YouTube TV users will see 13% subscription price increase
YouTube TV users will see the price of a base plan subscription go up 13%, according to a Google announcement Thursday. The new price kicks in in about a month.
How Google became cautious of AI and gave Microsoft an opening
Google researchers quite over two years ago after Google rebuffed their attempts to introduce artificial intelligence over ethics concerns. AI's issues persist.
TikTok ban: Who wins if platform is outlawed to American users?
Meta and Alphabet can win more market share for short-form video content if U.S. lawmakers ban TikTok due to ByteDance app’s relationship to China and threats to national security.
Google says fewer employees will receive promotions to senior positions
Google told employees that fewer of them will be promoted to senior roles to reflect that the number of senior positions grows in proportion to company growth.
Meta to cut thousands more employees as soon as this week: report
Meta Inc., the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, could announce thousands of more cuts as soon as this week, following the company's largest ever cuts just months ago.
Mercedes to offer 'super computer-like performance' in cars with Google partnership
Automaker Mercedes-Benz and Google announced a partnership on Wednesday that will allow drivers to access navigation, automatic rerouting and other features in vehicles.
Supreme Court hears arguments on whether Twitter Is liable in terror case
Twitter and other social-media companies have deflected blame saying in court filings that they have made extensive efforts to remove Islamic State content.
Justices express skepticism at holding Google liable for content
In Gonzalez v. Google, the Supreme Court reacted skeptically in oral arguments over claims that Google is liable if its algorithms promote violence.
Bill Gates says AI poses threat to a popular search engine
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Sunday that artificial intelligence will likely come to threaten Alphabet Inc.-owned search engine giant Google.
Florida AG eyes making Google, Apple flag 'foreign-owned apps' for consumers before downloading
Republican Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is sending letters to the CEOs of Apple and Google, calling for customers to be notified if an app is foreign-owned or developed.
Supreme Court to hear arguments on Google and Twitter’s liability for terrorists’ online postings
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a pair of cases about the legal liability of tech platforms like Google and Twitter for content posted by terrorists.
Tech giants’ cloud pains aren’t shared equally
Amazon’s CEO has cited reduced mortgage volume and cryptocurrency trading as factors affecting usage of the company’s AWS cloud service in the recent quarter.
Google vs. Microsoft in AI race
Google and Microsoft have announced new artificial intelligence (AI) applications this week as both technology companies spearhead innovations for search engines and the digital user experience.
Google opens testing of ChatGPT rival, as artificial intelligence war heats up
Google says its Bard service is based on its experimental artificial-intelligence program called LaMDA, which stands for Language Model for Dialogue Applications.
Google workers protesting in California and New York
Some Google workers recently demonstrated in California and New York. On Thursday, they protested in the Big Apple over the big round of layoffs that affected 12,000.
Google exec claims he was fired for not being 'inclusive,' denying Asian female colleague's sexual advances
Ryan Olohan, a married dad of seven, was fired from Google after 15 years allegedly for not being "inclusive" after a female exec retaliated against him for denying her sexual advances.
Potential Google killer could change US workforce as we know it
Microsoft's billion-dollar investment in OpenAI may pose challenges for white-collar workers in multiple industries
Paul Pelosi sold Google shares prior to DOJ antitrust suit
Paul Pelosi, the multimillionaire husband of former House Speaker and current Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., disclosed the sale of 30,000 shares of Google stock in December roughly one month prior to the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant.
Yelp blasts Google for victimizing Americans with alleged anti-compete 'monopoly' agenda
Google was lambasted by Yelp over its alleged anti-compete practices which were subject to a lawsuit by the Department of Justice.
DOJ sues Google, alleging monopoly on online ads
The Justice Department filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google, alleging the company has an unfair dominance over digital advertising.