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Google investigates ethical AI team member over handling of sensitive data
FILE PHOTO: An illuminated Google logo is seen inside an office building in Zurich, Switzerland December 5, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google is…
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Google, adtech firms hit with fresh EU privacy complaints
BRUSSELS (Reuters) -Alphabet unit Google and digital advertising firms were hit with fresh privacy complaints to national watchdogs in six EU countries on Thursday over…
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Czech search engine Seznam seeks $417 million from Google for competition claims
FILE PHOTO: A Google sign is pictured on a Google building in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York, U.S., October 20, 2020.…
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Google, adtech firms targets of fresh EU privacy complaints
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet unit Google and digital advertising firms are the targets of fresh privacy complaints filed in six EU countries on Thursday over…
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Google CEO apologises for document, EU's Breton warns internet is not Wild West
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet GOOGL.O CEO Sundar Pichai has apologised to Europe’s industry chief Thierry Breton over a leaked internal document proposing ways to counter…
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Google curtails free photo storage, pushes users to buy more space
FILE PHOTO: A woman holds her smart phone which displays the Google home page, in this picture illustration taken February 24, 2016. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/Illustration/File PhotoOAKLAND,…
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Tech Company Stocks Take Flight Amidst American Election Havoc
As tech companies promise to crack down on fake news related to the ongoing American Presidential election, they’re enjoying boosted share prices as a result…
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EU antitrust regulators to investigate $2.1 billion Google, Fitbit deal
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU antitrust regulators opened on Tuesday a four-month long investigation into Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google’s $2.1 billion bid for fitness tracker maker…
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Google owner Alphabet issues record $10 billion bond at lowest-ever price
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc (GOOGL.O) borrowed $10 billion in the investment-grade corporate debt market on Monday, the Google parent’s largest ever bond issue,…
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Alphabet sales drop for first time on Google ad cutbacks in pandemic
OAKLAND, Calif./BENGALURU (Reuters) – Google parent Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) quarterly sales fell for the first time in its 16 years as a public company, but…
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Google faces lawsuit over tracking in apps even when users opted out
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google records what people are doing on hundreds of thousands of mobile apps even when they follow the…
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Exclusive: Google can ward off EU antitrust probe into Fitbit deal with data pledge
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google may be able to stave off a full-scale EU antitrust investigation into its planned $2.1 billion bid for Fitbit (FIT.N) by…
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YouTube not obliged to inform on film pirates, Europe's top court says
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google’s YouTube is not required to hand over the email or IP address of users who upload films illegally to its video…
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Google shuts down cloud project, says no plan to offer cloud services in China
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it has shut down its cloud project named “Isolated Region” and added that it was not weighing…
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Google hikes YouTube TV price to $64.99
(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Tuesday that it has raised the price of its YouTube TV online service by 30% to $64.99 per…
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Google's U.S. ad revenue to take a hit due to pandemic: report
(Reuters) – Google Inc’s U.S. advertising revenue will drop 5.3% as brands pare spending during the coronavirus pandemic, according to an eMarketer report on Monday,…
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Exclusive: Massive spying on users of Google's Chrome shows new security weakness
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – A newly discovered spyware effort attacked users through 32 million downloads of extensions to Google’s market-leading Chrome web browser, researchers at…
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Chinese and Iranian hackers targeted Biden and Trump campaigns, Google says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – State-backed hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaign of Democrat Joe Biden, a senior Google security official…
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YouTube goes after more TV advertisers with new program
(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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