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PARIS (Reuters) – Orange, France’s biggest telecoms company, and Google on Tuesday announced a strategic partnership covering data, artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud computing services.…
Read More France's Orange and Google partner on data, cloud computing
A new transatlantic subsea cable running between the US, the UK and Spain has been announced by Google in a bid to meet ever-growing connectivity…
Read More Google announces giant subsea data cable between the USA, UK and Spain
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Senate Judiciary Committee’s antitrust panel will hold a hearing in September to discuss Google’s dominance in online advertising, Republican Senator Mike…
Read More Senate panel to hold hearing into Google's dominance of online advertising
Most of Google’s workforce will not be returning to the office anytime before the summer of 2021 because of concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, according…
Read More Google Mandates Work From Home for Employees Through July 2021 (Report)
Google’s right-wing blacklist: Ex-engineer at tech giant says glitch which blocked some conservative websites from appearing in their search may have exposed a secret internal…
Read More Ex-engineer at Google says company had secret internal blacklist
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…
Read More Google faces lawsuit over tracking in apps even when users opted out
NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google on Monday said it would spend around $10 billion in India over the next five to seven years…
Read More Alphabet's Google commits $10 billion to accelerate digitization in India
SAN FRANCISCO • Alphabet’s Google said it would start showing fact-checking labels on its Google Images search results globally, as tech companies come under increasing…
Read More Google extends fact-checking to image search
(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,…
Read More Google's U.S. ad revenue to take a hit due to pandemic: report
Google quietly unveils Pinterest rival ‘Keen’ that curates content using the company’s machine-learning Keen is a Pinterest rival that uses Google’s machine-learning to curate content…
Read More Google unveils 'Keen' app that curates content with machine-learning
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…
Read More Exclusive: Massive spying on users of Google's Chrome shows new security weakness
PARIS – Carrefour and Google said on Tuesday they were launching a voice-based grocery shopping service in France as part of the French retailer’s ambition…
Read More Carrefour and Google launch voice grocery shopping service in France
(Reuters) – Google is adding features on its Maps service to alert users about COVID-19-related travel restrictions to help them plan their trips better, the…
Read More Google Maps to alert users about COVID-19-related travel restrictions
Google has been targeted with a huge class action lawsuit in California claiming its Chrome browser still tracks users while in Incognito mode. Although many…
Read More Google still tracks you in Incognito Mode, lawsuit claims
Google unveils new Sodar augmented reality tool that creates a six-foot ring around you on your phone screen to help you follow social distancing rules…
Read More Google releases new AR tool for social distancing
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google has called on the European Union to use current EU laws to govern the use of artificial intelligence rather than draft…
Read More Google says use existing EU laws, not new ones to govern AI
(Reuters) – Arizona on Wednesday filed a consumer fraud lawsuit against Alphabet Inc’s Google alleging that the company used “deceptive” and “unfair” practices to obtain…
Read More U.S. state of Arizona files consumer fraud lawsuit against Google
Google Play will shut down later this year, leaving YouTube Music as Google’s only streaming music service. But Google has just launched a tool that…
Read More How to transfer your Google Play Music library to YouTube Music
It’s the fifth week of official lockdown, which means people are looking for new ways to keep themselves entertained – but the good news is…
Read More Which Google Doodle games are back for lockdown?
The NHS is building a coronavirus app that uses contact tracing to help record the spread of the virus. But it won’t be using the…
Read More NHS won't be using Google and Apple's coronavirus app idea
We can’t go out to restaurants, take-out is spotty, and we can only have so many frozen pizzas before we get the itch to try…
Read More Google Says These Are the 10 Most Popular Recipes Right Now
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Blockchain firm Ripple sued Alphabet Inc’s YouTube on Tuesday, alleging the video-sharing platform failed to protect consumers from cryptocurrency “giveaway” scams…
Read More Ripple sues YouTube over cryptocurrency scams
With coronavirus statistics being updated on an hour by hour basis, it can sometimes be challenging to accurately interpret some data points. As an obvious…
Read More Google teams with Stanford to make interactive coronavirus maps for journalists
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Smartphone software makers Alphabet’s Google and Apple will have to convince the public that any apps to help track who has been…
Read More U.S. senator says Apple, Google need to show contact tracing will not violate privacy
Weeks into this pandemic, those of us who can work from home have settled into some kind of rhythm of mediocrity: not quite teaching or…
Read More Google & Others Are Paying Parents NOT to Work Right Now
Apple and Google have made a joint announcement that they will adapt their respective operating systems to help track the spread of coronavirus. Both iOS…
Read More Apple and Google join forces to build coronavirus tracking into iOS and Android
PARIS (Reuters) – France’s competition authority issued a ruling on Thursday that Google would have to pay up to French publishing companies and news agencies…
Read More French regulator: Google must pay French news and publishing firms for using their content
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Kat Volpe laid out an exercise mat and tried to sync her iPhone with her big screen TV for a fitness…
Read More Home-bound users fume as video apps do not sync with TVs
Google could share users’ location data with the UK government to help it determine whether people are practising safe ‘social distancing’ during the coronavirus crisis…
Read More Google to provide location data to the UK government
Google cancels one of its biggest conferences of the year, including an online event, amid a coronavirus pandemic Google cancelled its I/O conference completely amid…
Read More Google cancels entire I/O conference including online-only event