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Ukraine Crisis: YouTube at Risk of Russia Ban After Facebook Is Deemed Illegal
Google, one of the few US corporate giants still operating in Russia, is poised to lose one of its biggest footholds in the country as tensions with the Kremlin continue to escalate.
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Google's Staff Get Pricey Fast Covid Tests While Contractors Wait
Google offers its full-time employees working from home a supply of high-end instant Covid-19 tests. Meanwhile, the contract workers still coming into offices have to wait longer for results.
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The Kerala-Born Executive Who Turned Around Google Cloud
Google Cloud employees were baffled when they learned that their next boss would be Thomas Kurian, an executive who struggled to shepherd Silicon Valley mainstay Oracle Corp. into the promised land of internet computing.
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Google, Microsoft End Their Five-Year Cease-Fire: All You Need to Know
Google and Microsoft recently ended a years-long truce during which they agreed not to aim their substantial lobbying firepower against each other. With regulators around the world threatening to impose limits on the power of the biggest technology companies, the two rivals are now free to step up behind-the-scenes lobbying efforts and public compl...
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Google Turmoil Exposes Cracks Long in Making for Top AI Watchdog
In 2020, Google’s AI division's leadership began to collapse after the contentious exit of prominent Black researcher Timnit Gebru over a paper the company saw as critical of its own artificial intelligence technology. To outsiders, the decision undermined the very ideals the group was trying to uphold. To insiders, this promising ethical AI effo...
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Google Asked to Provide Detailed Search Data in US Antitrust Case
The US government asked Google to fork over granular information on how its search engine works and makes money, seeking to prove that the Internet giant is a monopoly.
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Google Workspace Being Refreshed to Better Assist Frontline and Remote Workers
Google is updating its productivity software to better meet the needs of frontline and remote workers, in a bet that the pandemic has permanently changed how work gets done.
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Google Preps For Remote Work Future With 'Workspace' Refresh
Google is updating its productivity software to better meet the needs of frontline and remote workers, in a bet that the pandemic has permanently changed how work gets done.
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Google AI Chief Apologises for Timnit Gebru’s Acrimonious Exit in Email to Staff
Google CEO Sundar Pichai in an email to staff acknowledged the fault in Timnit Gebru’s acrimonious exit and said Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing. The email included comments by Jeff Dean, who leads the company’s AI and research efforts, saying he was sorry for how he ...
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Google Artificial Intelligence Chief Apologises For Firing Black Woman Employee
Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing, acknowledging fault in its acrimonious split with Timnit Gebru, a prominent former employee and one of the few Black women in the field of artificial intelligence.
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Google Revamps AI Teams in Wake of Researcher Timnit Gebru’s Departure
Google restructured its responsible artificial intelligence efforts to centralise teams under a single executive, Marian Croak, in a move by the Internet giant to stabilise groups working on ethics research and products after months of chaos.
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Google Said to Explore Alternative to Apple’s New Anti-Tracking Feature
Google is exploring an alternative to Apple’s new anti-tracking feature, the latest sign that the internet industry is slowly embracing user privacy, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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In Just A Few Hours, Zoom CEO Became $4 Billion Richer
Shares of his virtual-meeting company surged as much as 26 per centto $410 in late UStrading as it reported a jump in quarterly revenue
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Oracle Said to Delay Decision to Name Successor to Mark Hurd
Oracle's succession plan is to leave control in the hands of Chairman Larry Ellison and Hurd's fellow CEO Safra Catz while an internal successor is groomed, people familiar with the matter said.
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Dell Aims to Make Women Half of Workforce in Diversity Push
Dell announced a goal to make half of its global workforce female by 2030, one of a raft of pledges meant to foster greater diversity and sustainability at the personal computer maker.
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Ukraine Crisis: YouTube at Risk of Russia Ban After Facebook Is Deemed Illegal
Google, one of the few US corporate giants still operating in Russia, is poised to lose one of its biggest footholds in the country as tensions with the Kremlin continue to escalate.
-
Google's Staff Get Pricey Fast Covid Tests While Contractors Wait
Google offers its full-time employees working from home a supply of high-end instant Covid-19 tests. Meanwhile, the contract workers still coming into offices have to wait longer for results.
-
The Kerala-Born Executive Who Turned Around Google Cloud
Google Cloud employees were baffled when they learned that their next boss would be Thomas Kurian, an executive who struggled to shepherd Silicon Valley mainstay Oracle Corp. into the promised land of internet computing.
-
Google, Microsoft End Their Five-Year Cease-Fire: All You Need to Know
Google and Microsoft recently ended a years-long truce during which they agreed not to aim their substantial lobbying firepower against each other. With regulators around the world threatening to impose limits on the power of the biggest technology companies, the two rivals are now free to step up behind-the-scenes lobbying efforts and public compl...
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Google Turmoil Exposes Cracks Long in Making for Top AI Watchdog
In 2020, Google’s AI division's leadership began to collapse after the contentious exit of prominent Black researcher Timnit Gebru over a paper the company saw as critical of its own artificial intelligence technology. To outsiders, the decision undermined the very ideals the group was trying to uphold. To insiders, this promising ethical AI effo...
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Google Asked to Provide Detailed Search Data in US Antitrust Case
The US government asked Google to fork over granular information on how its search engine works and makes money, seeking to prove that the Internet giant is a monopoly.
-
Google Workspace Being Refreshed to Better Assist Frontline and Remote Workers
Google is updating its productivity software to better meet the needs of frontline and remote workers, in a bet that the pandemic has permanently changed how work gets done.
-
Google Preps For Remote Work Future With 'Workspace' Refresh
Google is updating its productivity software to better meet the needs of frontline and remote workers, in a bet that the pandemic has permanently changed how work gets done.
-
Google AI Chief Apologises for Timnit Gebru’s Acrimonious Exit in Email to Staff
Google CEO Sundar Pichai in an email to staff acknowledged the fault in Timnit Gebru’s acrimonious exit and said Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing. The email included comments by Jeff Dean, who leads the company’s AI and research efforts, saying he was sorry for how he ...
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Google Artificial Intelligence Chief Apologises For Firing Black Woman Employee
Google will start grading executives based on workforce diversity goals and increase human resources staffing, acknowledging fault in its acrimonious split with Timnit Gebru, a prominent former employee and one of the few Black women in the field of artificial intelligence.
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Google Revamps AI Teams in Wake of Researcher Timnit Gebru’s Departure
Google restructured its responsible artificial intelligence efforts to centralise teams under a single executive, Marian Croak, in a move by the Internet giant to stabilise groups working on ethics research and products after months of chaos.
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Google Said to Explore Alternative to Apple’s New Anti-Tracking Feature
Google is exploring an alternative to Apple’s new anti-tracking feature, the latest sign that the internet industry is slowly embracing user privacy, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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In Just A Few Hours, Zoom CEO Became $4 Billion Richer
Shares of his virtual-meeting company surged as much as 26 per centto $410 in late UStrading as it reported a jump in quarterly revenue
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Oracle Said to Delay Decision to Name Successor to Mark Hurd
Oracle's succession plan is to leave control in the hands of Chairman Larry Ellison and Hurd's fellow CEO Safra Catz while an internal successor is groomed, people familiar with the matter said.
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Dell Aims to Make Women Half of Workforce in Diversity Push
Dell announced a goal to make half of its global workforce female by 2030, one of a raft of pledges meant to foster greater diversity and sustainability at the personal computer maker.
