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US Congress panel seeks documents from 4 big tech firms' top executives
Republicans and Democrats alike on the House Judiciary Committee, which is investigating the market power and behavior of the big 4 companies
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Mukesh Ambani set to build Alibaba-like $24-bn e-commerce giant for India
The move is the latest sign of the Reliance group's pivot towards data and digital services for future growth, as it builds an online platform to take on the likes of Amazon and Flipkart in India
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No consensus on India's concerns over taxing digital firms at OECD meet
This could result in missing the January 2020 deadline set by global peers to finalise structure of the new digital tax on companies like Google, Netflix, Amazon, Facebook and Uber
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Trump administration officials to talk tech policy at Las Vegas gathering
The event, which runs from Jan. 7-10, draws more 175,000 visitors and 4,500 companies exhibiting new technologies, including airlines, automakers
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How big tech is turning New York into a city that rivals Silicon Valley
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google will soon have 20,000 workers in the city, many in a cluster of offices on the West Side
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Year in Review: How world's top 10 business personalities fared in 2019
The year 2019, a breakthrough year for business, saw both fortunes being built and destroyed. Business Standard lists top 10 business personalities from across the globe who made headlines in 2019
Give infrastructure status to data centres, technology firms press DPIIT
Practical issues such as the difficulties in combining two data centres that may be close to each other (such as permissions required from the telecom ministry and other departments) were discussed
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London Mayor launches new fund with Google to fight extremism, hate crimes
Organisations such as registered charities and community groups have until March 22 to pitch for funds as part of the new initiative.
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Google gets patent for tech on augmented reality-based virtual graffiti
Google has been nurturing the Augmented Reality (AR) research through its AR developor platform ARCore, by providing tools to developers for creating AR experiences
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'Techlash' hits college campuses
"There was this ambient glow of being part of a company that was changing the world," Stapleton said. "I was totally googly-eyed about it."
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DPIIT to discuss data issues in draft e-comm policy with firms on Jan 14
Representatives from different companies including Accenture, Adobe, Facebok, Genpact, Google, HCL, Infosys, Intel, Microsoft and TCS are expected to participate in the deliberations
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Google legal chief Drummond leaving amid sexual misconduct allegations
Alphabet did not give a reason for David Drummond's departure in a short regulatory filing on Friday.
Sonos sues Google for allegedly stealing wireless speaker technology
Sonos has filed two lawsuits covering five patents against Google, claining that 'Google stole its multi-room speaker technology after getting access to it through a 2013 partnership'
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CES 2020: Samsung unveils a convertible Galaxy Chromebook with SPen support
The Galaxy Chromebook will be available in Fiesta Red and Mercury Gray in Q1 2020, starting at $999.99
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YouTube's landmark privacy upheaval on kids video content begins
These changes have been expected for months, but their impact is still unknown
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Artificial intelligence can spot breast cancer better than doctors: Google
Google is also training artificial intelligence to help determine whether a patient is likely to live or die, mining thousands of data points to help make predictions about outcomes.
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Year ahead 2020: A list of popular gaming titles to be launched next year
Here is a list of popular games that are to be launched either in 2020
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Digital trappings: Brands lobby for influence in a data-rich world
Data allows you to map, target and deliver relevant content says K V Sridhar, founder and chief creative officer at HyperCollective.
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Google fined $167 million in France amid crackdown on online advertising
The French authority found Google abused its dominant position in search when it set "opaque and difficult to understand operating rules" for its Google Ads advertising platform
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Google fined $167 million by France over search engine advertising
The authority, in its first ever sanctioning of the American giant, also ordered Google to clarify the operating rules of its Google Ads advertising platform
