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Google Steps up Fight Against Fake Reviews

Google pledges to crack down on fake reviews after UK watchdog investigation

Google pledged to crack down on fake online reviews with tougher punishments for rogue reviewers and businesses that try to profit from them, British regulators said Friday following an investigation.

Hosted on MSN · 17h

Clampdown on fake Google reviews announced

Businesses which boost their star ratings will have warnings attached to them - fake reviewers will be banned.

U.S. News & World Report · 21h

Google Steps up Fight Against Fake Reviews After UK Probe

The watchdog started a formal investigation into Amazon and Alphabet's Google in 2021 over concerns they were not doing enough to combat fake reviews on their sites, which are use

Google buys part of HTC's VIVE VR team

Droid Life · 14h

Google Loves Buying Talent From HTC Still, Adds VIVE Folks to Android XR Platform

Google’s current focus at the moment outside of AI is their new Android XR platform, where they see an opportunity to jump at the hype of mixed reality headsets after seeing the success Meta has had with its Meta Quest products and partnership with Ray-Ban.

Engadget on MSN · 1d

Google buys part of HTC's Vive VR team for $250 million

Google is paying HTC $250 million in cash for a deal that will give the bigger company's plans for Android XR a boost. Under the terms of their agreement, some members of the HTC Vive engineering team will be joining Google,

Yahoo · 1d

Google is bulk buying HTC Vive engineers to help Android XR become a platform that can rival Meta's VR/AR dominance

Google introduced the Android XR platform in partnership with Samsung and Qualcomm, which is "a new operating system built for this next generation of computing". Now, Google has bought part of HTC Vive's engineering team,

Fitbit, Google

CBS News on MSN · 1d

Google-owned Fitbit to pay $12.2 million after consumers were burned by smartwatches

Fitbit failed to report overheating incidents involving its Ionic watches in which customers suffered serious burns, safety regulator said.

MarketWatch · 1d

Google's Fitbit to Pay $12M Fine Tied to Burn-Hazard Reports

The Consumer Product Safety Commission said Thursday that Fitbit knew a defect in its Ionic smartwatches created an unreasonable risk of serious injury or death, as it had received numerous reports of the devices overheating while being worn and leaving some consumers with second- and third-degree burns.

TechCrunch on MSN · 1d

Fitbit fined $12M over Ionic smartwatch burns

Fitbit has settled with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) over a longstanding defeat that caused some wearers to sustain burns. The deal finds the Google-owned fitness company paying a $12.

UK probes Apple and Google

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

UK Watchdog Targets Apple, Google Mobile Ecosystems With New Digital Market Powers

Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS are facing fresh scrutiny from Britain’s competition watchdog, which unveiled investigations targeting the two tech giants’ mobile phone ecosystems under new powers to

CNET on MSN · 1d

Apple and Google Face Mobile Ecosystem Competition Probe in the UK

The investigation will look for "potential exploitative conduct" by the tech companies, which dominate the mobile market.

Wall Street Journal · 1d

Apple, Google Mobile Ecosystems Face U.K. Probe Under New Tech Rules

The country’s Competition and Markets Authority is investigating mobile ecosystems controlled by Apple and Alphabet’s Google to work out if they need to obey a strict new law governing digital competition.

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Google’s Identity Check for Android keeps phone thieves out of your digital accounts

Google is officially launching a new Android security feature for Pixel devices with Android 15 to prevent phone thieves from ...

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Careful — this Google ad could swipe your bank data without you knowing

This malicious Google ad for the Homebrew website was almost impossible to spot because it displayed the correct URL before ...

Google’s Gmail Upgrade—Why You Need A New Email Account

Republished on January 22 with a new warning about the Generative AI tools now coming as standard from Google, Microsoft and ...

Google expands Performance Max asset/search term reporting capabilities

Google's PMax updates offer enhanced search reporting, asset group reporting as well as more exclusion and advanced targeting ...

Google TV is testing out yet another feature you'll either love or hate

Google has announced it will start rolling out an experimental News Brief feature to some Google TV users in the US.

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Android Circuit: Galaxy S25 Edge Surprise, Google’s Galaxy Unpacked Updates, Oppo’s Ultimate Foldable

This week’s Android headlines; Galaxy Unpacked details and reaction, Galaxy AI updated, Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Edge surprise, ...

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Android 16’s first public beta adds Google’s more limited take on live lockscreen notifications

Android 16’s first public beta will start rolling out later today, bringing with it dynamic lockscreen notifications for ride ...

Google's mobile search results are losing this 16-year-old feature for the sake of simplicity

Google has announced that it is removing breadcrumbs from search results on mobile. The feature will still be available on ...

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