News Around the Globe
By Vega Shares of Zoom dropped as much as 7 percent Wednesday after Google announced that it will soon make its Meet video-conferencing service for businesses free for all users. …
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By Kosman The Department of Justice has stepped up its investigation of Google’s proposed $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, a deal that critics say could pose increased threats to customer …
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By Vega Google’s coronavirus screening website has gone live in the San Francisco area following a weekend of confusion that began when President Trump made a surprise announcement Friday that …
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By Vega A former Google engineer accused of stealing trade secrets for Uber has filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $179 million to his former employer. Anthony Levandowski …
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By Nicolas The coronavirus is rattling big tech, with Facebook, Twitter and Intel all pulling out of this month’s South by Southwest festival and Google canceling its annual developers conference. …
Read More By Manskar Google is refusing to hand over employees’ emails and text messages to state authorities investigating the tech giant’s potential anti-competitive practices, a new report says. Investigators for a …
Read More By Manskar French officials have slapped Google with a hefty fine for unfairly suspending companies from its digital advertising platform. The French Competition Authority issued the penalty of 150 million …
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By Andy As an antitrust investigation led by state attorneys general expands from advertising to take a closer look at Google’s search practices, which we told you about on Thursday, …
Read More By Manskar Federal officials are probing Google’s secret effort to amass data on millions of Americans’ health histories. The US Department of Health and Human Services’ Office for Civil Rights …
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By Vega Alphabet’s Google is teaming up with a health-care company on a secret project to collect personal health-related information of millions of Americans across 21 states, the Wall Street …
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By Vega Alphabet’s board of directors has opened an investigation into how executives handled claims of sexual harassment, including Chief Legal Officer David Drummond, who has been accused of having …
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By Edwards Google has been given the green light to create a smart city in a disused area of Toronto, Canada. However, the controversial futuristic site will have to be …
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By Elina CANBERRA, Australia — Australia’s consumer watchdog sued Google on Tuesday, alleging the technology giant broke consumer law by misleading Android users about how their location data was collected …
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By Garger A Milwaukee couple said hackers broke into their smart home devices and raised the thermostat while blasting vulgar music through the wireless electronics, a report said. Samantha and …
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By Vega Want a job at McDonald’s? Just ask your smartphone. Starting Wednesday, McDonald’s Corp. will let job seekers start an application by using voice commands with Amazon’s Alexa or …
Read More By Vega Google will make an additional investment of 3 billion euros ($3.3 billion) over the next two years to expand its European data centers, chief executive Sundar Pichai said …
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By Brown Google has agreed to pay a $170 million fine for allowing YouTube to profit by breaking child privacy laws, authorities announced Wednesday. Regulators said the video site, which …
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By Vega Google’s top lawyer routinely ignored company rules regarding dalliances with underlings — and pointed to the lecherous ways of top Googler Eric Schmidt to justify his philandering, an …
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By Vega SAN FRANCISCO — When Liz O’Sullivan was hired at the New York City-based artificial intelligence company Clarifai in 2017, she felt lucky to find work at the intersection …
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By Rogers A departing Google employee has described “the burden of being black” at the tech giant in an internal memo that also alleges racist and insensitive behavior from some …
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