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Google says it will promote stories that were critically important and labour-intensive

Google wants its search to promote original reporting

Google pays little tax in most European countries as it reports almost all it sales here in Ireland

Google to pay €1bn to settle French tax probe

Business / 12 Sep

US law requires child-directed websites to obtain parental consent before collecting personal information from under 13s

Google fined $170m for sharing children's YouTube data

Business / 04 Sep

The new Android 10 software features a dark mode as well as additional controls for privacy and location

Android 10 roll-out begins with Pixel smartphone

Business / 04 Sep

Google says iPhones hacked for years

Business / 30 Aug

European Union competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager has overseen €8.25 billion in EU fines against Google in the last two years

Job search sites call on EU to probe Google's service

Business / 13 Aug

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai

Google sees fresh growth amid competition woes

Business / 26 Jul

The antitrust review will address concerns expressed by consumers and businesses

US announces antitrust review of Big Tech firms

Dublin is among 24 cities which will see the real-time updates

Real-time updates for DublinBikes on Google Maps

Business / 17 Jul

Loon aims to bring connectivity to remote parts of the world by floating solar-powered networking gear over areas where mobile towers are too expensive to build

Google internet balloon spinoff Loon looking for wings

Business / 01 Jul

Sanofi is a major manufacturer of vaccines, insulin, cancer treatments and cardiovascular drugs

Sanofi turns to Google in search for better treatments

Business / 18 Jun

Google was hit with a €2.4 billion fine two years ago for unfairly promoting its own comparison shopping service

Google complying with EU order in shopping case - EU

Business / 22 May

What the Google decision means for Huawei and you

Analysis / 20 May

The move could have implications for smartphone users

Google begins to cut ties with Huawei

Business / 20 May

Sony PlayStation and Microsoft Xbox have for years battled as the two leading video game consoles

Video game rivals Microsoft and Sony team up in cloud

Business / 17 May

Evan Spiegel called the European approach well-meaning but potentially self-defeating

GDPR boosting dominance of Google & Facebook - Snap CEO

News Lens / 14 May

Google has used some of the main features of its flagship Pixel 3 in the new device

Google widens smartphone offering with cheaper options

Business / 08 May

The company's CEO Sundar Pichai said revenue slowdowns should be expected as Google focuses on the long term

YouTube changes, competition hit Google's revenue

Business / 30 Apr

Amazon has expanded from its origins in e-commerce to cloud services, streaming media, artificial intelligence and brick-and-mortar grocery stores

New sector growth helps Amazon to record Q1 profits

Business / 26 Apr

European Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager said Google was fined for illegal misuse of its dominant position in the market for the brokering of online search adverts

EU fines Google €1.49 billion for blocking ad rivals

Business / 20 Mar

Google CEO Sundar Pichai launched a new browser-based video game streaming service at the Game Developers Conference last night

Google to launch browser-based streaming game service

Business / 20 Mar

Fionnuala Meehan, Head of Google Ireland, said it was "blown away by the quantity and quality of the entries received"

Non-profits share €1 million in Google funding

Business / 19 Mar

Google CEO Sundar Pichai said that providing accurate and trusted information at the scale the Internet has reached is an extremely complex challenge

Google parent Alphabet hit by rising costs

Business / 05 Feb

Facebook introduced new tools on Monday to counter online political meddling

EU urges tech giants to intensify fake news fight

technology / 29 Jan

France's CNIL said Google made it too difficult for users to understand and manage preferences on how their personal information is used

France hits Google with €50m data consent fine

Business / 22 Jan

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