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Alphabet in Talks to Buy Wiz in $23 Billion Cyber Deal

Google parent Alphabet Inc. is in talks to acquire cybersecurity startup Wiz Inc., according to a person familiar with the matter. A deal may be worth as much as $23 billion, said the person, who asked not to be identified …

Google Ad Tech Class Action Gets Go Ahead From London Judges

London judges ruled a class action lawsuit to proceed against Google potentially seeking billions of pounds in damages over allegations it abused its dominance in digital advertising. The UK’s Competition Appeal Tribunal unanimously allowed the collective proceedings against the tech …

Gannett Sues Google, Alleges Online Ad Monopoly

Gannett Co Inc, the largest U.S. newspaper chain, on Tuesday sued Google, accusing the social media company of violating federal antitrust law by trying to monopolize the market for online advertising. The publisher of USA Today and more than 200 …

Alphabet Seeks Dismissal of Antitrust Lawsuit Over Google’s Online Ads

Google parent Alphabet asked a U.S. federal judge on Monday to dismiss a Justice Department lawsuit alleging that the search giant illegally abused its dominance of online advertising. The government, which filed the ad tech lawsuit in January along with …

Supreme Court Begins Hearing Challenge to Internet Firms’ Legal Shield

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday heard arguments in a major case that could weaken a legal shield that protects internet companies from a wide array of lawsuits in a dispute involving YouTube and the family of an American student …

US Targets Google’s Online Ad Business Monopoly in Latest Big Tech Lawsuit

The US Justice Department accused Alphabet Inc’s Google on Tuesday of abusing its dominance in digital advertising, threatening to dismantle a key business at the heart of one of Silicon Valley’s most successful internet companies. The government said Google should …

Google Play Fee Suit by Consumers Grows to 21 Million Users

Google now faces more than 21 million customers, instead of just a handful, in a lawsuit alleging its app store collects exorbitant fees. A federal judge exponentially increased the Alphabet Inc. unit’s damages exposure by granting class-action status Monday in …

DOJ Poised to Rebuff Google Concessions, Clearing the Way for Antitrust Suit

The US Justice Department is likely to reject concessions offered by Alphabet Inc., clearing the way for an antitrust lawsuit over Google’s dominance of the online advertising market, according to people familiar with the matter. While Google has made at …

$5 Billion Lawsuit Accuses Google of Tracking Users’ Private Internet Activity

Google was sued on Tuesday in a proposed class action accusing the internet search company of illegally invading the privacy of millions of users by pervasively tracking their internet use through browsers set in “private” mode. The lawsuit seeks at …

Uber Asks to Resume Self-Driving Tests in Penn., Improves Vehicle Software

Uber Technologies Inc has asked Pennsylvania for permission to resume self-driving car testing on public roads and has improved the autonomous vehicle software, the company said on Friday, more than seven months after it suspended testing following a deadly crash …