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US states file antitrust lawsuits over Google’s ad tech, how competitors appear in Search [Updated]

December 18, 2020
In October, the Justice Department alleged that Google paying device makers and browser vendors to make Search the default was monopolistic. States are now filing and preparing their own antitrust lawsuits focused on Google’s ad business and Search ranking. Update 12/17: The second state-level lawsuit is here from 38 attorneys general: Colorado, Nebraska, Arizona, Iowa, New York, North…
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Volvo begins deliveries of its electric construction machinery

December 18, 2020
Volvo Group’s construction equipment division announced that it began deliveries of its first electric construction machinery to customers. It’s an important step toward electrifying construction machinery. It’s not just passenger vehicles that are getting electrified. Many other industries are also looking at advancements in batteries and electric powertrains and starting to see how it…
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Google finalizes shutdown of Android Things platform, set for 2022

December 18, 2020
In February of 2019, Google announced that it was “refocusing” Android’s IoT platform to just be for OEMs building Smart Displays and speakers. Google is now shutting down Android Things for non-commercial usage.  Google originally wanted to create an Internet-of-Things OS where it would handle the “heavy lifting” of maintaining a platform so that developers could just focus on…
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These free Play Store audiobooks use Google’s auto-generated narrators

December 18, 2020
Earlier this month, Google announced that it was using auto-generated narrators to make more audiobooks available. The Google Play Store now has a collection of free audiobooks created using this method. The eight fiction and 12 non-fiction works are offered by “Google Play Public Domain.” A four-color Google strip appears on the left edge of the cover image, while the listing specifies what…
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