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Google to ban ads on cryptocurrencies, related products
Under the new policy, the company will ban ads for unregulated or speculative financial products like binary options and cryptocurrency.
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Nonprofits scramble to comply with new Google ad policy
Google gives $10,000 in credits each to 35,000 nonprofits worldwide every month to buy ads on its search engine.
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EU piles pressure on internet giants to remove extremist content
Several governments have increased pressure on social media companies to do more to remove illegal content.
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Google’s Clips camera is latest effort to bring AI into home gadgets
The $249 device, which is designed to clip onto furniture or other fixed objects, automatically captures subjects that wander into its viewfinder.
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Google raises price of YouTube TV, adds sports, Turner
Google is expanding its offering at a time when a growing number of competing services, such as Dish Network.
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Google's app network quietly becomes huge growth engine
Google’s ad network unit has posted three straight quarters of year-over-year double-digit sales increases.
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Google to debut emails that automatically update
The envisioned changes are an outgrowth of Google’s AMP project, or accelerated mobile pages, a product manager overseeing Gmail, said in a blog post-Tuesday.
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[WATCH] Social media giants grilled on fake news
British Parliament members challenged Facebook, Twitter and Google to lay out their plans for combating fake news.
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Got sex questions? Google before you ask Siri
A study found that Google online searches provided the best, or among the best, responses 72% of the time, compared with 50% of the time for Google Assistant and 32% of the time for Siri.
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Dumi Masilela tops SA's Google searches in 2017
Here's what South Africans Googled the most throughout this year in different categories.
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Google launching artificial intelligence research center in China
Google said the research center is the first of its kind in Asia and will comprise a small team operating out of its existing office in Beijing.
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Facebook to let users see if they 'liked' Russian accounts
Facebook, Alphabet Inc’s Google and Twitter Inc are facing a backlash after saying Russians used their services to anonymously spread divisive messages among Americans.
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The world's best employers in 2017
Google’s parent company Alphabet is the best employer in the world, according to data compiled by Statista and Forbes on the best publically listed companies to work for.
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Google's latest iPhone rival off to a rocky start
The Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, which start at $649 and debuted in stores on Thursday, are the lynchpin of Google’s efforts to take on Apple Inc’s iPhone directly.
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Google uncovered Russia-backed ads on YouTube, Gmail - report
Google has downplayed the possibility of Russian influence on its platforms, but launched a probe into the matter, according to the Post.
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Google to use balloons to provide Puerto Rico cell service
In the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico has struggled to regain communications services.
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Google relaxes rules on free news stories, plans subscription tools
From hereon, publishers will be able to choose how many, if any, free articles they want to offer to Google searchers.
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Facebook, Google, Twitter asked to testify on Russian meddling
A Senate aide said executives from the three firms had been asked by the Senate Intelligence Committee to appear at a public hearing on 1 November.
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EU plan to raise taxes for global internet firms hits snag
France wants to tax companies like Google and Facebook on their turnover, rather than profits.
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Google cancels staff meeting over fears of online harassment
Google fired engineer who said the company's dearth of female engineers was because women are genetically less well-suited to software engineering than men.
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Google fires employee behind anti-diversity memo
James Damore reportedly authored an internal memo asserting there are biological causes behind gender inequality in the tech industry.