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Google: Brexit Will Not Make A Difference To The Search Giant’s Cloud Ambitions
GCP Next 2017: Google will continue with its European and UK expansion plans despite Britain's decision to leave the EU
Google Cloud Will Be Ready For GDPR In May 2018
GCP Next 2017: Google wants to make life easy for European companies migrating to the cloud
Google Criticized For Requesting More Groundwater To Cool Data Center
Google says own studies show that pumping 1.5m gallons a day from an aquifer to cool its data center will have no adverse effects on groundwater supplies
Google And Facebook Hooked By $100m Phishing Scheme
The IT giants were tricked into paying millions to a scammer who impersonated a major Taiwanese electronics supplier, prosecutors say
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
Google Fights Fake News With Feedback Tools In Search
Users will now be able to flag offensive, harmful and misleading Google Search results
Google Might Build Its Own Ad-Blocker For Chrome Web Browser
If it goes ahead with the plans, Google will block ads based on standards from the Coalition for Better Ads
Antitrust Settlement Sees Google Open Android Search In Russia
The deal with Russian regulator FAS will allow manufacturers to pre-install rivals' search and other applications
Google Blocks Burger King Advert That Tried To Hijack Google Home
Whopper mistake: Smart home audio hack gets a smack from Google
Google Expands WebVR API To Its Cardboard Virtual Reality Headset
The search giant looks to be paving the way to a virtual reality ecosystem
Wi-Fi Bug Leaves Android & iPhone Seriously Vulnerable To Hackers
Apple and Google handsets have been patched, but other Android devices may still be vulnerable to the Broadcom Wi-Fi chipset attack
Android Bulletin Delivers Fixes For Mainstream Android Devices
Google updates tackles security vulnerabilities with Android devices as well as update for its Nexus handsets
Google Is Bringing Local Machine Learning To Android Smartphones
Google is using the technique to train and improve its Gboard smart keyboard
Google Touts Speedy Custom AI Chips That Trounce GPUs And CPUs
Chip boast – Google claims its own AI chips remove the need to increase the number of its data centres
Google Updates Kubernetes Cloud Container Management Capabilities
Google's Container Optimized OS and Kubernetes 1.6 are intended to make it easier for enterprises to run container workloads
Is It Fair To Accuse Google Of ‘Cashing In’ On Extremist Content?
OPINION: The Mail on Sunday slams Google, but should all the blame really be levied at tech companies?
Google, Twitter, Facebook Pledge To Up Anti-Terror Efforts
Home Secretary Amber Rudd holds meeting with leading tech firms over tackling terrorist content online
Google Discloses Measures To Defend Android Against Ransomware
Google outlines what it's doing to help protect Android devices from ransomware
Google Home Brings AI To Home & Office On April 6
Google Home AI voice activated assistant will cost £129 and will arrive alongside a smart router called the Google WiFi on April 6
Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (24th March 2017)
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Google And Symantec Clash Over Certificate ‘Failures’
Search engine giant reduces trust level in Symantec-certificates, but security firm slams Google's “misleading” claims
Bringing Your Data Home: Why Cloud Giants Are Building UK Data Centres
IN DEPTH: Amazon, Google, IBM, Microsoft and Oracle are all investing in UK data centres. Why? And who are the other players?
Sky, Vodafone, HSBC And Other Major Brands Pull Google Ads Over Extremist Content Concerns
The British government, the BBC and others have withdrawn Google ad spending after their adverts were displayed alongside extremist content
Facebook, Google, Twitter Face EU Fines Over Service Terms
European authorities are ready to levy financial penalities on big name tech firms over their terms of service
Tech Quiz: The Week In Review (17th March 2017)
Have you been keeping up with the IT and tech news this week?
Google Touts Smaller JPEGs With Open Source Guetzli Encoder
Does size matter? Google certainly thinks so with the launch of a new encoder to shrink JPEG files
Google’s Deepmind NHS Data Deal Lambasted By Paper
NHS patient data sharing with Google Deepmind slated in paper, but Google and Royal Free Trust fire back at 'significant mistakes'
Google Allo ‘Leaks’ Previous Searches In Conversations
Google works to fix error that saw previous searches shared in group chats via AI-assisted smart messaging app Allo
Google Joins Chorus Of Cloud Companies Promising To Democratize AI
ANALYSIS: Google has joined with the likes of Microsoft, IBM and Salesforce.com to use cloud to"democratise" AI