2021, according to a person familiar with the matter. The company had previously said most employees will be working remotely through the end of 2020, with some …
Google temporarily closing China offices amid coronavirus outbreak
Google is temporarily closing its China offices amid the outbreak of the coronavirus, a spokesperson said. The shutdowns, first reported by The Verge, will affect Google’s offices in Hong Kong and Taiwan. The company has also …
Google parent company now worth $1 trillion
Google’s parent company Alphabet is now the fourth U.S. company to hit a market cap of $1 trillion. Apple was the first US company to hit a $1 trillion cap in 2018, followed later that year by Amazon (which has since dropped below …
Google launches six new apps to encourage users to spend less time on their smartphones
Six new Android apps will let users set limits on how they use their smartphones
