Google Acquires Startup Wiz for $32B to Make ‘Cybersecurity More Accessible And Simpler’
Google’s agreement to buy cloud security startup Wiz will face antitrust scrutiny amid Alphabet’s ongoing legal battles.
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Google’s parent to buy cybersecurity group Wiz in biggest ever deal
Alphabet’s acquisition of Israeli startup for $32bn follows rejection of takeover bid last summerBusiness live – latest updatesGoogle’s owner, Alphabet, has agreed to buy the cybersecurity group Wiz for $32bn (£24.7bn), the biggest acquisition it has e…
Google to pay $93m in settlement over deceptive location tracking
Tech giant ‘continued to collect and store a user’s location data’ even if users turned off their location history, according to suitGoogle will pay $93m to settle accusations of misleading consumers on how and when their location information was being…
Google accused of spending billions to block rivals as landmark trial continues
Justice department takes on tech giant in court, seeking to prove it illegally used its power to maintain monopoly on internet searchThe court battle between the US justice department and Google has entered its second day, as the United States governme…
Google monopolized internet search for a decade, landmark antitrust trial hears
US makes case Google leveraged power and wealth to strangle competition, spending billions on deals with Apple and SamsungThe watershed antitrust trial pitting the US government against Google began on Tuesday in a Washington district court, as the gov…
UK owners of smart home devices being asked for swathes of personal data
Which? said firms are gathering far more data than needed for products to functionSex and politics: car driver data grab is ‘privacy nightmare’EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech Owners of smart home devices are being asked for swathes of …
EU unveils package of laws to curb power of big tech firms
‘Revolutionary’ Digital Markets Act aims to allow more competition and let consumers delete preloaded phone appsThe EU has unveiled a set of “revolutionary” laws to curb the power of six big tech companies, including allowing consumers to decide what a…
California votes to allow self-driving cars to begin commercial operations
Google-owned Waymo and General Motors-owned Cruise can now operate around the clock in San Francisco and San Mateo countyA California commission voted on Thursday to allow two self-driving car companies to begin commercially operating their vehicles i…
Canada publishers urge Ottawa to stop Meta from blocking users’ news access
Dust-up began after law passed requiring social media companies to compensate news publishers for posting their contentA group of Canadian news publishers and broadcasters has called on the country’s competition regulator to stop Meta from blocking acc…
Alphabet stocks rise after second-quarter profits exceed expectations
The sunny report establishes a continued rebound for the tech company after a difficult 2022 and thousands of job cutsAlphabet stocks rose in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the Google parent company’s second-quarter profits exceeded Wall Street e…