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Google accused of creating a surveillance tool to curb worker dissent
Company says it's an effort to curb calendar, meeting spam
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Google's quantum computer does 10k-year calculation in just 200 seconds
A team of experts working on Google's Sycamore machine said their quantum system had executed a calculation in 200 seconds that would have taken a classic computer 10,000 years to complete
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Google India revenue declines 56% due to change in accounting standards
Revenue from advertising fell to 28 per cent from 69 per cent a year ago. Profit rose 16 per cent to Rs 473 crore during FY19 from Rs 406 crore a year ago
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G Suite users will now have single profile photo for Google, Gmail
This new change simplifies things by allowing a user to set a single profile picture in one place and then displaying that single photo across all Google apps
About incumbents and challengers
In many industries, incumbents have often been trumped in the new product/technology race by rank outsiders. Will EVs' fate be any different?
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How Google is supporting young Indian firms with Launchpad programme
Wysa, an AI-based chat therapy platform for mental health, has an "emotionally intelligent" bot that acts as a virtual coach and responds to the users' emotions
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Digital privacy at stake? 10 Tips to avoid leaving tracks around internet
Here are some ways to surf the internet safely in an age where privacy is everything
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Dunzo raises over Rs 319 cr in fresh funding from Lightbox, Google, others
The funding values the company at $180-200 million. Dunzo has raised a total of $81 million.
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The Right to Forget
Delicate balance between privacy and free expression
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Google deals blow to EU copyright law, says won't pay media outlets
The announcement, which will result in free content gaining higher visibility, comes after France became the first EU country to adopt the bloc's wide-ranging copyright reform in July
No need for Google to apply 'right to be forgotten' worldwide: EU court
Google had argued that the removal of search results required under EU law should not extend to its google.com domain
Google Assistant will listen to your conversations again, but ask first
Alphabet's Google paused all human review of assistant audio in July after a Dutch contractor leaked some clips to a journalist, who was then able to identify specific people on the recordings
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Facebook, Google face widening crackdown over online content
"We are forcing these firms to clean up their act once and for all," said British Home Secretary Sajid Javid, whose department collaborated on Britain's proposal
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Google Assistant to interact with users in HIndi, eight other languages
The new update comes to the Google Assistant a day after Amazon announced that Alexa will support Hindi and Hinglish conversations
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From AI lab to job search platform, all highlights from 'Google for India'
The company has announced a partnership with state-owned telecom operator BSNL to bring open public WiFi network to villages in Gujarat, Maharashtra and Bihar
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As companies struggle to get going, is Vietnam throwing away trade war win?
More and more businesses are complaining about congested ports and roads, rocketing costs for land and labor, and regulations that aren't being loosened fast enough
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US ban: Huawei pours money into research, emerges as stronger competitor
The US claims the company might aid Chinese spying, though Huawei denies that and American officials have provided no evidence
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US Lawmakers ask Google, Facebook, other companies for documents in probe
The move comes as scrutiny of the big tech companies deepens and widens across the federal government and US states and abroad
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Google agrees nearly $1.07 billion tax settlement with France
Google confirmed the settlement and hailed the fact it had put an end to fiscal differences
Top 10 biz headlines: FY20 growth forecast cut, govt's big EV push & more
From economists cutting their projection of the GDP expansion for 2019-20 to the govt considering more sops and benefits to push electric mobility, here are the top business headlines for Wednesday
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