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The agreement resolves tensions between Google and Canada over a controversial law known as C-18 requiring digital platforms to compensate news publishers for their work.

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By Brian Fung, CNN

Google has agreed to pay Canadian publishers for their news content, backing down from a high-stakes threat to block all news content produced in the country on its platforms after the tech giant and the Canadian government announced a deal to avert the looming crisis.

Google has agreed to pay Canadian publishers $100 million a year for their news content, backing down from a high-stakes threat to block all news content produced in the country on its platforms after the tech giant and the Canadian government announced a deal Wednesday to avert the looming crisis.

Plus: Why is Meta’s press secretary wanted in Russia?

In May, the FTC charged Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta with deceiving parents about who their children could communicate with via the Messenger Kids app.

Files vanishing off Google Drive, Russia adds Meta’s spokesperson to its wanted list, self-driving cars and their struggle for public acceptance, and Japanese startups test cash bonuses to woo employees back into the office. These and more top tech stories on Hashtag Trending. I’m your host James Roy. Google Drive users took it to

A spokesperson for US tech conglomerate Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has been added to Russia’s wanted list, according to an online database maintained by the country’s interior ministry,...

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