Tech giant Google fired an employee who staged a protest against the chief of Google Israel during a company-sponsored Israeli tech event, accusing the company of being complicit in Israel’s treatment of Palestinians in Gaza, which Palestinian Americans, legal experts and several countries say is genocide.
France, Italy and Spain are stepping up pressure on the European Commission to come up with legislation that ensures Big Tech firms partly finance telecoms infrastructure in the bloc, a leaked document showed on Monday.
The company showed results of a prototype last year, which can be installed without the need for hospitalization and is thinner than the skull
Roku said it has removed the app for Google’s streaming service YouTube TV after its contract to carry it expired. The company said current subscribers to YouTube TV will continue to have access to the app unless Google chooses to fully remove it from Roku devices. Roku spokesperson Dallas Lawrence told U.S. TODAY in an email the […]
Google is rolling out a new feature for Android users to prevent them from getting too distracted by their smartphones. On a support page, the tech giant said it is providing the “Heads Up” feature through a beta program on its Digital Wellbeing app, which Android owners can use to keep track of their smartphone habits such […]
The bitcoin market now exceeds $1 trillion with its price rising tenfold in a year, but the focus is shifting towards the massive power requirements needed to sustain the online currency. Here are some questions and answers about bitcoin: How much energy does it consume? Total energy consumed by the bitcoin mining process could reach 128 […]
Google on Tuesday said it will halve the controversial fee it charges developers at its online shop for digital content tailored for Android-powered mobile devices. The commission taken at Google Play will be reduced to 15 percent from 30 percent starting in July, but just on the first $1 million of revenue taken in annually […]
When federal regulators launched an antitrust probe into Google a decade ago, Facebook and Amazon stayed mum in public. But behind closed doors the social media giant and the online retailer urged the government to crack down on their Silicon Valley rival. Facebook claimed Google used its ubiquitous search engine to pilfer users for its […]
Google said Friday it fired a lead artificial intelligence ethics researcher, following controversy last year over the tech giant’s dismissal of a Black colleague who was an outspoken diversity advocate. “I’m fired,” Margaret Mitchell announced on Twitter. Google told AFP that after reviewing “this manager’s conduct, we confirmed that there were multiple violations of our […]
Google is weaning itself off user-tracking “cookies” which allow the web giant to deliver personalized ads but which also have raised the hackles of privacy defenders. Last month, Google unveiled the results of tests showing an alternative to the longstanding tracking practice, claiming it could improve online privacy while still enabling advertisers to serve up relevant messages. […]
