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Friday 30 May 2025 4:09 pm The Competition and Markets Authority said they’ve heard complaints Google’s search advertising costs are higher than expected Alphabet’s Google is bracing for the outcome of a historic antitrust trial, as final arguments are delivered in Washington on Friday. The US Department of Justice, or…

The latest Android Auto update by Google has triggered concern in UK as the controversial feature permits video streaming applications to operate whilst vehicles are in motion. The development has prompted urgent warnings that unsuspecting motorists could inadvertently breach UK driving laws, potentially facing substantial penalties including immediate licence revocation…

Google is apparently working on bringing theme packs to its Pixel smartphones, according to a new report based on some code strings and a button in the latest Android 16 QPR1 Beta 1. The button belongs in the Pixel Wallpaper & Style app, and is intended to launch a Pixel…

Germany is considering a 10 per cent tax on large online platforms like Alphabet's Google and Meta's Facebook, its new minister of state for culture told magazine Stern, in a move likely to heighten trade tensions with the Trump administration. The proposal comes as Chancellor Friedrich Merz is expected to…

Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine gunning for Google, on Thursday released Perplexity Labs, a tool for subscribers to Perplexity’s $20-per-month Pro plan that can craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more. Perplexity Labs is available on the web, iOS, and Android, and coming soon to Perplexity’s apps for Mac and Windows.…

Threat actors are abusing the ‘Google Apps Script’ development platform to host phishing pages that appear legitimate and steal login credentials. This new trend was spotted by security researchers at Cofense, who warn that the fraudulent login window is "carefully designed to look like a legitimate login screen." “The attack…

Google has rolled out significant updates to its Gmail app for mobile users across Android and iOS platforms. YouTube has launched a new AI-powered tool that generates free background music for videos, allowing creators to avoid copyright claims. Googles introduces new features in Gmail for mobiles users, YouTube brings AI…

Google co-founder Sergey Brin claims that threatening generative AI models produces better results. "We don't circulate this too much in the AI community – not just our models but all models – tend to do better if you threaten them … with physical violence," he said in an interview last…

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This Ad Tech Briefing covers the latest in ad tech and platforms for Digiday+ members and is distributed over email every Tuesday at 10 a.m. ET. More from the series → These agents will do everything, if they’re built on Google systems can it tweak them to help Google? Robert…