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Google's YouTube, Gmail recover after global outage

Reuters
Updated as of Dec 14 11:09 PM

(3rd UPDATE) Google services, including YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive, were restored for most users on Monday night, following a global outage that affected thousands. Read more »

Google delays return to office and eyes 'flexible work week'- NYT

Reuters
Posted at Dec 14 03:35 PM

Alphabet Inc's Google will allow its employees to work from home until September next year, extending the return to the office by a few months, the New York Times reported on Monday. Read more »

Japan to join forces with U.S., Europe in regulating Big Tech firms: antitrust watchdog head

Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada, Reuters
Posted at Oct 19 03:09 PM

Japan will join forces with the United States and Europe to take on any market abuses by the four Big Tech companies, the new head of its antitrust watchdog said on Monday, a sign Tokyo will join global efforts to regulate digital platform operators. Read more »

Google sweetens Fitbit concessions, EU okay in sight

Foo Yun Chee, Reuters
Posted at Oct 19 09:20 AM

Alphabet's Google has tweaked concessions aimed at allaying EU antitrust concerns about its $2.1 billion purchase of Fitbit, people familiar with the matter said, putting it on course to secure EU approval for the deal. Read more »

WATCH: Marian and Dingdong's son Sixto steals hearts with his version of alphabet song

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Oct 18 11:56 AM

Marian Rivera and Dingdong Dante’s son Sixto stole the hearts of netizens while singing the alphabet song.   Read more »

Waymo opens robo-taxi service to the public in US city

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Oct 09 05:03 PM

Waymo, the autonomous car unit of Google-parent Alphabet, opened its robo-taxi project to the general public in the US city of Phoenix on Thursday, becoming the first widely available driverless ride service. Read more »

Google to pay publishers $1-B over 3 years for their news

Foo Yun Chee, Reuters
Posted at Oct 01 07:48 PM

Alphabet's Google plans to pay $1 billion to publishers globally for their news over the next three years, its CEO said on Thursday, a step that could help it win over a powerful group amid heightened regulatory scrutiny worldwide.   Read more »

Big Tech firms see robust results in pandemic-hit quarter

Glenn Chapman, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 31 06:15 AM

Big Tech firms delivered robust results Thursday, highlighting the lifeline they have provided during the pandemic as well as their extraordinary economic power which was the subject of an intense congressional hearing a day earlier. Read more »

US tech giants too powerful, antitrust panel chair warns

Rob Lever, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 30 06:03 AM

Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook are too powerful and will likely emerge from the coronavirus pandemic even stronger, the head of a US congressional antitrust committee said Wednesday at a high-stakes hearing featuring the CEOs of the four US tech giants. Read more »

Google removes misleading ads in voting-related searches

Reuters
Posted at Jun 30 08:24 AM

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Monday that it had removed search ads that charged users searching for voting information large fees for voter registration or harvested their personal data. Read more »

Apple-Google contact tracing tech draws interest in 23 countries, some hedge bets

Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at May 21 02:12 PM

Authorities in 23 countries across 5 continents have sought access to contact tracing technology from Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google, the companies announced on Wednesday as they released the initial version of their system. Read more »

Google HR chief stepping aside as worker activism rises

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 11 12:12 PM

Google on Monday confirmed that head of human resources Eileen Naughton was stepping away from her job as "vice president of people operations" at the internet company.  Read more »

Disappointing growth hits Google parent Alphabet shares

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Feb 04 08:28 AM

Alphabet shares slipped 4 percent in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings figures, which showed stronger-than-anticipated profits but weaker growth than most forecasts.   Read more »

Alphabet CEO backs temporary ban on facial-recognition, Microsoft disagrees

Foo Yun Chee and John Chalmers, Reuters
Posted at Jan 21 08:33 AM

While Pichai cited the possibility that the technology could be used for nefarious purposes as a reason for a moratorium, Smith said a ban was akin to using a meat cleaver instead of a scalpel to solve potential problems. Read more »

Google parent Alphabet valuation hit $1 trillion

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 17 08:35 AM

Google's parent company Alphabet saw its value reach $1 trillion for the first time Thursday, becoming the fourth US tech company to hit the milestone. Read more »

Tesla, Apple among firms accused of aiding child labor in Congo

Matthew Lavietes, Thomson Reuters Foundation
Posted at Dec 17 08:12 AM

The legal complaint on behalf of 14 families from Congo was filed on Sunday by International Rights Advocates, a US-based human rights non-profit, against Tesla Inc, Apple Inc, Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp and Dell Technologies Inc..   Read more »

Under Pichai, Alphabet's moonshot projects may face more scrutiny

Caroline Valetkevitch and Noel Randewich, Reuters
Posted at Dec 05 07:33 AM

One of the biggest changes for Pichai will be taking responsibility for those so-called "moonshots," which are aimed at diversifying Alphabet's business.   Read more »

End of an era at Google as founders step aside

Jack Nicas and Daisuke Wakabayashi, The New York Times
Posted at Dec 04 09:58 AM

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the Stanford graduate students who founded Google over two decades ago, are stepping down from executive roles at Google’s parent company, Alphabet. Sundar Pichai is now CEO of both Google and Alphabet. Read more »

Google's Sundar Pichai named CEO at parent firm Alphabet

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 04 07:16 AM

SAN FRANCISCO - Google chief executive Sundar Pichai will assume the CEO role at parent firm Alphabet in a shakeup at the top of the Silicon Valley titan, the company said Tuesday. Read more »

EU antitrust regulators probes Google's data collection

Foo Yun Chee, Reuters
Posted at Dec 01 07:53 AM

EU antitrust regulators are investigating Google's collection of data, the European Commission told Reuters on Saturday, suggesting the world's most popular internet search engine remains in its sights despite record fines in recent years. Read more »