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