Google Sued For Allegedly Stealing Data From Millions of Users to Train its AI Tools
Google was hit with a wide-ranging lawsuit on Tuesday alleging the tech giant scraped data from millions of users without their consent and violated copyright laws in order to train…
Google Workers Stage Walkout Over Job Cuts
Hundreds of Google employees staged a walkout at the company’s London offices on Tuesday, following a dispute over layoffs. In January, Google’s parent company Alphabet announced it was laying off…
Google Removed 5.2 billion Ads in 2022 For Policy Violation
Google is taking no chances in ensuring that its billions of users have the safest possible experience online. In its 2022 Ads Safety Report [pdf], the tech giant revealed that it…
Google Invites Public To Test Drive Its AI Chatbot Bard
Google opened up its ChatGPT competitor Bard to the public in the United States and the United Kingdom Tuesday, although access will require getting on a waitlist. “Today we’re starting…
Valentine’s Day: Google Trends show Nigeria leads in Search for Love in 2023
With Valentine’s Day marked today across the globe, Google has released an insightful data on the search trends of Nigerians related to love, dating, and the special day. The data…
Google’s Bard AI Bot Mistake Wipes $100bn off Shares
Google is searching for ways to reassure people that it is still out in front in the race for the best artificial intelligence technology. And so far, the internet giant…
Google Unveils its ChatGPT Rival
Google on Monday unveiled a new chatbot tool dubbed “Bard” in an apparent bid to compete with the viral success of ChatGPT. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and parent company Alphabet,…
Gmail Creator Predicts Artificial Intelligence (AI) Will Totally Disrupt Google Search in 1 to 2 Years
The most popular search engine on the internet may be headed for some rough sailing in the next one or two years, according to the creator of Gmail. During that…
Google Sued Over Dominance in Online Advertising Market
The Justice Department and eight states sued Google on Tuesday, accusing the company of harming competition with its dominance in the online advertising market and calling for it to be…
Google Removes 3.4b Ads, Suspends 5.6m Advertisers in Nigeria
Adult contents, trademarks, gambling top lists Kenyans lead Nigerians, S’Africans on Internet browsing in the last five years While it hopes to release the 2022 data soon, Google has disclosed…
Google Unveils Nigeria Elections Trends Hub Ahead of 2023 Polls
In support of the upcoming 2023 Presidential elections, Google unveiled a new portal, the Nigeria Elections Trends Hub, that will provide a platform for Nigerians to search and discover trending…
In America, Pantami Meets With Space X, World Bank, Google to Strengthen Nigeria’s Digital Economy
The Honourable Minister of Communications and Digital Economy of Nigeria, Professor Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, had meetings at Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (Space X) headquarters in Hawthorne, California, as well…
Pentagon Awards Multibillion-Dollar Cloud Contract to Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle
Washington DC – The Defense Department has named Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Oracle as the winners of a multibillion-dollar cloud computing contract whose predecessor the Pentagon had to cancel amid…
ASUU, Buga, Top 10 Trending Google Searches Nigeria 2022
Key Highlights in Year in Nigerian Search: Google’s Trending Searches of 2022 AFCON, Oxlade, Casemiro, Will Smith, Queen Elizabeth, Finesse lyrics, Anikulapo and Buga lead trends on Search What were…
Google Raises Alarm Over Discovery of Spyware Designed to Attack Chrome, Firefox Browsers
Tech giant, Google has issued an alert to users of its Chrome browser, Firefox browser and Microsoft Defender security software of the presence of a spyware called Heliconia. The discovery was made by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) which…
Elon Musk’s in Cold War with Apple and Google Over New Innovations at Twitter
Elon Musk‘s decision to create changes in Twitter‘s revenue may have created some ‘bad energy’ between the app and big tech companies like Apple and Google. Shortly after taking over Twitter, Musk announced…
Apple and Google face gaming and mobile browser probe
Apple and Google’s dominance over cloud gaming and mobile browsers will be investigated by the UK’s competition regulator, it has announced. Last year, a market study by the competition and…
Google Agrees to $392 Million Settlement for Misleading Consumers Over Location Tracking Practices
Google has agreed to a record $391.5 million settlement for allegedly misleading consumers over its location tracking practices. The attorneys general described it as the largest multi-state privacy settlement in…
Google Modifies Gmail Interface with 3 New Features
Global tech giants, Google has announced it will be changing the interface of its mail app, Gmail and will be adding three new features which include Chat, Spaces and Meet.…
Teraco Announces Regional Interconnection with Google Equiano Cable
Teraco, Africa’s largest provider of interconnected data centre platforms, is now an integral connectivity and interconnection point for Google’s Equiano subsea cable. Equiano starts in Europe and runs along the…