Google-Wiz deal is ‘litmus test’ for Trump administration’s handling of Big Tech
The Wiz logo on a smartphone arranged in New York, US, on Tuesday, July 16, 2024. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Seven months ago, Alphabet lost a marquee case against the Biden administration’s Justice Department, which accused the company of maintaining an illegal monopoly in search. Weeks earlier, Google’s pursuit of cybersecurity vendor […]
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Meet the 21-year-old helping coders use AI to cheat in Google and other tech job interviews
A person walks past the entrance to a Google building in Dublin, Feb. 15, 2023. Artur Widak | Anadolu | Getty Images After landing internship offers from Amazon, Meta and TikTok, computer science student Chungin “Roy” Lee has decided to move to San Francisco. But he won’t be joining any of those companies. Instead, Lee will […]
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Waymo, Uber begin offering robotaxi rides in Austin ahead of SXSW
A Waymo car drives along a street on March 01, 2023 in San Francisco, California. Waymo, Alphabet’s self-driving car division, announced that it has laid off over 135 employees in a second round of layoffs this year. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Waymo on Tuesday began offering robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, through the Uber […]
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Google announces layoffs in its HR, cloud units as part of ongoing cost cuts
A view of the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California, on April 16, 2024. Tayfun Coskun | Anadolu | Getty Images Google told staffers in its “People Operations” and cloud organizations this week that it plans to cut employees as part of internal reorganizations, CNBC has learned. The company will offer a voluntary exit program […]
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Google to test using AI to determine users’ ages
Google chief executive Sundar Pichai speaks during the tech titan’s annual I/O developers conference on May 14, 2024, in Mountain View, California. Glenn Chapman | Afp | Getty Images Google will start using artificial intelligence to determine whether users are age appropriate for its products, the company said Wednesday. Google announced the new technique for […]
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Google Calendar no longer includes start of Black History Month, Pride Month
The Google Calendar logo is displayed on a tablet. Igor Golovniov | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Google‘s popular online and mobile calendars no longer include reference to the first day of Black History Month or Women’s History month, among other holidays and events. The company’s calendar previously had those days marked at […]
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Google scraps diversity ‘aspirations,’ citing role as federal contractor
Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks with Emily Chang during the APEC CEO Summit at Moscone Center West in San Francisco on Nov. 16, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Google is scrapping its diversity goals, becoming the latest tech giant to alter its approach to hiring and promotions following the election […]
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Google removes pledge to not use AI for weapons, surveillance
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet Inc., during Stanford’s 2024 Business, Government, and Society forum in Stanford, California, April 3, 2024. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Google has removed a pledge to abstain from using AI for potentially harmful applications, such as weapons and surveillance, according to the company’s updated “AI Principles.” A prior version of […]
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Alphabet to report Q4 earnings after the bell Tuesday
Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google and Alphabet, attends the inauguration of a new hub in France dedicated to the artificial intelligence sector, at the Google France headquarters in Paris, France, on Feb. 15, 2024. Gonzalo Fuentes | Reuters Google parent company Alphabet is set to report its fourth-quarter results after the bell Tuesday. Here are the […]
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Google offers ‘voluntary’ buyouts to hardware and platform teams
Google’s Senior Vice President Hardware, Rick Osterloh, speaks during a launch event in San Francisco, October 4, 2017. Stephen Lam | Reuters Google is offering buyouts to employees in its “Platforms and Devices” unit ahead of expected cuts. That unit includes more than 25,000 full-time employees who work on Android, Chrome, ChromeOS, Google Photos, Google […]
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