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Govt’s platform tax is back to drive news deals

The Albanese government has revived its plan to force Meta back into deals with news publishers with a backstop tax of more than $100 million a year. A year...

Backlash over proposed changes to EU privacy law

11 November 2025 | by Foo Yun Chee

Privacy activists say proposed changes to Europe’s landmark privacy law, including making it easier for Big Tech to harvest Europeans’ personal data for AI training, would flout EU case...

Google planning powerful AI data centre on tiny Australian Indian Ocean outpost

7 November 2025 | by Kirsty Needham

Google plans to build a large artificial intelligence data centre on Australia’s remote Indian Ocean outpost of Christmas Island after signing a cloud deal with the Department of Defence...

Google proposes app store reforms in settlement with Epic Games

5 November 2025 | by Mike Scarcella

Alphabet’s Google said on Tuesday it has reached a comprehensive US court settlement with “Fortnite” video game maker Epic Games, agreeing to Android and app store reforms aimed at...

Google claims quantum breakthrough with Willow chip algorithm

23 October 2025 | by Max Cherney

Google said it has developed a computer algorithm that points the way to practical applications for quantum computing and will be able to generate unique data for use with...

Google says teen social media ban ‘extremely difficult’ to enforce

13 October 2025 | by Renju Jose

Alphabet-owned Google on Monday said it would be “extremely difficult” for Australia to enforce a law prohibiting people younger than 16 from using social media, warning that the government’s...

Supreme Court allows order forcing Google to make app store changes

7 October 2025 | by Mike Scarcella

The US Supreme Court declined on Monday to halt key parts of a judge’s order requiring Alphabet’s Google to make major changes to its app store Play, as the...

Rolling Stone and Billboard sue Google over AI overviews

14 September 2025 | by Aditya Soni

The owner of Rolling Stone, Billboard and Variety sued Google on Friday in the US, alleging the technology giant’s AI summaries use its journalism without consent and reduce traffic...

Anthropic to pay US$1.5b to settle author class action

6 September 2025 | by Blake Brittain and Mike Scarcella

Anthropic told a San Francisco federal judge that it has agreed to pay US$1.5 billion (A$2.28 billion) to settle a class-action lawsuit from a group of authors who accused...

US judge orders Google to share search data with competitors

3 September 2025 | by Jody Godoy

Alphabet’s Google must share data with rivals to open up competition in online search, a judge in Washington has ruled, while rejecting prosecutors’ bid to make the internet giant...

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Govt’s platform tax is back to drive news deals

Google planning powerful AI data centre on tiny Australian Indian Ocean outpost

Google proposes app store reforms in settlement with Epic Games

Google claims quantum breakthrough with Willow chip algorithm

Supreme Court allows order forcing Google to make app store changes

Rolling Stone and Billboard sue Google over AI overviews

Anthropic to pay US$1.5b to settle author class action

US judge orders Google to share search data with competitors

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