After the opening of proceedings against Facebook and Google, the British competition authority is now taking on another big tech company. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a new investigation on Amazon and Google to assess whether they are protecting buyers from fake reviews. The move follows the opening of an investigation by … Read more
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s greatest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3:00 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for June 24th, 2021. There’s a wealth of tech news out there today, but at the very top, if you’re into the advertising market, go here … Read more
The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) is expanding its lawsuit against Google to include three other former employees of the company, according to Recode. When the agency first accused the search giant of illegally firing some of its workers for organizing, it included the cases of two people. Recode reports that the NLRB added … Read more
With the start of Pride Month, Google is adding a small but handy feature in Maps and Search to support transgender, non-binary, and gender-disregarding individuals. Local entries can now indicate whether a company has gender-neutral toilets. This information is listed in the Amenities section of the About tab. It is still possible to check whether … Read more
Google’s approach to protecting Android’s privacy comes under fire after Arizona’s antitrust investigations into phone tracing. As Insider reports, recently unedited documents indicate that Google has made it difficult to find the privacy settings for Android. When Google tested versions of the operating system that showed privacy features, the company reportedly saw increased use of … Read more
Boeing Co., headquartered in Chicago, has created a new business unit for aviation services with headquarters in Dallas. (Boeing photo) Amazon, Microsoft and Google are participating in a tender process to provide Boeing with cloud computing services. This contract is expected to be valued at at least $ 1 billion over several years, The Information … Read more
Microsoft President Brad Smith. (GeekWire File Photo / Kevin Lisota) Microsoft President Brad Smith isn’t done with the fight against Google yet. In an interview with Bloomberg TV on Wednesday, Smith said that Google violated the concept of the open web and “sucked most of the oxygen out of opportunities for people who stopped creating … Read more
An experimental Google Assistant feature, codenamed “Guacamole”, lets you issue voice commands without prefixing “Hey, Google”. That is, if the tech giant decides to give it a wide release. Android Police discovered the guacamole option in the settings of the latest beta version of the Google app, and others with devices running Android 11 discovered … Read more
Sometimes all you have to do is confirm an unannounced product to get the rumors to bed I think. That was Google’s strategy this afternoon, following earlier rumors from Android Central that a chip shortage had put the Kibosh on the mid-budget phone. Commenting on TechCrunch, a Google spokesperson noted, “Pixel 5a 5G will not … Read more
T-Mobile will make Google Messages its standard messaging app for customers on Android devices, provide new backup and storage options via the Google One cloud service, offer an expanded range of Google Pixel devices and YouTube TV as the standard service for Premium -Live introduce television as part of an expanded partnership. This is a … Read more