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Google Seeks To Move Some Pixel Production To India

Some production of the Pixel smartphone could be moved to India, as Google begins talks with local suppliers and manufacturers

1 year ago

EU Seeks Breakup Of Google Ad Tech Business

European Commission sends formal accusations over Google's advertising business, and states it should be broken up

1 year ago

Google To Crack Down On Office Attendance

Tech giant Google asks full remote workers to reconsider, amid crackdown on those not adhering to hybrid work schedule

1 year ago

Travel Agency Priceline To Adopt Google AI

Travel agency Priceline to offer travel bookings chatbot powered by Google AI, plus more Google techologies for internal staff

1 year ago

Google To Begin Disabling Third-Party Chrome Cookies In Q1 2024

Google’s Privacy Sandbox to begin replacing third-party cookies for 1 percent of Chrome users in Q1 2024, with full switch…

2 years ago

Montana First US State To Ban China’s TikTok

Montana become the first US state to ban TikTok, after its governor signs legislation to halt downloading it from app…

2 years ago

Google To Cull Inactive Accounts At Year End

Search engine giant Google says it will begin to delete inactive accounts unused for more than two years, starting in…

2 years ago

Google I/O: Pixel Tablet, Pixel Fold, Pixel 7a

New hardware device offerings include a budget Pixel 7a smartphone, a foldable Pixel smartphone, as well as a Pixel tablet

2 years ago

Google I/O: AI For Google Search

At its annual developer conference, Google revealed new hardware and software, with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI)

2 years ago

Biden Meets With Google, Microsoft Bosses Over AI

US president Joe Biden meets with chief executives of Google, Microsoft, two AI firms over concerns about technology's safe development

2 years ago

Google Deploys Passkeys, Cites ‘Beginning Of End’ For Passwords

No need for a password to login into Google accounts, as they now support passkeys to replace passwords and 2FA

2 years ago

Apple, Google Submit Proposal To Tackle AirTag Stalking

Tech giants Apple and Google agree rare partnership to tackle stalking problem via location-tracking devices

2 years ago

Godfather Of AI, Geoffrey Hinton, Quits Google

Pioneer of neutral networks resigns from Google, to speak openly about misinformation and the dangers of AI

2 years ago

Alphabet To Merge AI Units Deepmind And Google Brain

One better than two? Alphabet doubles down on artificial intelligence, by merging two of its key AI divisions

2 years ago

Google’s Pixel Fold, Set For June Launch – Report

Internal documents reportedly show Google is planning to launch its first foldable smartphone, dubbed the Pixel Fold, in June

2 years ago

Google To Face Trial Over Sonos Patents, Judge Rules

Bitter patent battle between Sonos and Google to continue, after judge rules the later must face trial on 8 May

2 years ago

Indian Start-Ups Demand Delay For New Google Payment System

Group of Indian start-ups claims new Google in-app payment system allowing third-party providers charges 'unsustainable' fees

2 years ago

South Korea Fines Google £26m For Blocking Rival App Store

South Korean regulator fines Google 42.1bn won for attempting to block the growth of rival app store One Store through…

2 years ago

Google Staff In London Walkout Over Job Cuts

Some of Google's 5,000 staff in the UK walkout over dispute about job cuts, mirroring similar walkout in Zurich last…

2 years ago

Google Faces £3.4bn UK Lawsuit Over Adtech Dominance

Google faces second collective UK legal action over claims its dominance of market illegally reduced publishers' revenues

2 years ago

Judge Rules Google Deleted Chats In Antitrust Case

US federal judge rules Google intentionally sought to “hide the ball” in high profile antitrust case by automatically deleting evidence

2 years ago

Google’s Bard Sides With US Prosecutors In Antitrust Case

Google's Bard chatbot sides with US Department of Justice in advertising antitrust case, in latest embarrassment for tech giant

2 years ago

Google Releases Bard Chatbot To Public

Google releases Bard chatbot to limited number of users as it responds to unexpected popularity of Microsoft-backed ChatGPT

2 years ago

UK Ranks Fourth In World For Big Tech Data Requests

UK ranks fourth in world and second in Europe for data requests from biggest tech companes, as study reveals decade…

2 years ago

Google Glass Ends For Business Users

End of the road. Business successor to Google Glass known as Glass Enterprise, is to halt enterprise sales and stop…

2 years ago

Alphabet’s Sundar Pichai Admits Some Google Offices Are Like ‘Ghost Town’

Google CEO defends desk-sharing policy during staff meeting, and admits that some offices are like a ‘ghost town’

2 years ago

Waymo Cuts 8 Percent Of Staff

Alphabet's self-driving car division admits it has cut approximately 8 percent of workforce in two rounds of layoffs this year

2 years ago

DoJ Alleges Google Deleted Evidence In Antitrust Case

Serious allegation of misconduct made against Google by US Department of Justice, in its antitrust case against the firm

2 years ago

Landmark US Supreme Court Challenge Internet Immunity

US Supreme Court hears cases that for first time question key law that protects internet firms from liability for content…

2 years ago