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Google to invest over $7bn in US, create 10,000 jobs: CEO

By AFP

Pichai said Google 'wants to be a part' of America's economic recovery from the pandemic and is investing in some communities that are new to the company, as...

  • FILE: Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg. Picture: AFP

    Bolstered by pandemic, tech titans face growing scrutiny

    Governments and users are belatedly coming to terms with the power held by the likes of Apple and Amazon, particularly in focus this year thanks to their role in everything from setting up video meetings to doing our shopping for us.

    555 days ago
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    Google bars elections ads from using political leanings, voter data

    The move coincides with pressure on social media platforms over their handling of political advertising ahead of the US presidential election in 2020.

    958 days ago
  • The new Google Pixel 4 phone is on display during a Google product launch event called Made by Google 19 on 15 October 2019 in New York City. Picture: AFP

    Google unveils Pixel 4 phones with radar, more affordable laptop

    The Pixel 4 phones, in two sizes, headlined a New York press event at which Google also announced its first moderately priced laptop, first wireless earbuds and upgrades to its to well-reviewed Wifi router and burger-sized smart speaker.

    995 days ago
  • FILE: In this photo taken on 27 May 2019, a Huawei logo is displayed at a retail store in Beijing. Picture: AFP

    Huawei delays global launch of foldable phone by three months

    Alphabet Inc’s Google has earlier said it would no longer provide Android software for Huawei phones after a 90-day reprieve granted by the US government expires in August.

    1117 days ago
  • Google headquarters in California. Picture: AFP.

    US Justice Department prepares Google antitrust probe – sources

    One source said the potential investigation, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, focused on accusations that Google gave preference to its own businesses in searches.

    1131 days ago
  • A general view of Wing delivery drone. Picture: @theteamatx/Facebook.com

    Google drone deliveries cleared for take-off in Australia

    Drone company ‘Wing’ - an offshoot of Google’s parent company Alphabet - has been trialling deliveries for the last 18 months but will now be able to go ahead full time.

    1184 days ago
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    Fearful of bias, Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool

    Google’s technology will not suggest gender-based pronouns because the risk is too high that its 'Smart Compose' technology might predict someone’s sex or gender identity incorrectly and offend users, product leaders revealed to Reuters in interviews.

    1317 days ago
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    Google touts progress in fight against piracy

    Google boasted that it has been generating more money for those who create or own digital content while strengthening its arsenal and efforts to fight piracy.

    1337 days ago
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    Google workers walk out to protest office harassment, inequality

    The dissatisfaction among Alphabet’s 94,000 employees and tens of thousands more contractors has not noticeably affected company shares.

    1343 days ago
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    Google challenges record $5bn EU antitrust fine

    The European Commission in its July decision said Google had abused its market dominance since 2011.

    1365 days ago
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    Mass action against Google over iPhone data blocked by London court

    The claimants had said Google had illegally accessed details of iPhone users’ internet browsing data by bypassing privacy settings on the Safari browser between June 2011 and February 2012.

    1367 days ago
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    Google tells Congress it continues to allow developers to scan, share Gmail data

    Google defended its privacy practices for Gmail, saying developers may share data as 'long as they are transparent' with users about how they are using data and get consent.

    1385 days ago
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    Iran-based political influence operation - bigger, persistent, global

    Facebook and other companies said last week that multiple social media accounts and websites were part of an Iranian project to covertly influence public opinion in other countries.

    1408 days ago
  • YouTube, Broadcast Yourself. Picture: Hubspot.

    Google removes several blogs, YouTube accounts linked to Iran

    Google has also removed 39 YouTube channels and six blogs on Blogger and 13 Google+ accounts.

    1412 days ago
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    Europe's new data law upends global online advertising

    For every dollar spent by an advertiser, about half may go to ad tech groups, according to industry estimates.

    1413 days ago
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    Brazil may probe Google over its cell phone system - report

    The reported comments by Alexandre Barreto come just weeks after European antitrust regulators fined Google a record €4.34 billion.

    1421 days ago
  • First customers display their iPhone X sets at an Apple showroom in Sydney on 3 November, 2017. Apple iPhone X went for sale in Australia with long queues outside the Apple stores. Picture: AFP.

    Apple tells lawmakers iPhones are not listening in on consumers

    Alphabet did not respond to questions about whether it had replied to lawmakers. Apple declined to comment beyond its letter, which was seen by Reuters.

    1428 days ago
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    Alphabet to deploy balloon Internet in Kenya with Telkom in 2019

    Known as Project Loon, the technology was developed by Alphabet’s X, the company’s innovation lab.

    1448 days ago
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