French watchdog fines Google, Amazon for breaching cookies rules

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) -France’s data privacy watchdog has handed out its biggest ever fine of 100 million euros ($121 million) to Alphabet’s Google for breaching the country’s rules on online…

Microsoft to invest $1.5 billion in Italian cloud business

[ad_1] FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is seen next to a cloud in Los Angeles, California, U.S. on June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo MILAN (Reuters) – Microsoft Corp. said…

Exclusive: Google’s $76 million deal with French publishers leaves many outlets infuriated

[ad_1] PARIS (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has agreed to pay $76 million over three years to a group of 121 French news publishers to end a more than year-long…

Google buys plot near Apple’s planned Danish data center

[ad_1] The Google app logo is seen on a smartphone in this picture illustration taken September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said it has bought…

COVID-19 crisis: a shot in the arm for Russian e-commerce

[ad_1] By Anna Rzhevkina, Alexander Marrow GDANSK/MOSCOW (Reuters) – The coronavirus crisis has helped fuel a surge in online shopping in Russia that has put even the remote icy expanse…

Britain to curb Google and Facebook with tougher competition rules

[ad_1] LONDON (Reuters) – Britain will impose a new competition regime next year to prevent Google and Facebook using their dominance to push out smaller firms and disadvantage consumers. The…