Google can afford a slice of its billions to help sustain journalism, Labor says

Andrew Leigh accuses Google of a ‘misleading scare campaign’ in its bid to take down a proposed ACCC scheme to make tech giants pay media companies for content

Google protests ‘unworkable’ ACCC code for digital platforms to pay news media companies

The tech giant has used a blog post to attack the watchdog’s proposal, but also admitted that it was unlikely to escape the code’s effects

Treasury denies it plans to drop ‘Facebook tax’ in favour of trade deal

Recently introduced tax expected to raise £500m, helping to reduce Britain’s huge Covid bill

Google Maps gets worldwide visual overhaul

Updated version promises ‘more vibrant’ representation of natural features and built environment

Google giving far-right users’ data to law enforcement, documents reveal

Exclusive: in some cases Google did not necessarily ban users who were often threatening violence or expressing extremist views

Google’s open letter to Australians about news code contains ‘misinformation’, ACCC says

Tech giant is campaigning against watchdog over code that would force it to share ad revenue with media outlets

Fortnite maker Epic plays David to Apple’s Goliath in App Store showdown

Games firm launches perfectly stage-managed attack just as tech giants’ detente is fracturing

Apple and Google remove Fortnite video game from app stores

Move over payment guideline violations prompts maker Epic Games to take legal action

Google deletes 2,500 China-linked YouTube channels over disinformation

Move comes amid rising US-China tensions over TikTok and WeChat apps that White House says are ‘significant threats’

New York unveils landmark antitrust bill that makes it easier to sue tech giants

The legislation comes as a federal panel is investigating the market power of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google

Pixel 4a review: the best phone Google has made in years

Cut-price Google phone has great camera, screen, performance and battery life, in small and light body

At last, the tech titans’ nerd immunity shows signs of fading

The grilling dished out to the big four bosses by Congress shows the Democrats may be ready to challenge their power at last

Yes, the tech giants are big – in truth, probably too big to break up

Despite Congress’s threats, no politician or president will want to panic fragile stock markets with antitrust action

Our health is all we have. But now Google wants it too

The EU probe of the search engine’s deal for Fitbit is a harbinger of a future in which Big Tech is central to healthcare

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