(Reuters) – Alphabet’s Inc YouTube on Tuesday launched a new program to help advertisers reach more valuable viewers who watch content on their TV screens,…
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Alphabet warns of difficult quarter as consumers Google pandemic, not shopping
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) on Tuesday beat analysts’ estimate for quarterly revenue as its Google unit posted double-digit advertising growth despite the economic slowdown…
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Google to allow some advertisers to run coronavirus-related ads
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google will begin to allow some advertisers to run ads relating to the coronavirus on its platforms, in a change to…
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Google parent Alphabet loses trillion-dollar status after revenue miss
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) shares fell 4% on Tuesday after the search giant posted its first holiday-quarter revenue miss in five years, even as…
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On Iowa caucus day, YouTube details how it will tackle misleading election content
(Reuters) – On the day of the Iowa caucuses, the first nominating contest of the U.S. presidential election, Alphabet’s YouTube detailed how it will tackle…
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Alphabet public market capitalization tops $1 trillion
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The public market capitalization of Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL.O) topped the $1 trillion mark shortly before the close of trading on…
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Google cutting web cookies, ending lucrative tracking tool for advertisers
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google within two years plans to block a common way businesses track online surfers in its Chrome browser, endorsing costly…
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Alphabet names Nobel Prize winner Frances Arnold to board
(Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet Inc on Monday named Noble Prize winner Frances Arnold to its board, filling a vacancy left by the retirement of…
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EU antitrust regulators seek details of Google's data practices: document
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union (EU) antitrust regulators are seeking details of Google’s data collection practices, according to a document seen by Reuters, a move…
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Facebook can be forced to remove illegal content worldwide, EU's top court decides
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Facebook can be ordered to police and remove illegal content worldwide, Europe’s top court said on Thursday, in a landmark ruling that…
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Russia hands Google small fine for advert infraction
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service said on Thursday it had fined Google 100,000 roubles ($1,560) for circulating adverts for financial services by Ali…
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Alphabet says received civil investigative demand from U.S. DoJ
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc said on Friday it had received a civil investigative demand from the U.S. Department of Justice on Aug. 30 seeking information…
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Alphabet Earnings: Profits Triple and Slump Worries Ease
The slump at Google’s parent company, Alphabet, appears to have been brief. The company said on Thursday that profits in the most recent quarter had…
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Activists urge Google to break up before regulators force it to
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Shareholder activists want Google parent Alphabet Inc to break itself up before regulators force the world’s biggest internet ad seller to…
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Alphabet shares tank over antitrust probe concerns
Alphabet Inc.’s shares fell as much as 7 percent Monday following reports that the US Justice Department may investigate Google for hampering competition. The potential…
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YouTube touts first new original program under free strategy
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s YouTube unveiled on Thursday nine new original programs that will be available for free this year as the…
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Google to pull plug on AI ethics council
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Thursday it was dissolving a council it had formed a week earlier to consider ethical issues around artificial…
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YouTube disables comments on videos featuring minors
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s YouTube said on Thursday it had disabled comments on videos featuring minors, a week after a magazine reported the platform displayed…
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Google disables iPhone app that studied users' digital habits
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it disabled an iPhone app that it had paid some users to install to study…
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Russia fines Google for not complying with search results law: TASS
MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia fined Google 500,000 roubles ($7,530) on Tuesday for failing to comply with a legal requirement to remove certain entries from its…
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Top U.S. general urges Google to work with military
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The top U.S. general said on Thursday that it was “inexplicable” that technology giants like Alphabet Inc’s Google did not want to…
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Senior Google Lobbyist Is Stepping Down From Her Role
WASHINGTON — Susan Molinari, who leads Google’s federal lobbying and policy effort and is a former Republican congresswoman from New York, is stepping down from…
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Google’s Parent, Alphabet, Misses on Q3 Revenue But Rakes in $9.2 Billion Net Profit
Alphabet, whose principal business is Google, fell short on the top-line in the third quarter of 2018 but dramatically exceeded earnings per share expectations, turning…
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Netflix, Tech Stocks Recover a Bit After Brutal Market Selloff
Tech investors turned more bullish Friday following a steep drop in tech and media stocks over the past two days, as they looked to snap…
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Alphabet has created a 1000km internet connection using balloons
Never lose your connection again! Alphabet will launch six high-altitude balloons to beam mobile internet to the remotest parts of the planet from next year…
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