WELLINGTON, New Zealand >> Google today threatened to make its search engine unavailable in Australia if the government went ahead with plans to make tech giants pay for news content. Australian Prime ...

Facebook and Google are taking vastly different approaches to an escalating battle in Australia that could reset the relationship between tech and media. But Google (GOOGL) — which just a month ago ...

The Australian arm of Google Inc. has received a financial-services license from the Australia Securities and Investments Commission, removing one barrier the search engine would have in establishing ...

Caitlin O'Kane is a New York City journalist who works on the CBS News social media team as a senior manager of content and production. She writes about a variety of topics and produces "The Uplift," ...

Christmas Island is currently the landing point for Vocus’ Australia-Singapore Cable. Google’s Australia Connect Interlink ...

Google threatened to shut down its search engine in Australia if officials there approve a law requiring it to pay news publishers for their content. In a dramatic escalation of its aggressive fight ...

For the past year, the Australian government has been readying legislation that forces tech companies to pay local publishers for content that appears in Search and News. If the new law passes, Google ...

Google says it will shut down its search engine in Australia if a controversial bill designed to benefit the news media becomes law. At a Senate hearing in Canberra on Friday, Google Australia ...

Google is reviving plans to launch its own news website in Australia within weeks, according to a local media outlet contracted to provide articles for the venture, as the search giant fights ...

A corporate giveaway might help the platforms save face — but it won’t save journalism A corporate giveaway might help the platforms save face — but it won’t save journalism is the editor of the ...