Now playing Next France France resumes tax on tech giants, seeks deal with US The tax brought about €400 million to the French budget last year, but the government agreed to suspend it in 2020, in exchange for an American promise to drop the tariff threat pending talks on an international deal on taxing online companies. 26/11/2020
Now playing Next Green News From sheep in Paris to goats at Google: The best eco lawn mowers Why use petrol-powered tools when there are such adorable and environmentally friendly alternatives? 23/11/2020
Now playing Next The Cube Tech giants give insight into how US election is being fought online It helps highlight which subjects most interest Americans online and how both candidates have spent their online campaign budgets. 03/11/2020
Now playing Next The Cube CEOs of Facebook, Google and Twitter grilled on content moderation The leaders of US tech giants faced strong criticism from US senators on Wednesday over the way they moderate content on their platforms. 28/10/2020
Now playing Next Italy ItalY investigates Google over advertising market abuse Italian regulators have opened an investigation into Google over alleged abuse of its dominant role in the country's online ad market. 28/10/2020
Now playing Next France Google must negotiate pay with French publishers for content - court Google must negotiate pay with publishers for content they reshare online in search results, the Paris Court of Appeal has ruled, confirming a decision by the country's competition authority. 08/10/2020
Now playing Next Australia Australia to amend law making Facebook and Google pay for news Draft legislation may be altered to allay some of the digital giants’ concerns, but remains fundamentally unchanged. 17/09/2020
Now playing Next Italy Italy launches antitrust investigation into Apple, Google, and Dropbox The probe will examine alleged unfair commercial practices and possible undue influence towards consumers. 07/09/2020
Now playing Next Australia Facebook threatens to stop news sharing in Australia over proposed law Facebook said it would block publishers and people from sharing news content over proposed legislation in Australia that would have them pay for news. 01/09/2020
Now playing Next world news EU investigators launch probe into Google's plan to takeover Fitbit Competition commissioner Margrethe Vestager is leading the way and says the probe will look into whether the potential acquisition could "distort competition". 04/08/2020
Now playing Next Belgium Commission must block Google's merger with Fitbit: data protection NGO Privacy International, the European Consumer Organisation and some US lawmakers have raised concerns about Google's access to sensitive health data if it acquires Fitbit. 17/06/2020
Now playing Next The Cube Did Google really delete Churchill's photo during protests? Fact-check: Did Google really delete Churchill's photo during protests? | #TheCube 16/06/2020
Now playing Next Living Google and WWF use artificial intelligence to revolutionise fashion With WWF's environmental know-how and Google AI, the platform will help brands to make sustainable decisions. 11/06/2020
Now playing Next world news Apple and Google to harness phones for coronavirus infection tracking Apple and Google to harness phones for coronavirus infection tracking 10/04/2020
Now playing Next USA Apple and Google say they'll work together to trace spread of coronavirus via smartphones New tools could enable people and health authorities to track the virus using bluetooth proximity data from their smartphones. 10/04/2020
Now playing Next USA Ex-Google engineer pleads guilty to stealing secret files Self-driving car engineer Anthony Levandowski was charged with stealing documents containing trade secrets. 20/03/2020
Now playing Next United Kingdom Euroviews. Privacy is overrated. It’s time Big Tech made the positive case for harvesting our data ǀ View There are lots of people telling us how concerned we should be about giving up our data - but almost no one can tell us exactly why. And even fewer people are reminding us that privacy is a small price to pay for what tech platforms have created for our lives, economies and societies. 27/02/2020
Now playing Next Luxembourg Google takes appeal against €2.4bn fine to European Court of Justice The European Court of Justice is hearing Google's appeal over a 2017 sanction for anti-competitive behaviour. 14/02/2020
Now playing Next Europe News Tech giants are serious about lobbying in Brussels Data protection, copy right, and digital tax. As the EU tries to regulate internet sectors big American companies boost their lobbying in the European capital 14/01/2020
Now playing Next World France calls on US to 'come to its senses' on digital tax retaliation The French Finance Minister has warned the United States against retaliatory tariffs in response to the French Digital Tax. The US Trade Representative is holding a public hearing on Tuesday to discuss a response; it's already condemned the French measures as protectionist. 06/01/2020