Lawsuit claims Google and Facebook brokered secret deal to dominate ad market
The top executives at Google and Facebook are being accused of conspiring together by approving a secret deal that gave Facebook an advantage in online advertising auctions.
Google expresses optimism for office return with purchase of $1 billion London development
Google is doling out $1 billion to purchase London's Central Saint Giles development, where it is currently a tenant, as the tech giant expresses optimism for a return to the office for its employees.
January 6 Committee subpoenas social media companies
The House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the Capitol has issued four subpoenas to social media companies, demanding documents “relating to the spread of misinformation, efforts to overturn the 2020 election, domestic violent extremism, and foreign influence in the 2020 election.”
White House to host tech companies to discuss improving open source software security amid Log4j vulnerability
The White House on Thursday is hosting leading tech companies, along with a number of relevant government agencies, to discuss ways to improve security for open source software libraries, with senior administration officials calling it a "key national security concern."
Sen. Warren, Rep. Jayapal accuse Google of trying to 'bully' DOJ antitrust chief into recusal
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash., have written a letter to Google telling the tech giant to stop bullying a DOJ official into recusing himself from the government's antitrust actions against the company
Russian court slaps Google, Meta with massive fines
A Moscow court on Friday slapped Google with a nearly $100 million fine and also fined Facebook’s parent company Meta $27 million over their failure to delete content banned by local law, as Russia seeks to step up pressure on technology giants.
YouTube TV loses Disney Channels including ESPN in standoff
YouTube TV subscribers lost access to channels including ESPN and FX after YouTube's agreement to carry programming from Walt Disney Co.
Google memo lays out plan to fire employees out of compliance with vaccine rules: report
Leadership at the Mountain View, California, tech behemoth circulated a memo that reportedly showed the steps that the company will take before firing employees who are out of compliance with the company’s vaccine policy.
Google delays required return to office for employees
Google said it is delaying its required return-to-office plans that were scheduled to start Jan. 10 at the earliest for U.S. offices.
Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Oracle invited to bid on Department of Defense's JEDI contract replacement
Amazon Web Services and Microsoft are currently the only cloud service providers capable of meeting the requirements of the Department of Defense's Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability (JWCC) contract. The agency anticipates contract awards will be distributed in the third quarter of fiscal year 2022.
Google Cloud outage affects Spotify, Snapchat, other sites
Several major websites, apps, and services, including Spotify, Discord, and Snapchat, experienced brief service interruptions on Tuesday afternoon during a global Google Cloud outage.
US Senate bill would limit big tech mergers
Two U.S. senators have introduced bipartisan legislation that seeks to make it harder for Amazon.com and other tech giants to make acquisitions.
Google strikes Cloud deal and invests in CME
Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG +0.72% Google has invested $1 billion in futures-exchange giant CME CME +0.99% Group Inc. and struck a deal to move the company’s core trading systems to the cloud.
Apple CEO Tim Cook wishes followers a 'happy and safe Diwali'
Apple CEO Tim Cook wished his 13 million followers a "happy Diwali" in a Wednesday tweet.
Google to pursue Pentagon cloud-computing contract
Google is pursuing a massive cloud-computing contract with the Department of Defense, nearly three years after abandoning a similar bid process in the face of employee protests.
Google to provide $20M in career support for military families, veterans
Google is set to provide $20 million in grant funding and donations to support economic empowerment for veterans and the military community.
An 'eraser button': Focused ideas could help bridle Big Tech
Lawmakers are getting creative as they introduce a slew of bills intended to take Big Tech down a peg. One bill proposes an "eraser button" that would let parents instantly delete all personal information collected from their children or teens.
Google charges more than twice its rivals in ad deals, unredacted suit says
Google takes a cut of 22% to 42% of U.S. ad spending that goes through its systems, according to a newly unredacted lawsuit by state attorneys general, shedding new light on how the search giant profits from its commanding position in the internet economy.
US consumer watchdog to query tech giants over financial data -sources
The U.S. consumer watchdog is expected this week to query tech giants including Facebook, Amazon and Google on how they handle consumer financial data as part of a broader effort to boost consumer protections and financial sector competition, according to two people briefed on the matter.
Alphabet's Wing project unveils new drone delivery model in Texas
Alphabet Inc's Wing said on Wednesday that Walgreens will use its new drones to make deliveries from a store in Texas, in the first use of such vehicles in a major U.S. metro area.