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Google to review adverts for Myanmar military-backed telecom firm

Google said on Wednesday it is reviewing recent advertisements run by a Myanmar military-backed telecommunications firm and has disabled some army-linked accounts on its services in the wake of the country's coup.

Mar 10, 2021

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Google faces heat for sharing data with Indian cops; but its policies are clear [read]

The information document, related to a digital campaign conducted by supporters of the farmers' protest, gained global attention after it was shared by Swedish social activist Greta Thunberg on her social media which she later deleted.

Feb 15, 2021

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FIR against Google CEO Sundar Pichai in UP, name dropped later; here's why

Varanasi SSP Amit Pathak said that the names of Pichai and three other Google officials had been excluded from the FIR because no evidence against them had been found during the investigation.

Feb 13, 2021

Now YouTube takes down Trump's channel, bans new video uploads for a week

Google-owned YouTube, which is yet to permanently ban the outgoing US President Donald Trump, has removed a new video from his account for violating the content policies. The company has also issued a "strike" against his account.

Jan 13, 2021

Google workers plan to form union against pay disparity, retaliation and bias

The Alphabet Workers' Union will be open to all employees and contractors at Google and its parent company

Jan 4, 2021

Google down: Gmail, YouTube, Google Docs, and other services hit by widespread outage

Multiple Google services and websites including YouTube, Gmail, Google Assistant, and Google Docs have been hit with a widespread outage.

Dec 14, 2020

After backing 4 trillion files to Google Photos; it's time to slow down or start paying

Google is pushing a big change in its Photos app next year after demand for storage has grown exponentially.

Nov 12, 2020

Here's why Singapore's first facial verification scan plan sparked privacy concern

Major technology giants including Apple and Google are already using this technology for tasks such as unlocking phones and making payments.

Oct 18, 2020

Google faces new antitrust case In India over abuse in smart TVs market: Reports

Alphabet Inc's Google is facing a new antitrust case in India in which the U.S. tech giant is alleged to have abused its Android operating system's position in the smart television market, a source and two lawyers involved in the case told Reuters.

Oct 7, 2020

'We did not sign up for this': Gmail gets a new logo, netizens miss old envelope

Farewell, envelope. The new Gmail logo is now a letter M made of Google's signature quad colour combination.

Oct 7, 2020

Google Pay users beware: Fake scratch cards skims money off users

Google Pay scratch cards have become the new way for scammers to trick unsuspecting users, who will end up losing money in a few seconds.

Oct 6, 2020

Google Assistant gets the best feature; saves us all from this tedious acitvity

The big differences are made with little things and Google has nailed it with the latest update to its Assistant.

Oct 1, 2020

Google Doodle celebrates Zohra Sehgal, pays tribute to the doyen of Hindi cinema

Here's why Google Doodle pays tribute to Zohra Sehgal : Rare and unseen pictures of 'doyen of Hindi cinema', who is the illustrator behind the artistic doodle, find out

Sep 29, 2020

Google reinforces Play Store gambling policies before IPL 13

Ahead of IPL 13, Google has reinforced its gambling policies, emphasising on the need for a safe user experience.

Sep 19, 2020

Google Drive down; users in major US cities affected, fix underway

Google Drive users are unable to access their files and folders after a nationwide outage affected education users. Google is aware of the problem.

Sep 8, 2020

'How long corona stay on clothes', 'Russia vaccine', 'Sushant Singh Rajput': What India searched on Google

Releasing its latest search trends report for August, Google on Monday (September 7) highlighted the most trending topics on its search engine.

Sep 8, 2020

What is Pacific Light Cable Network and why did Google, Facebook drop plans for it

The US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) warned that linking Los Angeles to Hong Kong via undersea cable network will pose national security challenges from Chinese tech intruders.

Sep 2, 2020

Fact Check: No, Mark Zuckerberg wasn't grilling meat during Anti-trust hearing

The viral video that shows Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg smoking meat in his backyard during the US Congress hearing on tech CEOs is a spoof.

Jul 30, 2020

'Google steals content from honest businesses': CEO Sundar Pichai questioned

Though it was Jeff Bezos' first congressional testimony, he appeared the least fazed. Cook drew fewer barbed questions than Bezos and handled them efficiently. Zuckerberg took the most damage, stumbling at times when confronted with internal emails.