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As the legal uncertainty in Europe clouding use of US cloud services cranks up, Google has responded by firing up its lobbying engines to call for US and European lawmakers to get a move on and come up a new rubberstamp to grease transatlantic data flows as usual as the bloc’s regulators finally start to […]

Tech giant is stepping up efforts to water down parts of legislation that it fears may have a severe impact on its business

Google-Microsoft Truce Crumbles Amid Feud Over Cloud, Ad Tech Dina Bass and Nico Grant, Bloomberg News Sundar Pichai Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg , Bloomberg (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft and Google, tech giants that compete in cloud computing, web search and artificial intelligence, five years ago formally agreed to cease using their substantial lobbying firepower against each other, seeking to eliminate a pricey and distracting ba...

Google accused Microsoft of unfairly attacking it to distract from the massive Exchange hack  Mar 13, 2021, 10:53 AM facebook Google accused Microsoft of diverting attention away from the hack on Exchange servers. Microsoft president Brad Smith took aim at Google ahead of a US House hearing on antitrust. A claimed Chinese-sponsored hacking group attacked Microsoft Exchange servers in 30,000 US organisations. Google accused Microsoft of attempting to divert public at...

Google responded to Microsoft's accusation that the tech giant "dominates" online advertising and acts as a gatekeeper for news outlets.

Microsoft president Brad Smith took aim at Google ahead of an House hearing on antitrust. A Chinese-sponsored hacking group attacked Microsoft Exchange servers in 30,000 US organizations. Google accused Microsoft of attempting to divert public attention away from a major Microsoft server hack. Kent Walker, Googles head of global affairs, said in a blog post Microsoft is attacking his firm to divert attention away from the massive hack on Microsoft Exchange servers. The statement came ahead of a...

"Of course they'd be eager to impose an unworkable levy on a rival and increase their market share."

Google and Microsoft are in a firefight over Australias code mandating payments to news publishers. Microsoft has supported the new code, while Google threatened

Google Backs Biden Immigration Efforts, Offers to Cover Some Fees Google said it backs President-elect Joe Biden’s promised immigration plans, and has offered to cover some of the application fees associated with the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Kent Walker, senior vice president of global affairs, said the company is making a $250,000 grant that will cover fees to DACA for more than 500 immigrants. “We believe it’s important that Dreamers have a chance to apply...

Colorado Joins 38-State Lawsuit Against Google Alleging Monopoly CBS Denver 12/17/2020 Syndicated Local – CBS Denver DENVER (CBS4) — Colorado is joining 37 other states in accusing Google of unfairly and illegally monopolizing the search engine market. Colorado Attorney General on Thursday announced the filing of the federal lawsuit earlier Thursday in Washington D.C. “Consumers are denied the benefits of competition, including the possibility of higher quality services ...