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Google is going all-in to win the AI arms race
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Matt Levin
May 11, 2023
The company's announcement of new AI product offerings this week adds new fuel to the fire.
Ad spending slowdown hits tech and social media firms, but not equally
Jul 27, 2022
While ad revenue growth is slowing down, experts don't see a decline coming.
What's a stock split, anyway?
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Nick Wilson
Feb 11, 2022
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, plans a 20-1 stock split. Similar moves have become rare, and some experts question their usefulness.
How much can a union help Google workers push for social justice?
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Janet Nguyen
Jan 8, 2021
Google’s demands continue a long tradition of unions advocating for social justice.
Alphabet finally tells everyone how much YouTube pulls in
Feb 4, 2020
YouTube generated $5 billion dollars in the last three months and $15 billion over the year, around 10% of Alphabet’s total revenue.
Why Waymo is sharing some of its self-driving car data
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Jack Stewart
Aug 21, 2019
Figuring out self-driving cars is one of the biggest technology challenges for companies. Sharing data could benefit the whole industry.
What to look for when Google reports its quarterly earnings
Feb 4, 2019
Online ad revenue is likely to take center stage after competitor Facebook reported strong growth.
For public good, not for profit.
Is the Google Plus data breach a threat to Google's business?
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Renata Sago
Oct 9, 2018
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has announced new privacy measures that include shutting down its social network Google Plus. The decision comes after news this week that Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of Google Plus users. We’re talking full names, email addresses, birth dates, profile photos and more. Google opted not to […]
EU fines Google a record 2.42 billion euros
Jun 27, 2017
European regulators say Google is breaching antitrust rules.
Uber has had a really bad week
Feb 24, 2017
The news early in the week was that Uber had hired former Attorney General Eric Holder to look into explosive allegations of sexual harassment by a former engineer at the company. On top of that, Uber is now being sued by Alphabet, the parent company of Google as well as the autonomous driving company Waymo. […]