Facebook takes on Zoom with live video broadcasting for large meetings
Facebook users who create a Messenger Room will be able to stream a live broadcast of the call from their profile, a Facebook Page or a Facebook Group, allowing large audiences to watch in real time.
Apple co-founder suing Google, YouTube over cryptocurrency scams
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniack is suing Google and YouTube for leaving up Bitcoin scams and profiting from ads on fraudulent videos.
Fiat Chrysler, Waymo to create self-driving delivery vans
Fiat Chrysler Automotive will be working with Google’s self-driving tech company, Waymo, to develop an autonomous delivery van.
How Google auto-delete works
Here's how Google's auto-delete feature works.
Google says 'technical error' responsible for some news sites' homepages not showing up in search results
Google had a technical issue Tuesday morning that temporarily removed the homepages of several news sites, both conservative and liberal, from its search results.
Drones to robots: Pandemic fuels US autonomous delivery
The service is a pilot project by Google parent Alphabet Inc’s drone delivery business Wing, which is operating similar projects in Finland and Australia.
Amazon settles lawsuit with former employee who went to Google Cloud
Amazon has reached a confidential settlement with a former AWS employee who went to work for Google Cloud.
Google steers users to YouTube over rivals
Facebook and other competitors host the same videos, but engineers have made changes that effectively preference YouTube—owned by Google—over other video sources. Journal tests show YouTube usually ends up first and takes most of the slots in Google Search video carousels, prime results real estate.
Varney: American big tech will 'dominate' post-coronavirus economy
FOX Business' Stuart Varney during his latest "My Take” argues that American big tech has "enriched" the U.S.
Google announces new digital jobs program to support America's economic recovery
The career certificate program will provide training for jobs in high-paying fields.
California probing Google for possible antitrust violations: Report
The state of California is launching an antitrust probe into search giant Google, according to Politico.
Is your phone or home assistant listening to you?
Smart assistants like Apple’s Siri and Amazon’s Alexa are generally always listening for their "wake word," but only start recording after hearing it.
Google selects Mississippi site for 1st US operations center
Google's first U.S. operations center is coming to northwest Mississippi.
Google shuts down cloud project, says no plan to offer cloud services in China
The search engine giant, however, said that the project’s shutdown was not due to either of those two reasons and that it has not offered cloud platform services in China.
News Corp. CEO Robert Thomson says 'digital denouement is looming'
News Corp CEO Robert Thomson discussed tech giants such as Amazon, Facebook and Google and their role in the journalism landscape.
Facebook, Twitter, Google face free-speech test in Hong Kong
U.S. tech companies will be forced into a high-wire act if authorities here ask them to delete user accounts or their content. Refusal could invite Beijing’s scrutiny and cooperation may spur customer rejection.
Google-backed groups criticize Apple's new warnings on user tracking
Apple last week disclosed features in its forthcoming operating system for iPhones and iPads that will require apps to show a pop-up screen before they enable a form of tracking commonly needed to show personalized ads.
Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook CEOs agree to House antitrust hearing
It would continue the regulatory fight between Washington legislators and Silicon Valley tech giants.
Google postpones US office reopening to September as virus cases spike
All of Google's U.S. offices will now remain closed at least until Sept. 7
Google stymies media companies from chipping away at its data dominance
Publishers had expected to use data privacy measures going into effect Aug. 15 to bar Google from storing insights about readers, sapping the data advantage that has enabled it to dominate a market filled with advertisers hungry for information to target potential customers.