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Landmark EU tech rules holding back innovation, Google says
Alphabet’s Google will on Tuesday warn EU antitrust regulators and its critics that landmark European Union rules aimed at reining in Big…
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Google Cloud and Digital Industry Singapore launch programme to spearhead AI development among companies
Digitally-mature companies keen on doing more in the area of artificial intelligence (AI) will now have the opportunity to tap a new…
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Google says it has resolved global service outage impacting multiple platforms
ABET’S Google said on Thursday it had resolved a brief global service disruption on its platforms that affected multiple services such as…
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Meta taps top researchers from Google, Sesame for new AI lab
META Platforms has poached top engineers from multiple tech firms, including Alphabet Inc.’s Google, for a new team focused on achieving a…
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Google to spend US$500 million revamping compliance in shareholder settlement
Google agreed to spend US$500 million over 10 years to overhaul its compliance structure, to settle shareholder litigation accusing the…
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Trump’s Social Security Head Bragged About Having to Google Own Job
It looks like Donald Trump’s streak of hiring wildly unqualified people remains undefeated. Frank Bisignano, the new Social Security…
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Google Plans to Roll Out Gemini A.I. Chatbot to Children Under 13
Google plans to roll out its Gemini artificial intelligence chatbot next week for children under 13 who have parent-managed Google…
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Google’s DeepMind UK team reportedly seeks to unionize
Around 300 London-based members of Google’s AI-focused DeepMind team are seeking to unionize with the Communication Workers Union,…
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Apple and Google Restore TikTok to App Stores in the U.S.
Apple and Google restored TikTok to their app stores in the United States on Thursday evening, several weeks after they removed the…
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Mexico’s President Threatens to Sue Google for Bowing to Trump
In a press release from the White House Thursday, Trump announced the list of new additions to the board of trustees, which included White…
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Meta Partners With UNESCO on Indigenous Language Translation
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Documentarian Alex Gibney Teams Up With a Google Billionaire
At a time when the documentary film business is atrophying, one of the world’s leading documentarians, Alex Gibney, has taken on a…
Fashion
Google ends hiring targets tied to diversity
Google is the latest tech company rethinking how it approaches diversity, equity and inclusion in the workplace as businesses face more…
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Amazon’s cloud business faces crucial test after rivals Microsoft, Google stumble
THE pressure is on Amazon.com to deliver on lofty expectations for cloud computing in its fourth-quarter results on Thursday (Feb 6),…
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Google introduces new class of cheap AI models as cost concerns intensify
The tech giant offers several versions of Gemini that vary in price and performance ALPHABET’S Google on Wednesday (Feb 5) announced…
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Google Removes Pledge Against AI Weapons and Surveillance Development
Google has quietly removed a key commitment from its AI ethics guidelines. The tech giant no longer pledges to avoid AI projects that…
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Google shares plummet after earnings disappoint
Just a few minutes after trading opened in New York, shares in Google-parent Alphabet were down 7.16% Shares in Google dropped by more…
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Google shares slide on spending plans despite sales jump
TECH giant Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reported robust fourth-quarter results on Tuesday, with revenues jumping 12 per cent to…
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How Google Maps Plans to Handle the ‘Gulf of America’
The Trump administration declared on Friday that the Gulf of Mexico had been renamed the Gulf of America, but popular mapping services…
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Google pushes global agenda to educate workers, lawmakers on AI - The Business Times
ALPHABET’S Google, already facing an unprecedented regulatory onslaught, is looking to shape public perception and policies on artificial…
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Column: The rise of Silicon Valley, from indifference to lords of the political universe
When the high and mighty of Silicon Valley assumed their privileged perch at the swearing-in of President Trump, it was an ostentatious…
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Oracle, Apple, Google diverge on whether to keep serving TikTok - The Business Times
APPLE and Oracle have reacted differently to President Donald Trump’s pledge that the US government will not enforce a national security…
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Taiwan’s HTC to sell part of XR unit to Google for US$250 million - The Business Times
TAIWAN’S HTC said on Thursday (Jan 23) it will sell part of its unit for extended reality (XR) headsets and glasses to Google for US$250…
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Indonesia fines Google 202 billion rupiah for unfair business practices - The Business Times
INDONESIA’S antitrust agency on Tuesday (Jan 21) ordered Google to pay fines about 202 billion rupiah (S$16.8 million) for unfair business…