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India antitrust watchdog to investigate the acquisition of Google’s Android dominance.
India's antitrust commission is looking into accusations that Alphabet Inc's unit Google abuses its popular Android mobile operating system to block its rivals, four sources with direct…
Google wants the US govt to make rules on AI
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the next-big-thing, which is partly useful and partly creepy. Having machines learn human behaviour to predict the needs is something that has potential…
Google, Facebook, and Microsoft spend big on U.S. lobbying in 2018
Alphabet Inc’s Google disclosed in a quarterly filing on Tuesday that it spent a company-record $21.2 million on lobbying the U.S. government in 2018, topping its previous high of $18.22…
U.S. district court dismisses lawsuit against Google over facial reorganization software
A lawsuit filed against Google by consumers who claimed the search engine’s photo sharing and storage service violated their privacy was dismissed on Saturday by a U.S. judge who cited a…
Google announces the fourth edition of its Web Rangers contents for school students
On the 20th of December, Google announced the fourth edition of its annual "Web Rangers" contest which will reward school students who know how to stay smart, safe and savvy online.…
Sundar Pichai: Google has no plan to launch its search engine site in China
Google has "no plans" to relaunch a search engine in China though it is continuing to study the idea, Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told a U.S. congressional panel on Tuesday amid increased…
Google may shut down its news service in Europe
Google may shut down its Google News service in the European Union (EU) if a proposed "link tax" for using news stories comes into force in member countries, The Guardian reported.…
Google replaced Google Cloud CEO ‘Diane Greene’ with Thomas Kurian
Diane Greene, who was hired a three years ago by Google to run Google Cloud Business has been unexpectedly replaced with Thomas Kurian an ex-executive of Oracle.Greene who co-founded and…
Google adds 9 Indian language to expand its Safety center
Google has expanded its 'Safety Centre' aimed at providing users with more control over the data they share with the tech giant across its various services. The newly expanded Safety Centre…
Google fired 48 employees including 13 top executives over sexual harassment
In an email sent by Google Inc, CEO Sundar Pichai to all its employees, in a response to New York Times report which was published earlier today, stating a "handful of Google executives,…