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Your News Update was originally launched in 2019. (Photo: AP/File)

'Your News Update' feature removed by Google from its Assistant

Google has not revealed why it has decided to do away with this particular feature

06 Nov 2021 11:40 AM

Google said it has added support for four new languages - Kannada, Marathi, Tamil and Telugu. (Photo: AFP/File)

Google brings accelerator programme for digital news startups in India

The 16-week programme is tailored to the needs of startup newsrooms in India

09 Sep 2021 3:28 PM

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission slammed Google’s “misinformation” and said the company would “not be required” to share additional user data with the news media or charge Australians to use its free services “unless it chooses to do so”. (Photo of Google CEO Sundar Pichai | Flickr - Nguyen Hung Vu)

Google slammed for spreading 'misinformation' to counter Australian law mandating it to pay for news

The tech giant in an open letter claimed it would be forced to hand over users’ search data to news media companies.

17 Aug 2020 2:07 PM

Brad Bender, Google’s vice-president of product management, said they had been in discussions with partnered publishers—including the Spiegel Group in Germany, Schwartz media in Australia and Brazil’s Diarios Associados—for several months, “with more to come.” (Representative Image)

Google gives up resistance, says it's ready to pay publishers for high quality news

Google said in a blog post that it would launch a licensing program to pay publishers

25 Jun 2020 4:51 PM

The tool uses Google News algorithms to surface the in-depth news stories of importance

Google News wants you to read beyond headlines with new tool

Called, 'Beyond the Headlines', the tool shows stories which are in-depth and explore important issues

16 Nov 2019 10:29 AM

Google says its making user audio recording storage from its assistant more secure

This follows after months of questioning & suspicion by privacy activists as well as the media over AI using companies' privacy measures.

23 Sep 2019 8:50 PM

The journalists who create that content deserve a cut of that USD 4.7 billion, president and chief executive of the NMA David Chavern was quoted as saying by The New York Times.

Google earned USD 4.7 bn from news in 2018 even as media groups' income shrunk: study

News is a significant part of Google's business, according to a study to be released on Monday by News Media Alliance.

10 Jun 2019 12:47 PM

The latest initiative og Google News is a fast, secure, low-cost publishing system tailor-made to the needs of small newsrooms.

Newspack solution for local newsrooms

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and Civil Media collectively contributing another $1 million for the initiative.

20 Jan 2019 12:10 AM

Google at the I/O event has specified that with this Google News app, a user can find quality content from a diverse set of credible publishers and can discover new genuine sources.

AI-powered Google News app now available for iOS users

The updated Google News app now gives users news based on Google's AI and machine learning algorithms.

16 May 2018 5:24 PM

Google News to get a design revamp at Google I/O

A new report suggests that Google News will incorporate design elements of Google's Play Newsstand and YouTube videos on its news feed.

07 May 2018 10:04 AM

Google rolls out a redesigned News service for everyone

The new UI has a clean and uncluttered look, designed for comfortable reading and browsing.

28 Jun 2017 1:54 PM

People who search for a topic in Google's main search engine or the Google News section will see a conclusion such as "mostly true" or "false" next to stories that have been fact checked.

Google expands fact checking in news searches

Google has been working with more than 100 news organizations and fact-checking groups.

08 Apr 2017 9:24 AM

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