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Given continued scrutiny on Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META), KeyBanc sees a higher probability of regulators requiring walled gardens to open up inventory to demand side platforms (DSPs).  Analyst Justin Patterson sees a ~50% probability of Alphabet making concessions on AdTech to the EU, which could prompt similar actions by Meta.  Also…

NEW DELHI: In a multi-tranched funding round, ShareChat has raised $255 million from Google, Times Group and existing investors at $5 billion valuation, adding to the $266M raised earlier in December 2021.

Swedish couple Anna, 37, and Philip Sane, 41, fell pregnant easily in spring 2018, but it was the first of four pregnancies they lost

The European Union is beefing up its code of practice on disinformation by enlisting more tech companies and adding measures to prevent online purveyors of fake news from profiting

From the fintech firm started by two Gen-Z sisters to Euan Blair’s billion dollar idea, here are the hottest new businesses in town as London Tech Week continues

France's antitrust watchdog body approved Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc's (NASDAQ:META) obligations regarding the French online advertising sector. Meta had committed to giving access over five years to advertising inventories and campaign data to adtech companies on 'transparent, objective and predictable' conditions. The watchdog's investigation services raised competition concerns about multiple practices by Meta…

An internal fight over whether Google built technology with human-like consciousness has spilled into the open, exposing the ambitions and risks inherent in artificial intelligence that can feel all too real. The Silicon Valley giant suspended one of its engineers last week who argued the firm's AI system LaMDA seemed…

The Mexican state of Michoacan is facing an unprecedented wave of violence. More than 800 homicides have been recorded there since January, making it Mexico's most violent state. Criminal groups are waging war to control territory, while the state's residents have become hostages and victims of the violence. Our correspondents…

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare?

Don’t unplug your computer! Don’t throw away that smartphone! Just because a Google software engineer whose conclusions have been questioned says a computer program is sentient, meaning it can think and has feelings, doesn’t mean an attack of the cyborgs through your devices is imminent.

When Meta, the social media giant formerly known as Facebook, hosted the grand opening for its headquarters in Chicago's Fulton Market district last week, it was a celebration delayed more than two years by the pandemic.