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The journey to Google SGE

Payback time for publishing as Google goes on parole
The US Government has revealed the penalties it wants, which could kill AI Overviews, reset copyright, and expose Google's innermost secrets...
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Google's monopoly is busted, handing news a chance card
Everyone wants great search and trustworthy news, so here are some ideas how the judge can achieve both, with some radical thinking...
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World first study reveals who Google's AI search hurts most
A months-long investigation with five global publishers shows how news traffic will be impacted by Google's new AI Overviews...
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Google’s breaking down, but we need to keep our eye on the ball
Arielle Garcia quit as one of the world's top privacy experts to gain the freedom to ask the tough questions. Now she’s delivering on her promise…
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Google's wonky AI search sends CEO into legal minefield
It's no more Mr Nice Google as it risks its 30-year legacy for creating the web into a short-term cash grab fearing an antitrust breakup...
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Publishers are sent Back to the Future by AI Overviews
How will Google's AI changes to search impact on brands, publishers, and everyone who relies on the web for a living. We go deep with Disrupt Radio...
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The law that derailed media for 25 years might be its saviour
Google's pivot to GenAI search means the giant is switching from a platform into a publisher, and that means it's now liable for what it publishes...
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Google's killer AI-steroid is targeting a news site near you
Search as you know it is ending, and being replaced by GenAI results written by Gemini, leaving publishers facing a potentially deadly crisis...
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Is $412 billion in one quarter a Big Tech monopoly?
Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Apple just reported earnings of more than $3.2 million a minute, and they are still growing...
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Hey Gemini, stop stealing my stuff, and tell me how you'll pay me instead
Google has banned its AI from answering questions about elections, so I asked it how it thought it could work best with premium publishers...
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Boom. Apple plunges $115 billion as US Government launches antitrust
The $12 trillion antitrust war is exploding. Apple now joins Google, Meta, and Amazon in the regulators' crosshairs, and it's up for a fight...
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Old man Google is showing wanton disregard for the law, watchdogs warn
Plus, the economics of the Reddit AI deal with Google, Meta's profits of slime, the WSJ's vision for the smartphone, and more...
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