WASHINGTON (AP) – The CEOs of tech giants Facebook, Twitter and Google faced questioning in Congress Thursday when lawmakers tried to convince them to recognize the role of their companies in fueling …
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Google says it is doubling the office. The alphabet Inc. GOOG -1.40% The unit said it would spend $ 7 billion this year to expand its office and data center footprint in …
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Google’s head of artificial intelligence (AI) apologized for firing Timnit Gebru, one of its principal investigators as the company announced new diversity policies. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc., …
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Margaret Mitchell, co-director of Google’s ethical AI team, says the company fired her following an investigation into her use of corporate email. Why does it matter: Google was already under fire for …
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) – Seven West Media has become the largest Australian media company to reach a deal with Google to pay for journalism in a partnership announced Monday before the nation’s …
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key points True Baron Cohen calls on YouTube and Google to suspend Donald Trump’s YouTube account Cohen urges tech giants to “do the right thing” and save democracy Twitter, Facebook and Instagram …
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The New York Times reported on Monday that Alphabet’s Google would allow its employees to work from home by September next year. Reportedly, the company was also testing the idea of a …
Read More »Google’s Sundar Pichai Heard Senate Section 230
Sundar Pichai testifies before the Senate Commerce Committee via video chat.Screenshot: Gizmodo / C-SPAN The Senate today held a major hearing about the future of online speech and legislation allowing it to …
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Google Inc. But Sundar Pichai, senior vice president of Chrome, has grabbed a new Chromebook Pixel as he speaks during a launch event on Thursday, February 21, 2013 in San Francisco, California, …
Read More »Google tells workers to stay focused amid retaliatory lawsuit from DOJ
Google CEO Sundar Pichai testified during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on December 11, 2018. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Sundar Pichai, CEO of …
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