Google News Brief – Wednesday, 8 April 2026
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Google engineer rejected by colleges uses AI to sue UCs and others for racial discrimination A Google engineer who was rejected by 16 colleges is using AI to sue for racial discrimination after no law firm agreed to represent them. Google's Gmail Upgrade Decision—2 Billion Users Must Act Now – Forbes Google has confirmed its users may face overwhelming decisions as the tech giant releases its biggest ever upgrades to Gmail and the other. One in five ChatGPT clicks go to Google: Study – Search Engine Land Google accounts for 21.
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The $135M Google Data Settlement Site Is Live — See If You're Eligible – CNET
Google agreed to pay $135 million to about 100 million US Android phone users after a lawsuit claiming the company illegally collected cellular data ….
Samsung to Discontinue Messaging App, Directs Users to Google
… Google Messages, which Samsung says will give users access to latest updates like AI features and higher quality photo sharing with Apple devices …
Google engineer rejected by colleges uses AI to sue UCs and others for racial discrimination
A Palo Alto father who has filed multiple lawsuits against major university systems over his son’s college rejections says artificial intelligence ……
Google's Gmail Upgrade Decision—2 Billion Users Must Act Now – Forbes
Google has confirmed its users may face overwhelming decisions as the tech giant releases its biggest ever upgrades to Gmail and the other ……
One in five ChatGPT clicks go to Google: Study – Search Engine Land
Google accounts for 21.6% of all ChatGPT referral traffic. The next nine domains bring the top 10 to just over 30% of referrals. Most other sites ……
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