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Google gets more multilingual, but will it get the nuance?

Editorial Bureau May 12, 2022

LIMA, Peru — About 10 million people speak Quechua, but trying to automatically translate emails and text messages into the most widely spoken Indigenous language family in the Americas was long all but impossible. That changed on Wednesday, when Google added Quechua and a variety of other

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Google adopts an Apple-like approach for its Pixel products

Editorial Bureau May 12, 2022

SAN FRANCISCO — Google on Wednesday took a big step toward pushing its Pixel product line-up down a road already paved by Apple and its array of trendsetting devices. The latest additions to its six-year-old Pixel brand will include Google’s first smartwatch that draws upon the features and expertise it has gained from last year’s $2.1 […]

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Google adds ways to keep personal info private in searches

Editorial Bureau April 30, 2022

Google has expanded options for keeping personal information private from online searches. The company said Friday it will let people request that more types of content such as personal contact information like phone numbers, email and physical addresses be removed from search results. The new policy also allows the removal of other information that may […]

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Black former employees sue Google for racial discrimination

Editorial Bureau March 23, 2022

Civil rights attorney Ben Crump filed a racial discrimination lawsuit against Google this week claiming there has been a pattern of racial discrimination toward minority employees. “Former Google employees came for their dream job that turned into a nightmare because of bigoted, discriminatory, racist culture that exists within Google,” Crump said at a press conference

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Beefing up security, Google buys Mandiant for $5.4 billion

Editorial Bureau March 9, 2022

SILVER SPRING, Md. — Google is fortifying its cloud services with a $5.4 billion acquisition of the cyber security firm Mandiant, the companies announced Tuesday. The acquisition is the first of many that analysts foresee in the cyber security sector following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Analysts and government officials have said they expect a wave […]

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Google’s Q4 ad sales soar again, parent plans to split stock

Editorial Bureau February 2, 2022

SAN RAMON, Calif. — Google’s digital advertising empire turned in another strong performance during the holiday shopping season, propelling a 36% increase in its corporate parent’s profit during the final three months of 2021. The results announced Tuesday underscore how technology giants have adapted to become even more successful during a nearly two-year pandemic that

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Google to invest $1 billion to push India’s digitalization

Editorial Bureau January 28, 2022

NEW DELHI — Google will invest up to $1 billion in partnership with India’s Airtel to provide affordable access to smartphones to over a billion Indians and speed up use of cloud-based computing for business, the two companies said on Friday. The investment will help India’s small businesses adopt digital tools as India works to […]

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Lawsuit: Google, Facebook CEOs colluded in online ad sales

Editorial Bureau January 15, 2022

Newly unredacted documents from a state-led antitrust lawsuit against Google accuse the search giant of colluding with rival Facebook to manipulate online advertising sales. The CEOs of both companies were aware of the deal and signed off on it, the lawsuit alleges. The original, redacted lawsuit, filed in December 2021, accused Google of “anti-competitive conduct” […]

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German watchdog puts Google under closer antitrust scrutiny

Editorial Bureau January 6, 2022

LONDON — Germany’s antitrust watchdog paved the way Wednesday for extra scrutiny of Google by designating it a company of “paramount significance,” the first to get that label since regulators got more power to curb abusive practices by big digital companies. The Bundeskartellamt said its decision comes after rules were introduced last year that allow […]

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Companies rethink return-to-office plans amid omicron cases

Editorial Bureau December 10, 2021

NEW YORK — Companies of all sizes are rethinking their plans to send workers back to the office as the new omicron variant adds another layer of uncertainty. Alphabet’s Google and the nation’s second largest automaker Ford Co. are among those once again delaying their return-to-office plans, while other businesses whose employees have already returned […]