Internet/e-commerce

Following UK CMA's proposals, Google says it is exploring controls to let websites opt out of AI Overviews and AI Mode (www.seroundtable.com)
2026-1-29 Google AI

The UK CMA proposes measures to let publishers opt out of content scraping for Google's AI Overviews and AI training without losing visibility in search results (www.theguardian.com)
2026-1-29 Google AI

Canada says it is talking to Meta to restore news to Facebook and Instagram as the Online News Act is put on the table as part of trade negotiations with the US (www.theglobeandmail.com)
2026-1-29 Facebook Instagram Canada

Google DeepMind researchers unveil AlphaGenome, an AI model trained on molecular data to predict 11 different genomic processes, such as gene splicing (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-29 Google AI

30,000 More UPS Jobs On the Chopping Block as Amazon Era Ends (slashdot.org)
2026-1-29 Amazon

Spotify paid out $11B+ to the music industry in 2025, up 10% YoY, bringing its all-time payments to $70B, and now accounts for ~30% of recorded music revenue (www.hollywoodreporter.com)
2026-1-29 Spotify

Battery recycling and cathode production startup Redwood expands its Series E to $425M, sources say at a $6B valuation, adds Google as a new strategic investor (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-29 Google Startup Battery

Amazon plans to discontinue its Amazon One palm recognition system on June 3 and will automatically delete all user data; One remains for healthcare check-ins (www.geekwire.com)
2026-1-28 Amazon

Toronto-based self-driving truck startup Waabi raised a $750M Series C led by Khosla and G2 and partners with Uber, which can invest $250M based on performance (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-1-28 Uber Startup Toronto

A Google bug report apparently leaks the planned Android desktop interface, showing a taller status bar, a new mouse cursor, Chrome extensions, and more (9to5google.com)
2026-1-28 Android Google Chrome

Amazon Cuts Another 16,000 Jobs (slashdot.org)
2026-1-28 Amazon

Amazon plans to cut ~16,000 roles across the company as part of an ongoing effort to reduce organizational layers and bureaucracy, after cuts in October 2025 (www.aboutamazon.com)
2026-1-28 Amazon

Sources: Google's “cease and desist” letter forces Kantar and Barb to halt UK TV measurement service comparing YouTube viewership with linear TV and streamers (www.ft.com)
2026-1-28 Google YouTube

Amazon Inadvertently Announces Cloud Unit Layoffs In Email To Employees (slashdot.org)
2026-1-28 Amazon Layoffs

Amazon partners with Harris Farm to offer fresh food delivery in Australia for the first time, starting in inner Sydney, free for Prime members on AU$100 orders (www.afr.com)
2026-1-28 Australia Amazon Sydney

Amazon appears to mistakenly alert some AWS employees about planned layoffs in an email invite to a Wednesday “Project Dawn” meeting about company efficiency (www.businessinsider.com)
2026-1-28 Amazon Layoffs

Internal documents from 2025: Microsoft expects its annual water consumption to reach 28B liters by 2030, up from 7.9B liters in 2020 and 10.4B liters in 2024 (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-28 Microsoft

Amazon To Pay $309 Million To US Shoppers In Settlement Over Returns (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-1-28 Amazon

Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp To Test Premium Subscriptions (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-28 Facebook Instagram WhatsApp

France To Ditch US Platforms Microsoft Teams, Zoom For 'Sovereign Platform' Amid Security Concerns (tech.slashdot.org)
2026-1-28 France Microsoft

Google expands its AI Plus subscription to 35 new countries and territories, including the US at $7.99/month, with “enhanced access” to Gemini 3 Pro and more (9to5google.com)
2026-1-28 Google AI

Microsoft Was Routing Example-Domain Traffic To a Japanese Cable Company for Five Years (it.slashdot.org)
2026-1-28 Japan Microsoft

TikTok, Meta, and YouTube sued in first-ever child addiction trial (www.rt.com)
2026-1-28 YouTube

TikTok settles a California lawsuit ahead of a landmark social media addiction trial; Snap recently settled the suit, while Meta and YouTube remain defendants (www.nytimes.com)
2026-1-28 YouTube California

Google adds Gemini 3 to AI Overviews as the default model globally and now lets users ask follow-up questions “seamlessly” via AI Mode (www.theverge.com)
2026-1-28 Google AI

France plans to replace Microsoft Teams and Zoom with French-made and Outscale-hosted Visio by 2027, as part of a push to drop US software vendors in government (www.euronews.com)
2026-1-28 France Microsoft

Google expands Android's anti-theft suite, including a dedicated toggle for its Failed Authentication Lock feature on devices running Android 16 or later (techcrunch.com)
2026-1-28 Android Google

Amazon To Shut Down All Amazon Go and Amazon Fresh Stores (slashdot.org)
2026-1-28 Amazon

Yahoo launches Scout, an AI answer engine powered by Claude, in beta for US users on desktop and mobile, and joins Microsoft's Publisher Content Marketplace (www.axios.com)
2026-1-28 Microsoft Mobile AI Yahoo

Amazon plans to close all 57 Fresh and 15 Go locations in the US, as it pivots its physical retail strategy to focus exclusively on Whole Foods (www.geekwire.com)
2026-1-28 Amazon Retail

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