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Google Strikes Deal With HMRC To Pay £130m in Back Tax
Google finally agrees to pay "its fair share" of UK tax, and to pay more tax in future, following strong criticism
Oracle: Android Has Generated £22bn in Revenues For Google
Confidential court documents suggest Google has made huge profits from Android, and pays Apple £700m to be default search engine in iOS
Google Took Down 780m Bad Ads In 2015
Large rise in adverts that violated Google’s policies, include major malvertising campaigns
Google And Red Hat Partner Up For Container Adoption
Google, Red Hat to integrate OpenShift Dedicated container platform and Google Cloud Platform
Nest Thermostats Accused Of Leaking Information
Researchers say thermostats leaked unencrypted user information over unsecured Wi-Fi, but Nest disagrees
What Oracle Vs Google Teaches Business Owners About IP Law And Social Media
Business ideas that require use of social media require extra legal attention, IP law expert warns
Google Self-Driving Car Report Reveals 13 ‘Near-Misses’
Plenty of near-misses and mechanical failures recorded, but nearly 425,000 miles of testing completed by Google vehicles
Google Creates Virtual Reality Business
Former Google apps and Cardboard head Clay Bavor to run new specialised VR division
Why Is Amazon Web Services Ignoring Canada?
As AWS continues its worldwide expansion, Canadians ask why their country being spurned by Amazon's cloud division
Google Hits Back At Amazon’s Cloud Price Cuts
AWS "can't match" Google on cloud costs, says search giant in blog post firing back at Amazon's 51st price reduction
Lenovo Wants to Bring Google’s Project Tango To Life
Smartphones with 3D-tracking and modelling could be on their way soon
Google Delivers Five Critical Vulnerability Patches To Nexus Devices
Google fixes 12 Android vulnerabilities for Nexus smartphones and tablets, including a severe media related remote code execution flaw
Google Prepares To Build 15th Global Data Centre
Clarksville, Tennessee data centre will be Google’s eighth in the US, costing the search giant more than £400m
Google Reportedly Launching Artificial Intelligence Messaging Service
Google intelligent 'chatbot' messaging platform would rival Facebook M
Google And Ford Set To Team Up On Self-Driving Cars
Report claims that new partnership on autonomous vehicles will be revealed at CES 2016 next month
AWS IoT Launches With Robotics, Gaming And Cars In Mind
AWS IoT platform goes live, with Amazon Web Services counting Philips and Scout Alarm as early customers
Google Takes Major Next Step On Driverless Cars
Research into autonomous vehicles to be separate company under Alphabet umbrella
Like Google, Facebook Is Open Sourcing Its AI Hardware
Facebook AI Research (FAIR) introduces 'Big Sur' artificial intelligence hardware, open sources it to the Open Compute Project
Google Kickstarts Its Own Content Delivery Network
Google's Cloud CDN goes into Alpha testing as web giant races to catch up with AWS, Microsoft data centre rollouts
Eric Schmidt Urges Greater Surveillance On Online Hate
Will it ping Donald Trump? Spellchecker for hate and harassment urged to tackle terrorism on the internet
EU Agrees New Cybersecurity Laws
Leading tech firms will be forced to report major cyber attacks under new European cybersecurity laws
Google’s Next Smartwatch Could Suck Your Blood… For Science!
New “needle-free” patent reveals wearable device that could help diabetes sufferers
Google Halts European Venture Capital Scheme
Google Ventures Europe to rolled into one entity with US operation after just over a year
Google Makes Massive Renewable Energy Purchase In US, Sweden And Chile
Google says its on track to make 2025 renewable energy targets with 842 MW mega-purchase
Android Co-Founder Andy Rubin ‘Plans’ Smartphone Return
Andy Rubin wants to build his own smartphones, report claims
Google Secretly Tracks School Children’s Web History, Claims Digital Rights Group
Electronic Frontier Foundation files complaint against Google after group claims it has uncovered evidence the search giant collects student personal data
Facebook May Be Planning Its First Asia-Pacific Data Centre
Taiwanese government source tell Reuters that efforts are being made to ready a 6 acre site in Google-occupied Changhua County
Facebook Top Site For Google Link Removals
Facebook is the single site most affected by 'right to be forgotten' requests, with YouTube and Twitter also featuring in the top 10
Nest Cam ‘Continues Running When Switched Off’
Nest Cam remains running when users switch it off, raising security concerns, according to researchers