Google fires software engineer who claimed its AI chatbot is sentient
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google said on Friday it has dismissed a senior software engineer who claimed the company's artificial intelligence (AI)…
Italy’s competition watchdog probes Google over data portability
MILAN, July 14 (Reuters) - Italy's competition authority AGCM said on Thursday it had launched an investigation against Google GOOGL.Ofor suspected abuse…
Alphabet to slow hiring in second half of 2022 as economy sputters
July 13 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc said on Wednesday it would slow the pace of hiring for the rest of the year,…
Big Tech platforms could face new major EU limits on targeted political ads
Facebook and Google could be significantly restricted from targeting people with political ads ahead of the 2024 European Parliament elections, according to…
Women travelling for abortions will be protected – Biden
US president Joe Biden has said that women travelling for abortions will be protected by the federal government. Millions of women in…
Google targeted in fresh EU consumer groups’ privacy complaints
BRUSSELS, June 30 (Reuters) - Google has been targeted by a French consumer group and its peers in complaints to privacy watchdogs…
Big tech should be regulated- MEPs
Labour MEP Alex Agius Saliba and German Greens MEP Alexandra Geese have asserted that big corporations like Apple, Google and Facebook may…
Google, Facebook, Twitter to tackle deepfakes or risk EU fines
Alphabet Inc unit Google, Facebook Inc, Twitter Inc and other tech companies will have to take measures to counter deepfakes and fake…
UK plans to probe Apple, Google’s mobile browser dominance
LONDON, June 10 (Reuters) - Britain's competition watchdog said it was planning to investigate the market dominance of Apple Inc AAPL.O and…
Google ‘private browsing’ mode not really private, Texas lawsuit says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a "private…
EU sets new online rules for Google, Meta to curb illegal content
BRUSSELS, April 23 (Reuters) - Alphabet unit Google, Meta and other large online platforms will have to do more to tackle illegal…
Google to set up first Africa product development centre in Nairobi
NAIROBI, April 20 (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google is investing in its first ever Africa product development centre in the Kenyan capital…