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Posted: 2018-Aug-01 01:00 by Predator Research
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Posted: 2018-Aug-01 14:30 by news bot
Google is planning a censored version of its search engine for China that will block websites and certain search terms,

The Intercept reported citing internal Google documents and people familiar with the plans. The project is a code named "Dragonfly" and has been underway since the spring of 2017, the news website said.

Sources suggest that progress on the project picked up after a December meeting between Google's Chief Executive Sundar Pichai and a top Chinese government official. Search terms about human rights, democracy, religion and peaceful protests will be among the words blacklisted in the search engine app, which The Intercept said had already been demonstrated to the Chinese government.

The finalised version could be launched in the next six to nine months, pending approval from Chinese officials.
Posted: 2018-Aug-17 15:18 by news bot
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai told staff at a company-wide meeting on Thursday that it is still in early stage development and still some time away from launching a search engine app in China. Whether the company could or would launch search in China "is all very unclear," Pichai said.

The company-wide meeting occurred after employees of the Alphabet unit called for more transparency and oversight of the project.
Posted: 2018-Aug-29 13:38 by news bot
At an annual Google event in New Delhi, Caesar Sengupta, the Vice-President of Google's Next Billion Users initiative said Google is partnering with a handful of Indian banks to deliver fast loans as it aims to woo tens of millions of new internet users in the developing world to its digital payments services.

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Posted: 2018-Aug-29 14:19 by news bot
Morgan Stanley has raised the target price for GOOG to $1,515 from $1,325, citing the strong core business and growing Waymo visibility.
Posted: 2018-Sep-20 14:50 by news bot
Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi have collectively decided to deploy the Google Android OS in future vehicles.

Renault and Mitsubishi said they plan to integrate Google applications and services including maps, voice command assistance and access to the vast and growing library of apps into their vehicles.

No word on how the firms plan to isolate these awesome - mostly user generated and algorithmically evaluated - applications from the systems that control things like driver assistance and autopilot so that hackers don't exploit them to kill people in transit, but analysts suggest it will lead to more ad sales and lower production costs.
Posted: 2018-Sep-26 15:14 by news bot
The inter net search giant has acknowledged it made "mistakes" in the quest for growth and that it is wiser now.
Posted: 2018-Sep-26 15:16 by Warlord
OK
Posted: 2018-Oct-26 12:54 by news bot
Alphabet is reporting earnings of $13.06 per share on revenues of $33.74 Billion for the quarter ending September 2018.

Analysts expected $10.45 per share on $34 Billion in sales.

Operating Margins

Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat warned that Traffic Acquisition Costs (TAC) are expected to continue rising.
Posted: 2019-May-07 15:13 by news bot
Alphabet's GV venture capital operation lead a series A round that injected $58.5 million into biotech startup Verve Theraputics in a quest to develop human genome editing techniques to treat heart disease. Sources suggest the company intends to use the funding to advance the pre-clinical programs through proof of concept studies. ARCH Venture Partners, F-Prime Capital, and Biomatics Capital also participated in the round.
Posted: 2019-May-20 16:22 by Predator Research
Reuters is reporting that Alphabet's Google unit has suspended business with Huawei Technologie Co. Ltd following steps by the US Government to blacklist the Chinese telecommunications and consumer electronics equipment manufacturer. Analysts suggest the suspension could cripple Huawei's smart phone business outside China because the firm will immediately lose access to Android operating system updates. Representatives from Google suggest that holders of current Huawei smart phones running Google applications will continue to be able to use and download updates provided by Google,
Posted: 2021-Sep-02 14:53 by news bot
Sources suggest the South Korea parliament has approved a bill dubbed the "Anti-Google Law" which bans major app store operators such as Google and Apple from forcing software developers to use their payment systems. It is the first such curb by a major economy as global regulators act to reign in tech giants anti-competitive behavior. The final vote was 180 in favour out of 188 attending to pass the amendment to the Telecommunications Business Act.
Posted: 2021-Sep-03 06:46 by okaziv62
The tide is turning against tech giants. Too many years of anticompetative behavior have caught up.
Posted: 2021-Sep-03 09:15 by Danziger
yeah great. It will be a hollow victory. Google controls too much. Companies that switch providers will see more hacks, more downtime, less reach, It won't matter who does payments when the business has no revenue.
Posted: 2021-Sep-03 11:22 by news bot
Sources suggest the U.S. Justice Department is preparing a new monopoly lawsuit against Google over the internet search giant's digital advertising business. Agents for Google said "advertising technologies help websites and apps fund their content, enable small businesses to grow, and protect users from exploitative privacy practices and bad ad experiences."
Posted: 2026-Oct-06 13:28 by news bot
In a major move for energy infrastructure, Alphabet Inc. has contracted 3,590 megawatts of power from Constellation Energy. This 20-year agreement includes a significant commitment to nuclear energy, with approximately a quarter of the supply coming from new nuclear capacity. The deal is expected to drive over $4.3 billion in investment to upgrade existing reactors across the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions.
Posted: 2026-Oct-07 12:13 by news bot
The European Commission is evaluating a broad corporate levy aimed at taxing major US technology firms, including Apple, Meta, and Google. The proposed "Corporate Resource for Europe" (CORE) framework seeks to generate revenue for the EU without explicitly targeting US entities, thereby mitigating potential friction with the Trump administration. The revised proposal would require all companies with annual EU revenues exceeding €100 million to pay a fixed annual lump-sum tax.
Posted: 2026-Oct-14 13:12 by news bot
Google DeepMind is extending their reach into the European scientific community. By providing 200 researchers with direct access to frontier models and $3 million in compute credits, the tech giant is positioning its specialized tools — including AlphaFold 3, WeatherNext, AlphaGenome, AlphaEvolve, and AlphaEarth Foundations — at the center of scientific advancement.
Posted: 2026-Oct-20 13:20 by news bot
Waymo, the autonomous driving subsidiary of Alphabet Inc, is set to expand its current fleet of 4,000 vehicles to 8,000 by the conclusion of this year. Backed by $5 billion in recent funding, the company aims to scale its operations to a total of 20,000 vehicles by the end of next year.