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The lawsuit by Google Cloud engineering director Ulku Rowe had alleged that the company gave higher pay to less-experienced male executives who were hired for similar roles at the same time. She alleged that Google also denied her promotions in response to her complaints.

Google Chrome and other browsers have begun phasing out third-party cookies in order to better protect user privacy. 

In a statement, eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said the proliferation of online child sexual exploitation is a growing problem both in Australia and globally, and technology companies have a moral responsibility in protecting children from sexual exploitation and abuse being stored, shared and perpetrated on their services.

According to a new survey from investment bank Piper Sandler, teens in the US spend 28.7 per cent of daily video consumption on Netflix and 29.1 per cent on YouTube.

In May this year, a court in the US had ordered Google to pay $32.5 million to Sonos, for infringing on the company's smart speaker patent.

Meanwhile, Google has announced that it will implement stricter rules in Gmail for bulk senders from February 2024 in an effort to reduce spam and other unwanted emails.

Microsoft, which first introduced artificial intelligence (AI) to its Bing search engine in an effort to compete with Google in the search engine market, held only three per cent of the market share, according to Techopedia.com.

Google Pixel shipped 37.9 million phones between 2016 and 2023, according to Francisco Jeronimo, VP at global market research firm IDC. “Sales have been growing double digits in the last years, with total sales reaching nearly 40 million units since its launch in 2016,” Jeronimo posted on X.

In August 2022, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) launched a probe into Google Play and App Store for their enforcement of certain in-app payment methods and other irregularities against app developers, reports Yonhap news agency.

"We’re introducing new requirements for bulk senders -- those who send more than 5,000 messages to Gmail addresses in one day -- to keep your inbox even safer and more spam-free," Google said in a blogpost on Tuesday.