Google may have to make changes to its search services in the UK to ensure greater competition, the watchdog has said. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is investigating the American technology giant under a new law which means the regulator can demand changes at a firm if it is found to hold too much...
Tom Gerken Technology reporter The Met Police seized more than 1,000 handsets in a crackdown in February Senior figures at Apple and Google have clashed with the police over its recommendations for how best to deal with phone theft in the UK. The Met’s James Conway told the Commons Science, Innovation and Technology Committee –...
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed an online child safety bill that requires Apple and Google to ensure that their app stores verify the age of users in the nation’s second most populous state. Under the new law, minors will need parental approval before they can download apps or make in-app purchases. The bill was...
Mexico is suing Google for ignoring repeated requests not to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps for US users, President Claudia Sheinbaum says. She did not say where the lawsuit had been filed. Google did not respond to the BBC’s request for comment. On Thursday, the Republican-led House of...
ChatGPT-maker OpenAI would be interested in buying Chrome, the world’s most popular browser, if Google was forced to sell it. Nick Turley, an executive at the artificial intelligence (AI) company, was testifying on behalf of the US government in an ongoing monopoly trial against Google. The US wants the tech giant to be broken up,...