Don't try this in Europe

Meta and Google appear to have turned to the "quiet layoff" to get rid of staff.  Apparently they are giving staff time to pick new roles after reorganising or disbanding teams and then giving them the boot when time runs out. 

Apparently its software was trying to save the world 

Malwarebytes has fixed a problem which saw iGoogle and its Youtube domains being flagged as malicious.

And talking to Google and Vole

Spellchecking features added into Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge web browsers have been caught to be leaking sensitive information back to their parent companies.

Unfair to other boardgames, and might require some diplomacy 

Indonesia's competition regulator, the succinctly titled Komisi Pengawas Persaingan Usaha (KPPU) has alleged that Google has violated local anti-monopoly laws.

A US federal judge rules

A federal judge in the US has cleared Facebook and Google of collusion in relation to an online marketing deal between the two companies.  However, Judge P. Kevin Castel allowed the ongoing antitrust case against Google to continue.

In-house AI takes a back seat

Google confirmed the company is slashing projects at its in-house R&D division known as Area 120. 

That will be 4 billion euros

One of the European Union’s highest courts has upheld the bloc’s biggest-ever antitrust fine, issued to Google by the EU’s competition enforcers in 2018 over Android.

You are going to need a bigger boat

SharkBotDropper trojan has once again infiltrated the Google Play Store, Fox-IT, researchers have warned.

Does not do enough to filter evil

Former President Donald Trump’s Truth Social platform is floundering after the Google Play Store spiked the software because it refused to stop hate speech.

Don't you mess with revenue 

Google will ban Android VPN apps in its Play store from iblocking advertising which could cause some major headaches for privacy applications.