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Google co-founders step aside as Sundar Pichai takes helm of parent Alphabet

Alphabet, which owns more than a dozen companies including self-driving car technology business Waymo and health care software company Verily, emerged in 2015 as part of a restructuring of Google.

Dec 4, 2019

Google, YouTube pull over 300 Trump ads as US prez poll nears

Political advertisements on social media have become a growing concern as the 2020 US presidential election approaches and tech giants are under fire over political ads.

Dec 3, 2019

Getting on the AI wagon: Meet the 12-year-old who works as data scientist in Hyderabad

Siddharth Srivastav Pilli, a student of class 7 at Sri Chaitanya School, was hired as a data scientist at a software company.

Nov 26, 2019

Google announces restrictions for political ads of 2020 US elections

The move coincides with pressure on social media platforms over their handling of political advertising ahead of the US presidential election in 2020.

Nov 21, 2019

Elon Musk wants to merge human brains with computers

Say bye to internet censorship in India, China with this new AI tool

The team ran Geneva on a computer in China with an unmodified Google Chrome browser installed to demonstrate that Geneva worked in the real world against undiscovered censorship strategies.

Nov 15, 2019

How Google's secret project gathers health data of millions of Americans

St Louis-based faith-based healthcare organisation Ascension is sharing lab results, diagnoses and hospitalisation records with Google.

Nov 13, 2019

Google acquires wearable brand Fitbit for $2.1billion

Over the years, Google has made progress with partners in this space with Wear OS and Google Fit.

Nov 2, 2019

Linking of Facebook with Aadhaar: SC issues notice to Centre, others on Facebook's plea for transfer of cases

The court sought responses from social media entities Twitter, Google and YouTube on Facebook's plea and listed the matter for further hearing on September 13.

Aug 20, 2019

Reliance-Microsoft cloud tie-up poses threat to Amazon, Google in India

As part of the 10-year alliance, Jio will build data centres across India that will be hosted on Microsoft's Azure cloud.

Aug 13, 2019

Did IBM fire 100,000 employees in last few years just to look 'cool'?

In last seven years, IBM has fired thousands of people in the US, Canada, and other high-wage markets in order to cut down on costs.

Aug 2, 2019

Adani mulls building Rs 700 bln data park to serve the likes of Google and Amazon

A new law proposed by the Indian government requires giant tech companies to store data locally.

Jul 12, 2019

Google CEO Sundar Pichai poses with cricket idol Sachin Tendulkar

India will next face Bangladesh at the Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham on July 2 and will look forward to sealing the semi-final berth.

Jul 1, 2019

Google appears to have leveraged Android dominance in India: Anti-trust watchdog

A 14-page order from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) found Google's restrictions on manufacturers seemed to amount to imposition of "unfair conditions" under India's competition law.

Jun 29, 2019

Is Google trying to topple Trump's 2020 re-election campaign?

The clip shows Google's Head of Responsible Innovation, Jen Gennai, explaining Google's technology and appearing to suggest that the company is planning in advance of changing "outcomes" and "training algorithms".

Jun 26, 2019

Revealed - What was Bill Gates biggest mistake ever?

Bill Gates believes that Microsoft let Google take over the mobile technology world despite possessing the required skill set.

Jun 25, 2019

Huawei thumbs nose at Trump with 100% refund warranty on phones for 2 years

Special warranty to be launched in the Philippines initially will kick in if key apps of Google, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp cease to function in two years after purchase

Jun 20, 2019

How trade wars are changing the shape of globalisation

The on-going trade-tussle between the US and China has much deeper implications not only for the global trade environment but also for the flow of capital.

Jun 18, 2019

Google CEO Sundar Pichai pitches for India vs England match in ICC 2019 World Cup final

Not to be left behind in the season of World Cup, the CEO of one of the world's biggest MNC's also chipped in with his prognosis.

Jun 13, 2019

Google buys Looker in Thomas Kurian's 1st acquisition in cloud-computing business

Looker is an American data exploration and business intelligence platform founded in 2012, employing about 800 people. It had a market value of $1.6 billion in 2018.

Jun 7, 2019

Omar Khayyam's 971st birth anniversary: Google honours Persian mathematician, poet with doodle

Omar Khayyam is widely recognised for his astronomical expertise and his poetry. With his astronomical proficiency, he designed the Jalali calendar, which later became the base for many other calendars and was used until the 20th century.

May 18, 2019

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