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Indonesia penalises Google for unfair Play with $12.4 million fine

Muhammad Zulhusni — Thu, 23 Jan 2025 13:55:22 +0000

Indonesia’s antitrust agency has slapped Google with a fine of around 202 billion rupiah ($12.4 million) for what it calls ‘unfair business practices’ tied to its payment system for the Google Play Store. The case, which began in 2022, looked into allegations that Google abused its dominant position by pushing Indonesian app developers to utilise […]

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Google’s quantum processor claims spark multiverse debate

Dashveenjit Kaur — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 09:16:31 +0000

The tech world is buzzing over Google’s latest quantum processor development, which isn’t just pushing computational boundaries – it’s challenging our fundamental understanding of reality. The early December unveiling of the Willow chip presents capabilities so extraordinary that Google claims they transcend the known limits of our universe, posing questions about the nature of quantum […]

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Microsoft tries to woo Google Chrome users with persistent pop-ups

Muhammad Zulhusni — Fri, 15 Nov 2024 09:01:42 +0000

Microsoft Edge has definitely come a long way, slowly adding new features and capabilities that make it a competitive choice among browsers. With tools like an AI assistant and boasting a streamlined design, Edge is Microsoft’s bold step toward delivering a fully integrated browser experience for Windows users. But the company’s relentless push to make […]

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Google reportedly plans first US tech data centre in Vietnam

Muhammad Zulhusni — Wed, 04 Sep 2024 11:48:21 +0000

Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, is reportedly considering building a large data centre in Vietnam, according to an unnamed source familiar with the plans. If realised, this would mark the first major investment of its kind by a U.S. technology giant in the Southeast Asian country. According to a confidential source, Google is assessing the […]

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Google partners with Australia to strengthen cybersecurity for critical infrastructure

Muhammad Zulhusni — Fri, 23 Aug 2024 08:57:31 +0000

Tech giant Google has been cooperating with Australia’s national science agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), to mitigate the spread of digital risks. The two parties are focused on devising revolutionary digital tools for hospitals, defence organisations, and energy providers, which are considered critical infrastructure operators. These tools would be able to […]

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US judge declares Google’s search practices illegal

Muhammad Zulhusni — Wed, 07 Aug 2024 12:05:50 +0000

A US judge has ruled that certain practices of Google in the online search market were anti-competitive because the company promoted its browser unfairly. It is a victorious moment for the US Department of Justice and a stumble for Google. However, it also represents a turning point in the tech industry and sets a precedent […]

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Intruder joins Google Cloud Partner Advantage

Duncan MacRae — Tue, 02 May 2023 04:18:46 +0000

Intruder, the vulnerability scanning and attack surface management platform, today announced it has joined the Google Cloud Partner Advantage program as a technology partner, giving organisations the ability to easily monitor their cloud systems for potential security breaches and vulnerabilities. As part of the collaboration, customers are able to connect Intruder to Google Cloud to […]

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Renewable energy deal aims to take Google’s UK operations to 90% carbon-free by 2025

Duncan MacRae — Mon, 28 Nov 2022 13:49:09 +0000

Google UK has claimed it will operate at, or near, 90% carbon-free energy (CFE) on an hourly basis in 2025, from a projected 67%, thanks to a new offshore wind energy deal with ENGIE – 100 MW of carbon-free energy from Moray West offshore wind farm in Scotland. This milestone brings Google closer to its […]

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Cloud infrastructure market grew to £131bn in 2021, up 37%

Fin Strathern — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:21:35 +0000

The cloud infrastructure market grew by 37% from £95 billion in 2020 to £131 billion in 2021, according to Synergy Research data. Focusing in on the final quarter, enterprise spending clocked out at £37 billion, marking a similar 36% increase over the previous year. Amazon, Microsoft, and Google continued to grow at astonishing rates considering […]

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Ransomware mitigation sees focus from AWS, Azure, Google Cloud

Fin Strathern — Thu, 16 Sep 2021 15:16:00 +0000

Ransomware mitigation strategies have become an increasingly important aspect of major cloud providers’ offering following the pandemic. In recent weeks, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud have all published articles recommending mitigation tactics and best practice in the event of a ransomware attack. A ransomware attack occurs when company files are encrypted […]

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