The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, opened a new investigation into Google on Tuesday to assess whether the tech giant has favored its own online display ad technology services, and therefore breached antitrust rules. “Google collects data to be used for targeted advertising purposes, it sells advertising space and also acts as an online advertising intermediary. […] Read more
Alphabet’s Google suffered a worldwide outage Monday that took several services including YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive offline. Service has since been restored, according to Google. The company’s Workspace Status Dashboard shows all of its services are now back up and running as normal. Several people on social media reported issues with the platforms Monday morning, with […] Read more
Google will offer checking accounts next year, according to a source familiar with the company’s plans, representing big tech’s boldest move yet into the consumer banking business as most have focused on credit cards and payment platforms. The accounts for the project will be run by Citigroup and the Stanford Federal Credit Union. The Wall […] Read more
