Google makes real-world data more accessible to AI — and training pipelines will love it

Google is turning its vast public data trove into a goldmine for AI with the debut of the Data Commons Model Context Protocol ...

Google debuts Data Commons MCP Server to ground AI agents in trusted data

The MCP server has been designed to work as a standardized interface, allowing AI systems to query Data Commons directly ...

Google, Meta Beat Consumer Lawsuit Over Drug-Data Collection

Google LLC and Meta Platforms Inc. defeated a lawsuit alleging they unlawfully collected the personal information of patients ...
Courthouse News Service

Jury slams Google over app data collection to tune of $425 million

FILE - A man walks past Google's offices in London's Kings Cross area, on Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A jury found Wednesday that Google violated users’ privacy ...
Engadget

Google ordered to pay $425 million in app data collection lawsuit

Google must pay $425 million to the plaintiffs of a class action lawsuit that accused the company of collecting users' data even after they've turned off a tracking feature, a federal jury has decided ...
TechSpot

Google is "enhancing" Play Games profiles with more data collection (and some privacy controls)

A hot potato: Google Play Games has offered user profiles since 2013, but its latest update raises questions about how much data is really needed. The enhanced profiles will collect more information ...

Google improves AI summaries of Forms responses

Google's update gets rid of that manual "Summarize responses" button entirely. Now, the moment you switch over to the ...
Fox Business

Google to pay $425 million after years of improper spying on smartphone activity

A federal jury ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for invading users' privacy by collecting data over an eight-year period on millions of people who had turned off a tracking feature in their Google ...
Yahoo

Google Issues Warning to Certain Users After Leaked Data Hack — Here’s Who's Affected

Hackers attacked the tech giant’s Salesforce database, which stores and manages customer data for businesses Google recommends using a passkey — like a fingerprint or face scan — for maximum account ...
Reuters

Google keeps Chrome and Apple deal but must share data in big antitrust ruling

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Google won't have to sell its Chrome browser, a judge in Washington said on Tuesday, handing a rare win to Big Tech in its battle with U.S. antitrust enforcers, but ordering Google ...
CBS News

Judge rules Google can keep Chrome, but must share some search engine data with rivals

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shake-up of Google's search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the U.S. government's attempt to ...
The New York Times

Google Avoids Harshest Penalties in Landmark Search Monopoly Ruling

Judge Amit P. Mehta said the company must hand over some of its search data to rivals, but did not force other big changes the U.S. wanted. By David McCabe David McCabe has covered the Google search ...