SpaceX Updates Starlink Privacy Policy to Allow AI Training as xAI Merger Talks and IPO Loom 
Disney Board Nears CEO Decision as Josh D’Amaro Emerges as Leading Candidate 
Nintendo Shares Slide After Earnings Miss Raises Switch 2 Margin Concerns 
Jensen Huang Urges Taiwan Suppliers to Boost AI Chip Production Amid Surging Demand 
Qantas to Sell Jetstar Japan Stake as It Refocuses on Core Australian Operations 
Elon Musk’s SpaceX Explores Merger Options With Tesla or xAI, Reports Say 
Anthropic Eyes $350 Billion Valuation as AI Funding and Share Sale Accelerate 
Palantir Stock Jumps After Strong Q4 Earnings Beat and Upbeat 2026 Revenue Forecast 
Google Cloud and Liberty Global Forge Strategic AI Partnership to Transform European Telecom Services 
Nasdaq Proposes Fast-Track Rule to Accelerate Index Inclusion for Major New Listings 
Boeing Signals Progress on Delayed 777X Program With Planned April First Flight 
Hyundai Motor Lets Russia Plant Buyback Option Expire Amid Ongoing Ukraine War 
Apple Faces Margin Pressure as Memory Chip Prices Surge Amid AI Boom 
Nvidia Nears $20 Billion OpenAI Investment as AI Funding Race Intensifies 
Nvidia’s $100 Billion OpenAI Investment Faces Internal Doubts, Report Says 
Instagram Outage Disrupts Thousands of U.S. Users 
Google has agreed to pay $76 million over three years Alliance de la presse d’information generale (APIG), a lobby group representing 121 French news publishers, infuriating other French outlets, which deemed it unfair and opaque.
Under the agreement, Google will pay APIG $22 million annually for three years after signing individual licensing contracts with each. Google also agreed to pay $10 million to APIG for the commitment not to sue over copyright claims for three years.
The publishers would also commit to an upcoming product dubbed Google News Showcase, which would allow publishers to curate content and provide limited access to paywalled stories.
The agreement, meant to end a more than year-long copyright spat, follows France’s implementation of the first copyright rule enacted under a recent EU law that required large tech platforms to negotiate with publishers seeking remuneration for use of news content under what was dubbed as “neighboring rights.”
According to Spiil, a union of independent online news publishers, Google took advantage of divisions among French publishers to advance its interests. It added that the agreements isn't fair for all news publishers, since the calculation isn’t made public.” The fees range from $1.3 million for reference daily Le Monde to $13,741 for local publisher La Voix de la Haute Marne.
Agence France Press (AFP) and other French news providers not belonging to APIG are pressing forward with various actions against Google.
AFP has maintained its complaint against Google with the French antitrust watchdog, an internal source said. Last month, AFP’s CEO Fabrice Fries called on Google to extend such copyright deals to news agencies.
According to French publishers, they were pressured by shareholders to go along with the deal. They were also upset that Google refused to divulge data on how much it earns from the news.
In Australia, Google has threatened to shut down its search engine in if the country required it to pay publishers and broadcasters for content. Google deemed such arrangement as “unworkable.”
Last month, the Reuters news agency became the first global news provider to Google News Showcase.
