A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet's Google must pay $425 million for invading users' privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account.

A U.S. federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet's Google must pay $425 million US for invading users' privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account.

A federal jury determined on Wednesday that Alphabet’s Google, must pay $425 million for invading users’ privacy by continuing to collect data for millions of users who had switched off a tracking feature in their Google account.

The ruling orders the company to share some of its prized data with competitors — a big win for artificial intelligence companies in particular that seek to overtake Google's web searching dominance.

Google won't have to sell its Chrome browser, a judge in Washington said on Tuesday, handing a rare win to Big Tech in its battle with U.S. antitrust enforcers, but ordering Google to share data with rivals to open up competition in online search.

Google will have to give up search data to competitors but can keep Chrome and Android, a federal judge ruled in the landmark antitrust case.

Hackers have threatened to leak Google databases unless the company fires two employees, according to a post on Telegram. The post claiming to be from a hacking group called on the tech giant to fire Austin Larsen and Charles Carmakal, while also suspending Google Threat Intelligence Group investigations into the network.

Google is warning users to up their security. You may have seen warnings that Google is telling all of its users to change their Gmail passwords due to a breach. That’s only partly true. Google is telling users to change their passwords,