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Alphabet features self-driving trash cans, noise monitors in Toronto smart city project

Moira Warburton, Reuters
Posted at Nov 16 06:36 PM

Alphabet's Sidewalk Labs has provided more details on the technology it intends to use to develop a futuristic smart city in Toronto, which includes self-driving garbage cans and infra-red sensors to track foot traffic in stores, a document released by the company on Friday said. Read more »

Google secret project gathers health data of millions of Americans-WSJ

Reuters
Updated as of Nov 12 08:21 AM

Alphabet Inc's Google is teaming up with a health-care company on a secret project to collect personal health-related information of millions of Americans across 21 states, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. Read more »

Google parent Alphabet scrutinizing handling of misconduct claims

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 07 09:38 AM

Google's parent company Alphabet confirmed Wednesday that its board is investigating how executives handled accusations of misconduct including sexual harassment. Read more »

How do we sing our ABC’s? L-M-N-O-Please not like that

Jacey Fortin, The New York Times
Posted at Oct 31 08:08 AM

This week, the people of the internet rallied to the defense of the elemenopee. Read more »

Alphabet third-quarter profit misses estimates

Reuters
Posted at Oct 29 07:07 AM

Alphabet Inc fell short of analysts' estimates for third-quarter profit on Monday, hit by aggressive spending by its Google unit on marketing and hardware development. Read more »

The shift to modern Filipino alphabet explained

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Aug 14 04:30 PM

Why is there a need to shift to the modern Filipino alphabet? Read more »

Google pledges carbon-neutral shipping, recycled plastic for all devices

Paresh Dave, Reuters
Posted at Aug 06 08:22 AM

The new commitments step up the competition among tech companies aiming to show consumers and governments that they are curbing the environmental toll from their widening arrays of gadgets. Read more »

Apple, Google pause review of audio recordings from voice assistants

Reuters
Posted at Aug 03 11:55 AM

Apple Inc and Alphabet Inc's Google have globally suspended reviewing recordings from users interacting with their voice assistants, as concerns over data privacy mount. Read more »

Alphabet, Starbucks drive Wall Street to record high

Noel Randewich, Reuters
Posted at Jul 27 11:09 AM

Robust earnings from Alphabet and Starbucks pushed the S&P 500 and Nasdaq indexes to record highs on Friday, with support from data showing US economic growth slowed less than expected in the second quarter.  Read more »

Google/Alphabet sees fresh growth amid antitrust woes

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jul 26 07:31 AM

Google parent Alphabet's stock price leaped Thursday after reporting stronger-than-expected results in a quarterly update coming amid growing scrutiny of technology firms by antitrust regulators. Read more »

How big is YouTube? It’s still anyone’s guess

Daisuke Wakabayashi, The New York Times
Posted at Jul 24 02:31 PM

The lack of disclosure around YouTube’s finances is a reminder that some of them have actually made understanding how they make money more difficult over the last year. Read more »