Social media dominance needs to be monitored 'carefully' at federal level: ex-US AG
Former U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales told "Mornings with Maria" that he is worried about social media platforms becoming too powerful.
McDonald's, Nike, Boeing, Wells Fargo latest to share stance on pausing political donations after Capitol riots
A growing list of businesses are pausing or reviewing political contributions in response to efforts against the certification of the Electoral College and the Capitol riot by a group of Trump supporters that followed.
Parler to be down 'for a while' without AWS, executives say: 'We are clearly being singled out'
Parler will likely go offline for "a while" Sunday evening given Amazon Web Services' decision to suspend the upstart social media platform after Wednesday's U.S. Capitol riot, executives said Sunday.
US judge overseeing Google case will sell mutual funds holding Alphabet stock
Judge Amit Mehta in Washington said he learned that some mutual funds held by him and his wife contain Alphabet stock and directed their sale
CEOs, business groups condemn Capitol Hill protests, violence and urge peace
Business leaders from Wall Street to Silicon Valley joined trade groups across the nation in calling for an end to the protests and violence on Capitol Hill.
Georgia elections, blue wave bad for Big Tech, analyst says
Should the Senate come under Democratic control, this would be viewed as a negative for the Big Tech companies, such as Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google, one analyst believes.
Drones set to deliver packages 'everywhere' in country in near future
Several drone companies are embracing this disruptive delivery channel, enabling consumers to receive drone deliveries directly to their homes.
Google workers form union with 226 card-carrying members: report
More than 200 Google workers have formed a union that aims to press the tech titan to live up to its former motto: “Don’t be evil.”
Silicon Valley companies top list of sources for Ossoff donors
Georgia Democrat Jon Ossoff has received a boost from Silicon Valley during his campaign for Senate, with companies like Apple and Amazon topping a list of sources for his donations.
Google, Alphabet employees to form union
Two Google software engineers announced they will form a union open to all employees of Alphabet, Google's parent company.
Google Doodle acknowledges 'cuckoo' year
At the conclusion of a year that could be aptly described as crazy, it was only fitting that Google ring in 2021 with an animated cuckoo clock.
See the top Google searches of 2020
Google on Monday released the top search requests users made in 2020.
FAA brings commercial drone deliveries one step closer with new rules
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration announced on Monday that it will issue a long-awaited rule to allow for small drones to fly over people and at night, bringing the technology's use for widespread commercial deliveries one step closer to becoming a reality. In addition, the FAA is also requiring remote identification for most drones in order to address security concerns.
Google, Facebook agreed to team up against possible antitrust action, draft lawsuit says
Facebook and Google are joining forces after 10 states filed a lawsuit alleging the companies work together in online advertising.
Former Google diversity recruiter claims manager told her that her Baltimore accent was a "disability"
"My skip-level manager, a white woman, told me VERBATIM that the way I speak (oftentimes with a heavy Baltimore accent) was a disability that I should disclose when meeting with folks internally," April Christina Curley wrote. "This white woman also told me that she never felt comfortably supporting my work because she was “intimidated” by me and therefore never considered me for leadership opportunities."
Big Tech's stealth push to influence the Biden administration
Executives and employees at tech companies such as Alphabet Inc-owned Google, Amazon.com Inc, Facebook Inc, Microsoft Corp are pushing to place candidates in senior roles at government agencies, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter.
Google hit with 2 new antitrust lawsuits from 4 private publishers
Several private publishers filed two antitrust lawsuits against Google this week as the company comes under increasing scrutiny over its advertising and search practices.
Meet the lawyer trying to keep Google from being broken up
With antitrust challenges intensifying, longtime executive Kent Walker is now big man on company campus.
Google says antitrust lawsuit would 'deprive' Americans of information, 'hurt businesses'
Google on Thursday said the lawsuit filed against them by attorneys general from more than three dozen states seeks to redesign search in ways that would “deprive Americans” of information and “hurt businesses” in their efforts to connect directly with customers.
Google faces more antitrust scrutiny as 38 state attorneys general file new lawsuit
A bipartisan coalition of attorneys general from 38 states, led by Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser, on Thursday filed a new civil antitrust lawsuit against Google.