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Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon report mixed earnings in Covid-hit quarter

The staggering economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic was reflected in reports released Thursday from Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Google

Sundar Pichai faces questions on Google-focused search engine, Pentagon

He was a consistent target of aggressive questions

Australian regulator sues Google for misleading about personal data use

Regulator says practice allowed Alphabet Inc unit to link the names and other ways to identify consumers with their behaviour elsewhere on the internet

Amazon, Apple hire Fiona Scott Morton, one of big tech's most vocal critics

Amazon confirmed Scott Morton is working for the company but declined further comment. Apple didn't respond to a request seeking comment

Google offers not to use health data of Fitbit users in bid to win EU nod

Reuters reported last week that such a data pledge may likely help Google secure EU approval for its proposed $2.1 billion acquisition deal

The corona deals

The pandemic will hurry the closure of brands and businesses that would have gone into gradual decline. Wait then for more deals to be announced in media and entertainment

Wealth managers advise clients to invest in US-oriented offshore products

International funds delivered 6.8% returns in one year, against large drawdowns in domestic funds

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt leaves Alphabet board after 18 years: Report

Schmidt exited as a technical advisor at Google parent company Alphabet in February

Google Meet adding 3 mn users a day, app usage up 30-fold since Jan: Pichai

Over 100 million students and educators are using Google Classroom, double the number from the beginning of March

Covid-19: Alphabet logs $41.2 bn revenue in Q1, expects tough 2nd quarter

Google's 'other revenue' segment logged $4.4 billion in revenue, compared to $3.6 billion a year ago

Own a website? Use Google Optimize to keep users informed about Covid-19

Normally Optimize users are able to run 10 personalisation on their websites at the same time

Alphabet to donate $800 mn in response to coronavirus outbreak

The company will provide $340 million in Google ad credits to small and medium businesses active on its platform and $250 million in ad grants

Google in talks with publishers to pay for displaying news items

News executives have been calling on Facebook and Google to pay for the rights to host their articles

Regulating artificial intelligence: Why one size won't fit all, say experts

Sectoral approach to AI rules allows greater flexibility to regulators, say experts

Stock up: Google-parent Alphabet joins $1 trillion valuation club

Shares of the Internet search giant are up nearly 17% over the last three months, outpacing a broader rally in the S&P 500 index over the same period by 6 percentage points.

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.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai receives hefty pay raise, to get $242 mn in 2020

If Alphabet shares outperform the S&P 100 Index, Pichai could receive an additional $90 million in stock grants.

Era ends for Google as founders step aside from a pillar of tech

The move confirms the ascendancy of Pichai, 47, as one of tech's most powerful people

A big question before Alphabet: Is Pichai up for a gruelling top role?

The second question is whether the Alphabet structure has outlived its usefulness

From a consultant to Alphabet CEO: A look at Sundar Pichai's meteoric rise

Pichai took over Android business from that group's founder, Andy Rubin, managing the market leading smartphone operating system globally