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DeepMind Co-Founder Legg Offers AI Advice To London Teen

Legg is doing his bit to encourage the next generation of ICT talent, with five pieces of advice for a…

6 years ago

Uber Doesn’t Rule Out Return To Self-Driving Trucks

The ride-hailing company has shuttered its self-driving trucks unit, which grew out of the troubled acquisition of start-up Otto two…

6 years ago

Alphabet Shrugs Off European Fine Thanks To Strong Ad Sales

Google's parent surprises Wall Street with strong growth, despite stiff penalty from the EU over Android

6 years ago

Alphabet’s X Spins Off Wing, Loon Into Separate Companies

The research projects, dealing with delivery drones and balloon-based internet provision, are to join Alphabet's 'Other Bets' division

6 years ago

Google Pledges AI Halt For Weapon Systems

Alphabet signals u-turn after military project, and publishes its core principals for AI development going forward

6 years ago

Alphabet Profits Surge, But So Do Costs

Google's parent sees big rise in profits and revenue, but costs rise dramatically as workforce balloons

7 years ago

EU Android Antitrust Probe ‘Advancing’

How long? Three years after probe was officially launch, antitrust boss says Android investigation is “advancing”

7 years ago

Google Stung By Lawsuit Alleging Recruitment Bias

Workforce diversity at Google is under the spotlight again, as a former recruiter alleges bias against white and Asian men

7 years ago

Google Parent Alphabet Feels The Impact Of Heavy Spending

Google veteran replaces Schmidt, as costly promotions for Pixel2 smartphone and YouTube TV impact results

7 years ago

Eric Schmidt Steps Down As Alphabet Chairman

After helping turning Google into a technology titan, Eric Schmidt steps down from his central role

7 years ago

Additional Google Account Security Aims To ‘Deter Political Hackers’

The programme, aimed at high-profile executives and politicians, is to introduce a secont physical key and block access to data…

7 years ago

Google Appeals £2.2bn EU Antitrust Fine For Search Abuse

Google will appeal the fine issued by the EC but it will still have to change practices by 28 September

7 years ago

Google Submits Compliance Plans For EU Antitrust Order

Google sends antitrust regulators its proposed fixes to compile with shopping results antitrust order

7 years ago

Google Fires Author Of Controversial Diversity Memo

The internal memo, which argued Google's diversity practices were 'discriminatory', caused a backlash both within and outside the company

7 years ago

Alphabet & Google Profits Fall As Billion Dollar EU Penalty Bites

Google's parent sees lower profit after being slapped with record Europe Union fine

7 years ago

EU Mulls Another Record Fine Against Google For Android

Double whammy. EU ponders a second record fine against Google, but this time over Android OS

7 years ago

Google Search Results Will No Longer Show Medical Records

Google makes a departure from its usually hands-off approach when it comes to search results

7 years ago

Google Faces Record-Breaking €1 Billion EU Fine

The fine would be the culmination of a seven year investigation

7 years ago

Softbank Buys Boston Dynamics From Google

Moonshot project shot down. Alphabet finally offloads unwanted robotics division Boston Dynamics

7 years ago

Google Parent Alphabet Tests Drone Traffic Management System

Alphabet this week started testing an early version of a technology for managing unmanned drone delivery systems

7 years ago

Alphabet’s Project Loon Helps Connect Peruvian Cities In Wake Of Serious Floods

The left-field Internet beaming balloon project was given a real stress test

8 years ago

Google’s Alphabet Profits From Advertising Sales Surge As Cloud & Hardware Grow

Advertising, cloud, and Pixel smartphones all help deliver more stunning growth for search engine giant

8 years ago

Boston Dynamics Shows Off Handle, A Six-Foot Tall ‘Nightmare-Inducing’ Robot

The two-wheeled robot showed off some of its impressive athletic capabilities

8 years ago

Google’s Project Loon Leaps Forward With Weather-Predicting Machine Learning

Google is now "years closer" to rolling out a network of the balloons thanks to machine learning

8 years ago

Google Vows To Fight After Being Ordered To Hand Over Foreign Emails

'We will appeal,' says Google after latest round of tech vs government court battles

8 years ago

Advertising & Hardware Boost Google Alphabet As Cloud Benefits Microsoft Revenues

Strong results from two tech titans after both Alphabet and Microsoft recorded positive financials

8 years ago

Google Officially Ditches Project Titan Drone Broadband

Engineers scattered to other divisions as Titan doesn't make enough progress to continue

8 years ago

Google’s Alphabet Launches Waymo Driverless Car Company

Google's driverless car development appears to be nearing fruition

8 years ago

Google Builds Up Self-Driving Cars Team Ahead Of Moonshot Graduation

Alphabet is advertising for a head of real estate to establish a new base for its autonomous project when it…

8 years ago

Google Parent Alphabet Reaps Advertising Rewards

Strong quarter for Google's parent powered by advertising strength, YouTube and other services

8 years ago