Google hit with $270M fine in France as authority finds news publishers' data was used for Gemini

Google hit with $270M fine in France as authority finds news publishers’ data was used for GeminiIn a never-ending saga between Google and France’s competition authority over copyright protections for news snippets, the Autorité de la Concurrence announced a €250 million fine against the tech giant Wednesday (around $270 million at today’s exchange rate).According to the competition watchdog, Google disregarded some of its previous commitments with news publishers. But the decision is especially notable bec ...