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Google says it will stop linking to New Zealand news content and will reverse its support of local media outlets if the government passes a law forcing tech companies to pay for articles displayed on their platforms

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Google’s grip on the nearly $300 billion search advertising business is loosening. For years, the tech giant has seemed invincible in this corner of the ad market, which is the foundation of its business.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SYDNEY : Google threatened to stop linking to news in New Zealand if lawmakers pass a bill aimed at making digital platforms pay media outlets, setting up another fight over whether tech companies unfairly benefit from news content. New Zealand is seeking to become the latest country to pass a law that would compel digital platforms like Alphabet’s Google and Meta’s Facebook to pay for news articles, at a time when traditional media outlets have been struggling as readers shift to online platforms.

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A European technology talent brain drain is the biggest risk factor facing Klarna as the Swedish payments company gets closer to its upcoming initial public offering, according to CEO Sebastian Siemiatkowski.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Akash Kargupta, a 33-year-old Gurgaon-based banking executive, bought an iPhone 15 last week. While he had the budget to afford Apple’s latest smartphone—the iPhone 16, he chose the one-generation-old version instead.

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Google invited attendees to join the event, scheduled for 11:30 AM, promising to showcase "AI and technologies designed for India-scale impact."Attendees can expect updates on various Google products, including Android, AI tools, and Google Assistant. Several key speakers will be present, including Roma Datta Chobey, Managing Director of Google India, Snigdha Bhardwaj, Director of Search and Generative AI Trust Strategy, and Bikram Bedi, Vice President and Country Manager of Google Cloud India.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Google has offered to settle an anti-trust case after an investigation found the technology giant's agreements with smart TV makers violated provisions of India's competition law, two people aware of the development said, making it the first company to invoke the brand-new settlement route. The settlement scheme was introduced in India's competition law last year, and the Competition Commission of India (CCI) issued regulations on the same in March.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India has been at the forefront of rolling out digital public infrastructure (DPI), with an objective of introducing a new way of governance to improve the delivery of public-service provisions.

Oracle plans to invest more than $6.5 billion to set up its first public cloud region in Malaysia, the company said on Wednesday, the latest major investment by a global tech firm into the Southeast Asian country. Technology giants including Microsoft, Nvidia, Alphabet unit Google and China's ByteDance have announced billions of dollars worth of digital investments into Malaysia since last year, mostly in cloud services and data centres, powering an infrastructure boom driven by growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI). A cloud region is the physical, geographic location where a company's public cloud facilities are located. Oracle's venture is set to be one of the largest single tech investments so far, outpacing the $6.2 billion planned spending by Amazon's cloud unit AWS announced last year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When YouTuber Ranveer Allahbadia’s (@beerbiceps) YouTube account, with a combined following of 17.33 million subscribers, got hacked on 25 September, he feared for his career. "Cyber security is a real threat, be serious about it...This is what crime looks like in the modern day," he said in a statement.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At a recent tech industry event, a software engineer approached me and said he was in the middle of looking for a job, and that the next company he worked for needed something special: a mission. Silicon Valley—and the tech industry more generally—has long maintained an ethos of saving the world.

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The announcement comes amid a wave of investments by global tech firms in Malaysia over the past year, as they seek to build critical infrastructure to cater to growing demand for their cloud and AI services. Anwar said Malaysia's national cloud policy will focus on four core areas, namely public service innovation and efficiency, economic competitiveness and growth, strengthening user trust and data security, and empowering citizens through digital inclusivity.

Vivo has launched the latest version of its software update, FunTouch OS 15, based on the Android 15 operating system. Notably, the new update is now available on a few iQOO and Vivo devices, bringing the latest version of Android to these devices even before Google's Pixel devices and Samsung smartphones.The latest update is now available on select Vivo and iQOO flagship devices, including the Vivo X100 series, Vivo X Fold 3 Pro and the iQOO 12.

Video game maker Epic Games sued Google and Samsung on Monday, accusing the tech companies of coordinating to block third-party competition in application distribution on Samsung devices

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “Fortnite" maker Epic Games says it is suing Google and Samsung, alleging that the tech giants secretly colluded and imposed “onerous" restrictions on new third-party app stores. Epic alleges that Google and Samsung made it too difficult for consumers to download app stores made by outside software developers, a new possibility after Google lost a previous antitrust lawsuit brought by the videogame company.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: CarDekho’s early investors including Peak XV, Google Capital and Hillhouse Capital are expected to sell part of their stakes in the automobile marketplace as the company initiates conversations with merchant bankers for an initial public offering next year. CarDekho, which is expected to file its IPO papers in March, may see other early investors also book a profit from its public share offering, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Mint.

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Donald Trump escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, on Sunday by repeating an insult that she was “mentally impaired” while also saying she should be “impeached and prosecuted." Trump's rally Sunday in Erie, Pennsylvania, took on similar themes as an event one day earlier that he described himself as a “dark speech.” He told a cheering crowd that Harris was responsible for an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border and «she should be impeached and prosecuted for her actions.” “Crooked Joe Biden became mentally impaired,” he added. “Sad. But lying Kamala Harris, honestly, I believe she was born that way. There’s something wrong with Kamala. And I just don’t know what it is but there is definitely something missing. And you know what, everybody knows it.”