Tag: Google

Sheinbaum May Sue Google Over ‘Gulf of America’ Designation
President Trump’s executive order applies only to the continental shelf of the Gulf within the United States. On Thursday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a possible civil lawsuit against Google for labeling the Gulf of Mexico as the “Gulf of America” on its maps. RELATED: Trump Bans AP Journalists From Oval Office for Not Using […]
February 13, 2025

Trump Bans AP Journalists From Oval Office for Not Using the Name ‘Gulf of America’
Currently, U.S.-based users of Google Maps find this ocean basin under the name of the ‘Gulf of America’. On Tuesday, the Associated Press (AP) was barred from an event with U.S. President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House for not using the term ‘Gulf of America’ to refer to the Gulf […]
February 12, 2025

DeepSeek Means a ‘Turning Point’ for AI Race, Former Google CEO Says
China’s ability to compete using fewer resources demonstrates the need for the U.S. to intensify its open-source AI efforts. In an op-ed published on Tuesday in The Washington Post, Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt described DeepSeek’s rise as “a turning point” in the global artificial intelligence (AI) race. RELATED: Chinese Firm DeepSeek’s Entry Into AI […]
January 29, 2025

Google and Youtube Are Part of the West’s Media War: Putin
They must not exploit or abuse the network to serve the goals of their governments, the Russian leader stressed. On Thursday, President Vladimir Putin defended the restrictions imposed by Russia’s communications regulator, Roskomnadzor, on YouTube and Google. RELATED: Russian Economy Has Continued to Grow Despite Foreign Sanctions: Putin “YouTube and Google must respect our laws, […]
December 19, 2024

Portugal Fines Google for Enabling Access to Pirated Content
Portuguese Judges ordered Google to block the website EZTV, along with over 500 related subdomains. The Lisbon Intellectual Property Court has ruled against Google Portugal for allowing access to a website that shared pirated content, including films, TV series, newspapers, and books. RELATED: US Justice Department is Considering Breakup of Google The court ordered Google […]
September 18, 2024

US Justice Department is Considering Breakup of Google
Authorities stated that Google violated antitrust law, spending billions of dollars to create an illegal monopoly. A bid to break up Alphabet Inc.’s Google is being considered by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) after a landmark court ruling found that the company has monopolized the online search market. RELATED: Google Workers Fired for Protesting […]
August 14, 2024

Russia Responds to Media Blackout by Slowing Down Youtube
Last week, Roskomnadzor demanded that Google unblock over 200 Russian channels on YouTube. On Thursday, Alexander Khinshtein, the chairman of the Parliamentary Committee for Information Policy, announced that Russia will slow down YouTube’s speed by 70 percent on desktop computers in response to the blocking of Russian channels. RELATED: Russia To Respond To Japan’s Shift […]
July 25, 2024

Google Workers Fired for Protesting Genocide in Gaza
On Wednesday, Google fired 28 employees who entered the office of Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian to reject the genocide in Gaza and a contract with Israel. RELATED: Israel’s Cabinet Meets on Counterattack on Iran The demonstrations occurred last week and included protests at Google offices in New York and California, which were organized by the “No Tech […]
April 18, 2024

Google Employees Protest Against Alliances Between the Enterprise and Israel
Several Google employees have protested against the company’s technological alliances with the Israeli government, the phenomenon has even led to the dismissal of several professionals. RELATED: Gaza Strip: WHO Criticizes Israel for Limiting Humanitarian Aid One of the projects between the technology giant and Tel Aviv is the Nimbus, a $1.2 billion cloud that aims […]