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Google apologises for storing users' password in readable form for years
If you have a Google account, Google's core sign-in system is designed not to know your password
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Google Pixel 3a review: Similar to Pixel 3 in many ways, but affordable
The Google Pixel 3a trades off some premium features of the Pixel 3 which tempers overall performance and utility, but these scale-downs are not noticeable in day-to-day usage
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Tech's cold war: Here's how geopolitics is shaping your next smartphone
Companies including Google, Qualcomm and Broadcom froze some of the supply of products to Huawei
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Who needs Google's Android? Huawei trademarks its own smartphone OS
Huawei plans to launch its own operating system this year as access to US software is hit by export ban
Walmart appoints ex-Google exec Suresh Kumar as chief technology officer
Kumar brings over 25 years of technology leadership experience coming from Google, Microsoft, Amazon and IBM
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India parties lag behind West in spending on Facebook, Google election ads
Indian political parties spent Rs 27.8 crore on Facebook ads in 2019. Google ads saw spending of Rs2 7.4 crore.
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India to make G20 pitch for taxing digital giants like Google, Facebook
The G20 ministerial will be a step towards building a political consensus to finalise a solution to tax digital economies by 2020 under OECD's BEPS framework
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US govt gears up to investigate massive market power of tech giants
Technology companies are facing a backlash in the United States and across the world, fuelled by some people's belief that the firms have too much power
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Apple introduces web login; challenges Google, Facebook on privacy
The company, meanwhile, retired the iTunes app for the Mac
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Pride Day: Google celebrates 50 years of LGBTQ community with a doodle
The month of June is observed as the Pride month every year
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FB, Google ads' share less than 1% of overall poll campaign outlay in India
India falls way behind US and UK, whose allocations to the two tech giants are 6.5% and 10.5%, respectively
How tech giants Apple, Facebook and Google have lost the monopoly argument
Investors in Apple Inc, Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc. will no doubt testify to this shift in power after the threat of US antitrust action caused their shares to fall
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To stop undue benefits to digital giants, G20 urged to speed up digital tax
"We have to hurry up," said French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire during a panel discussion of top policymakers before the G20 meeting officially opened
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G20 finance ministers agree to plug tax loopholes used by Facebook, Google
Facebook, Google, Amazon and other large technology companies face criticism for reducing their tax bills by booking profits in low-tax countries.
Google warns America of national security risks from Huawei ban: Report
Google's move comes as the world's two top economies ratchet up tariffs in a battle over what US officials call China's unfair trade practices
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Google top spender on lobbying in US, spent $21.7 million in 2018
"Amazon and Facebook also reached record levels of lobbying expenditures in 2018," said the report, quoting the Centre for Responsive Politics.
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Amazon dethrones Apple and Google as world's most valuable global brand
The top ten companies were once again dominated by US firms, with Apple on $309.5 billion, Google on $309 billion and Microsoft on $251 billion
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US antitrust case: What lies ahead for Apple, Facebook, Google and Amazon
US Senator Elizabeth Warren has made perhaps the most detailed case for breaking up and regulating the four companies
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G20 agrees to close gaps used by global tech giants to cut corporate taxes
Facebook, Google, Amazon, and other large tech cos face criticism for cutting their tax bills by booking profits in low-tax countries regardless of the location of the end customer
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Google is moving server hardware out of China to avoid US tariffs
Google has already shifted much of its production of US-bound motherboards to Taiwan, averting a 25% tariff, said the people, asking not to be identified discussing internal matters
