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Waymo Is A Trillion-Dollar Opportunity. Google Just Needs To Seize It.

Waymo Is A Trillion-Dollar Opportunity. Google Just Needs To Seize It.

If Alphabet pushed the rollout of its self-driving tech company even harder, Waymo could dominate a new market with the potential to generate more revenue than its ad business. Inthe summer of 2015, when veteran auto executive John Krafcik was recruited to turn Google’s Self-Driving Car Project into a new business unit for Alphabet, cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page …

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Jury orders Google to pay $425 million for violating user privacy

Jury orders Google to pay 5 million for violating user privacy

A federal jury in California has ordered Google to pay $425 million for violating user privacy by collecting the data of millions of people even after they disabled tracking, as reported earlier by Reuters. The decision stems from a class action lawsuit filed in July 2020, which accused Google of unlawfully accessing app activity data on users’ mobile phones from …

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Google Photos now lets you animate your camera roll with Veo 3 for free

Google Photos now lets you animate your camera roll with Veo 3 for free

Google is adding Veo 3 software capabilities to its video generation feature for Google Photos. US-based users can turn static images into four-second videos by clicking either the “Subtle movements” or, for the more adventurous, the “I’m feeling lucky” options under the Create tab in Google Photos. According to Google spokesperson Michael Marconi, you can get your photo subjects to …

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Google must pay $425 million in class action over privacy, jury rules – Reuters

Google must pay $425 million in class action over privacy, jury rules  Reuters Google told to pay $425m in privacy lawsuit  BBC Jury slams Google over app data collection to tune of $425 million  Courthouse News Service Google told to pay $425m for breaching millions of users’ privacy  Al Jazeera Google must pay $425 million in privacy lawsuit, jury says  Axios Source link

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French regulator issues huge Google fine over cookie breaches, risking Trump’s ire – POLITICO

French regulator issues huge Google fine over cookie breaches, risking Trump’s ire – POLITICO

The Google fine, in particular, risks drawing the ire of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has ramped up pressure on the EU after striking a lopsided trade deal in July. Trump threatened to impose severe tariffs on countries that implement “discriminatory” regulations or taxes that target U.S. tech firms. European Trade Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič on Monday made an 11th-hour intervention …

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