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Google restricts visits to curb coronavirus risk
Google was already among technology companies including Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon that have given employees the option of working from home instead of going to the office.
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Google drops plan to buy into largest African wind farm
The 310 megawatt (MW) Lake Turkana wind farm in Kenya was initially set for completion 2017, after which Google had committed to buy the stake from Vestas.
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Google Maps marks 15-year milestone with new features
Google has dominated the market for navigation apps in recent years but the latest updates appear aimed at staying ahead of challengers including from Apple.
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Google says glitch sent people's videos to strangers
Google was notifying those who may have been affected.
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HIV/Aids activist Nkosi Johnson honoured with Google Doodle
Today’s doodle honours the life and legacy of a voice of change heard by millions around the world.
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Study finds Google system could improve breast cancer detection
Radiologists miss about 20% of breast cancers in mammograms, the American Cancer Society says, and half of all women who get the screenings over a 10-year period have a false positive result.
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Top 2019 Google searches feature load shedding, RWC and drawing eyebrows
From the Rugby World Cup to Bosasa, Google has announced its annual year in search lists, revealing who and what South Africans looked up this year.
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Web inventor Berners-Lee launches plan to stop internet abuse
Credited with laying the groundwork for the web - the universe of multimedia webpages accessible via the internet - in 1989, the computer scientist has since last year been developing the so-called Contract for the Web.
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Amnesty Int. SA report accuses Facebook, Google of pervasive surveillance
In a new report titled Surveillance Giants", the non-governmental organisation says the companies need to change their business model and stop their reliance on people's data.
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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 brings free WiFi service to Cape Town
Google South Africa on Thursday announced the launch of its Google Station. The service is now available in over 100 locations across the Mother City.
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Quantum leap in computing as Google claims 'supremacy'
A team of experts working on Google's Sycamore machine said their quantum system had executed a calculation in 200 seconds that would have taken a classic computer 10,000 years to complete.
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You have the right to be forgotten by Google - but only in Europe
Google will not have to apply Europe’s “right to be forgotten” law globally, the continent’s top court ruled on Tuesday in a landmark case that has pitted personal privacy rights against freedom of speech.
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Google to pay up to $200 million to FTC on YouTube probe - Politico
The FTC voted 3-2 to approve the settlement and sent it over to the Justice Department as part of the review process, according to the report, citing a person familiar with the matter.
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Fearing data privacy issues, Google cuts some Android data for wireless carriers
The withdrawal of the service has disappointed wireless carriers that used the data as part of their decision-making process on where to extend or upgrade their coverage.
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G20 agrees to push ahead with digital tax - communique
Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other large technology firms face criticism for cutting their tax bills by booking profits in low-tax countries regardless of the location of the end customer.
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Google flags US national security risks from Huawei ban - FT
Google’s move comes as the world’s two top economies ratchet up tariffs in a battle over what US officials call China’s unfair trade practices.
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US moving toward major antitrust probe of tech giants
The Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice have divided oversight over the four companies, two sources said, with Amazon and Facebook under the watch of the FTC, and Apple and Google under the Justice Department.
