U.S. Accuses Google of Illegally Protecting Monopoly https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/20/technology/google-antitrust.html
Google and Intel warn of high-severity Bluetooth security bug in Linux https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/google-and-intel-warn-of-high-severity-bluetooth-security-bug-in-linux/
Google updates Android smartphones to listen to houses for suspect sounds https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/google-android-smartphone-update-listen-house-sounds-b906331.html
Chrome changes how its cache system works to improve privacy https://www.zdnet.com/article/chrome-changes-how-its-cache-system-works-to-improve-privacy/
Feds may target Google’s Chrome browser for breakup https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/10/feds-may-target-googles-chrome-browser-for-breakup-428468
How data becomes money – the price we pay for keeping web content free https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/spotlight/arid-40051355.html
Google is giving data to police based on search keywords, court docs show https://www.cnet.com/news/google-is-giving-data-to-police-based-on-search-keywords-court-docs-show/
Privacy-focused alternatives to Google Analytics https://www.carlcassar.com/articles/privacy-focused-alternatives-to-google-analytics/
U.S. House’s antitrust report hints at break-up of Big Tech firms: lawmaker https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-tech-antitrust/u-s-houses-antitrust-report-hints-at-break-up-of-big-tech-firms-lawmaker-idUSKBN26R0EK
Google and Facebook hate a proposed privacy law. News publishers should embrace it. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/10/5/21497859/google-facebook-california-privacy-law-internet-cpra
States are finally starting to use the Covid-tracking tech Apple and Google built — here’s why https://www.cnbc.com/2020/10/03/covid-app-exposure-notification-apple-google.html
Google plans to close loophole that allows Netflix, Spotify and Tinder to avoid paying its 30% app tax https://www.fr24news.com/a/2020/09/google-plans-to-close-loophole-that-allows-netflix-spotify-and-tinder-to-avoid-paying-its-30-app-tax.html
Cloudflare’s privacy crusade continues with a challenge to one of Google’s big data sources https://fortune.com/2020/09/29/cloudflare-web-analytics-google-privacy-splinternet/
Big tech firms may be handing Hong Kong user data to China https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/30/big-tech-firms-may-be-handing-hong-kong-user-data-to-china
Justice Dept. Case Against Google Is Said to Focus on Search Dominance https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/technology/justice-dept-case-google-search-dominance.html
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