Kulturstaatsminister Weimer: Google sollte zerschlagen werden

Staatsminister Weimer fordert, Google kartellrechtlich aufzuteilen. Der Tech-Gigant aus den USA bedrohe mit seiner Monopolstellung die freie Meinungsbildung.

https://www.heise.de/news/Kulturstaatsminister-Weimer-Google-sollte-zerschlagen-werden-10661975.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Google - don't be evil!

Vielen Dank, @Tutanota für diesen wichtigen Beitrag

https://tuta.com/de/blog/android-side-load-apps-google

Probably just me, but when I open google.com now ( while logged in ), the cursor focus no longer is on the search box, but moves to the Account Icon in the upper right.

My muscle memory can't deal with that and I end up frustrated as to why my typing is not going in the search box. Some times I get 2 or 3 characters in the search box before the focus switches. Ugh.

Android Developer Verification means any developer or organization that wants to publish a mobile app now has to comply with either #Apple's or #Google's Terms of Service. That means two US companies now have a say in the apps that our governments make for their citizens, around the world.

#Android #developer #AndroidDeveloperVerification
#gatekeeper #DigitalRights #DigitalSovereignity

https://www.europesays.com/2422015/ The Trade War Just Got Smarter #AntitrustProbe #Beijing #business #China #google #GuruFocus #Nvidia #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentXiJinping #tariffs #TradeWar

"Tropical paradise. Smiling faces. This is the fantasy Fiji has successfully sold to the world. And as I drive along the West Coast of Viti Levu, the archipelago’s largest island, the scenery does indeed resemble a tourist advertisement: crystal-blue ocean water, white sandy beaches, and lush tropical forests hugging the shoreline. But Fiji is more than breathtaking landscapes. While most people are aware of the rapid rise of data centers in the US and Europe, the creeping influence of tech giants like Google and Starklink can be seen and felt here, too.

Starlink, a subsidiary of American aerospace company SpaceX (owned by Elon Musk), was launched in Fiji in May 2024 and has quickly integrated itself into the local telecommunications ecosystem. Late that same year on the West of Viti Levu, Google broke ground on a future data center facility that will also house four Google-built subsea cables. The Southern Cross Cable, Fiji’s first subsea cable, was connected on the east coast of the island close to the capital city, Suva, in 2000. Natadola Bay, the chosen site for Google’s future ICT Facility and new cables, is not located near the nation’s capital city. It is, however, conveniently located next to the world-renowned golf course and five-star luxury resort, a fitting location for a project that builds on the colonial legacies of the Pacific."

https://datasociety.net/points/confronting-data-centers-deep-sea-cables-and-colonial-legacies-in-the-south-pacific/

Here's a message I received from the Cirrus weather app (obtained from F-Droid), and the link it points to.

https://developer.android.com/developer-verification

#Google #LawEnforcement

'Google confirmed that miscreants created a fraudulent account in its Law Enforcement Request System (LERS) portal, which police and other government agencies use to ask for data about Google users.'

https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/16/google_confirms_crims_accessed_lers/

AI summaries: DSA complaint by German media and NGOs against Google

Google's AI summaries mean that websites are visited less frequently. Media associations believe that this violates the DSA.

https://www.heise.de/en/news/AI-summaries-DSA-complaint-by-German-media-and-NGOs-against-Google-10661358.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

KI-Zusammenfassungen: DSA-Beschwerde deutscher Medien und NGOs gegen Google

Googles KI-Zusammenfassungen sorgen dafür, dass Internetseiten seltener besucht werden. Dabei verstoße die Suchmaschine gegen den DSA, meinen Medienverbände.

https://www.heise.de/news/KI-Zusammenfassungen-DSA-Beschwerde-deutscher-Medien-und-NGOs-gegen-Google-10661215.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Fascinating stuff, an open protocol by Google to let agents make payments.
https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/ai-machine-learning/announcing-agents-to-payments-ap2-protocol?utm_source=www.therundown.ai&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=google-tackles-ai-s-payment-problem&_bhlid=3633477e66579296d7d13b5174e7085b57186a5d
https://github.com/google-agentic-commerce/AP2
#Google #AgentPayments Protocol #AP2 #FOSS

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