7 h. ago Google could be forced to change UK search as watchdog takes steps

CMA proposes tightening regulation, which could lead to site giving users option to choose alternative servicesBusiness live – latest updatesGoogle could be forced to make a series of changes to its search business, including giving internet users an option to choose alternative services, after the UK competition watchdog proposed to tighten regulation of the company.The Competition and Market Authority (CMA) is preparing to designate the world’s largest search engine with “strategic market status” – a term that gives the watchdog extra powers to regulate technology companies deemed to have considerable market heft. Continue reading...

Politics

7 h. ago Google may have to make changes to UK search engine, says watchdog

The tech giant is the first company being targeted by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) under a new set of digital market laws.

Politics

9 h. ago UK regulator proposes loosening Google’s control of its search engine

Big Tech giant slams Competition and Markets Authority’s plan as ‘punitive’ and risk to economic growth

Politics

6 d. ago Sali Hughes on beauty: want your makeup to last all day? A setting spray could be the answer

New setting mists that provide a cool and comfortable finish are perfect for summerI have never known a category soar as suddenly as setting spray. It existed for aeons, with the best of them (Urban Decay’s All Nighter, £29.50, which still has second-to-none longevity) rarely threatened by anything new. But countless sprays have launched in the past year, all of them promising to significantly increase the lifespan of makeup.There’s an argument that “fixing sprays” and “setting sprays” have different purposes (locking down makeup versus providing a more unified, less powdery finish, respectively), but I dismiss it because it’s based on the generous assumption that the marketeers who name products according to popular Google search terms give a hoot for semantic nuance. Here, I mean sprays that do all of the above, drastically reducing makeup fade and wear, even during dancing, hot flushing or perspiring. Continue reading...

Politics

9 d. ago AI decides which UK city has the sexist accent to make Brits horny

Accent AI Software Sanas analysed Google search data in the US for 12 different regional British dialects to discover which ones Americans were searching for the most

Politics

1 week ago Google, Spotify and other major platforms go down in massive internet outage

Google products including Maps, Search and Gmail were all affected by huge problems – but others who rely on its infrastructure, such as Spotify and Snap, have also been hit.

Technology

2 w. ago From climate damage to making us lazy and dumb, why is it OK to rely on ChatGPT?

Ellie Muir has noticed that her friends are becoming reliant on OpenAI’s popular generative language model ChatGPT, using it to do everything from deciding what’s for lunch to writing work emails. But when one query on the platform uses 10 times more energy than a normal Google search, does our dependency on AI have darker consequences?

Events

3 w. ago Google, Justice Department face off in climactic showdown in search monopoly case

Google will return to federal court Friday to fend off the U.S. Justice Department’s attempt to topple its internet empire at the same time it’s navigating a pivotal shift to artificial intelligence that could undercut its power

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3 w. ago Google accused of ‘abusing’ the search advert market in £25 billion legal challenge

The US tech giant has been accused of abusing its dominant market position

Economics

3 w. ago Google facing £25 billion legal claim over abuse of search advertising market

The US tech giant has been accused of abusing its dominant position in online search to overcharge advertisers.

Economics