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Google fires 28 workers in aftermath of protests over big tech deal with Israeli government
Google has fired 28 employees in the aftermath of protests over technology that the internet company is supplying the Israeli government amid the Gaza war, further escalating tensions surrounding a hot-button deal.
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Google workers arrested after nine-hour protest in cloud chief's office
Nine Google workers were arrested Tuesday after sit-in protests, including a nine-hour sit-in at Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian’s office in Sunnyvale.
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Google to purge billions of files containing personal data in settlement of Chrome privacy case
Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the U.S. surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser.
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Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago. People thought it was Google's April Fool's Day joke
Google decided to unveil something no one would believe was possible 20 years ago on April Fool’s Day. It was Gmail, a free service.
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Ex-Google engineer charged with stealing AI trade secrets while working with Chinese companies
The Justice Department says a former software engineer at Google has been charged with stealing artificial intelligence technology from the company while secretly working with two companies based in China.
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Google settles $5 billion lawsuit claiming it spied on users using ‘incognito mode'
Google has agreed to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on people who used the “incognito” mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar “private” modes in other browsers — to track their internet use.
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Epic Games wins antitrust lawsuit against Google over Android app store monopoly
A federal court jury has decided that Google’s Android app store has been protected by anticompetitive barriers that have damaged smartphone consumers and software developers, dealing a blow to a major pillar of a technology empire.
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Here are the top Google searches of 2023
Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived.
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What did you Google in 2023? ‘Barbie,' Israel-Hamas war are among the year's top internet searches
Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world’s. On Monday, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries.
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Google Maps changed colors and some people are upset, including a former designer
Google Maps now has grey roads, teal water and mint green parks. The change happened some time ago but was widely noticed over the Thanksgiving travel season.
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Google will start deleting ‘inactive' Gmail accounts this week. What you need to know
Have a Google account you haven’t used in a while? If you want to keep it from disappearing, you should sign in before the end of the week.
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Google will start deleting inactive Gmail accounts beginning Dec. 1. Here's how to make sure yours isn't one of them
The tech giant says accounts that haven’t been used for a certain extended period of time are more likely to be compromised, or at-risk.
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Google CEO defends paying Apple and others to make Google the default search engine on devices
Google CEO Sundar Pichai has finally taken the stand in the biggest U.S. antitrust case in a quarter century.
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Use this hidden Google feature to detect and delete your personal information in search
Google has a feature that will notify you whenever someone posts your phone number, email or address online.
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Google Maps just got another update, here's what's new
Google Maps announced some new features Thursday to allow users to get more specific recommendations and navigate with more precision.
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You can scrub your personal information from Google searches. Here's how to do it
There’s a new feature in Google Search that allows you to remove your phone, email and address from the search page.
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Google sued after man died driving car off a collapsed bridge while following map directions
The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system.
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Google search engine at center of US antitrust trial
The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google nearly three years ago.
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US claims Google pays more than $10 billion a year to maintain its search dominance
Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.
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Google reaches tentative settlement with all 50 states over alleged app store monopoly
All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant’s alleged monopolistic control of the distribution of apps for the software that runs most of the world’s cellphones.