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Sundar Pichai announces $9.5 bn for new offices, data centres in US
Pichai said that Google helped provide $617 billion in economic activity for millions of American businesses, nonprofits, creators, developers and publishers last year
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Gautam Adani now world's 6th-richest; pips Google founders Page, Brin
Also, Adani is the biggest wealth-gainer this year with a jump of almost $41.6 billion
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Google Fi cuts starting price of unlimited phone plans from $30 to $20
Google Fi service provides telephone calls, SMS and mobile broadband using cellular networks
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Google introduces 'multisearch' tool to help users search with photos
Google has introduced multi-search on its platform that allows people to use text and images at the same time to find the most relevant results.
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HP stock jumps nearly 18% after Warren Buffett's company buys over 11%
Berkshire Hathaway Inc said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it now owns nearly 121 million HP shares, giving it control of 11.5% of the company
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Google can't remove apps that link to external payments in South Korea
Tech giant Google will be violating South Korean law if it pushes through with its plan to remove apps linking to external payment methods, the Korea Communications Commission (KCC) said
Google-backed VerSe valued at $5 billion in latest funding round
VerSe Innovation has raised $805 mn in a funding round led by Canada's top pension fund, putting a $5 billion valuation on the Google-backed parent of video app Josh and news aggregator Dailyhunt.
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Google Docs to offer more assistive writing suggestions for users
In a bid to improve the quality of writing and fix straightforward grammar and spelling errors, tech giant Google is adding several new assistive writing features in Google Docs for its users.
Google found to unfairly block rival payments on India store: CCI
'Google is imposing unfair and discriminatory conditions in violation of regulations,' says CCI in its preliminary report dated March 14
Google Search to help people get to original source of trending story
Google has announced to add a new "highly cited" label to Search results to help users find the original source of a trending story.
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Russian regulator plans to fine Google over Ukraine war videos
Russia's communications regulator may fine Google over its failure to remove certain "illegal" videos related to Ukraine invasion on the YouTube platform
Google cuts racy results by 30% for searches like 'Latina teenager'
The Alphabet Inc unit has cut explicit results by 30% over the past year in searches for "latina teenager" and others related to ethnicity, sexual preference and gender
Google may be fined 20% of its annual revenue in Russia for repeat offences
Russian communications regulator Roskomnadzor said Google could be fined up to 8 million roubles ($91,533), or as much as 20 per cent of the company's annual revenue in Russia for repeat offences.
Tech firms translate heartbeats on phones, use AI to boost maternal health
Today one can monitor and blood glucose on smartphones, Using AI, one can address shortage of expertise in reading ultrasounds to allow for healthier pregnancies and better outcomes for moms & babies
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Ex-Google CEO funneled money into Biden's science office, paid salaries
In a startling revelation, a report has claimed that former Google CEO Eric Schmidt's foundation poured money into the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
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New bug hits Chrome, Microsoft Edge browsers; Google asks users to update
Google has started asking users on Windows, macOS, and Linux to update Chrome builds to version 99.0.4844.84, after finding a new vulnerability.
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Epic Games slams Google's third party app billing system with Spotify
The Google programme, announced earlier this week, will allow a small number of participating developers to offer an additional billing option next to Google Play's billing system
New EU rules regulating US tech giants likely to set global standard
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) sets out a list of dos and don'ts targeting each tech giant's core business practices
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CCI clubs newspaper body's complaints against Google with earlier order
According to INS, news media houses are completely kept in the dark on the total advertising revenue collected by Google
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New rules for US tech giants to come into force in October: EU's Vestager
Tough new rules targeting US tech giants agreed late on Thursday are expected to come into force in October, EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager said
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