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High attrition, employee cost casts spell on IT stks; buy on dips: Analysts

The nervousness in the IT stocks, analysts believe, is on account of rising employee costs at a time the business growth has been modest year-on-year in the December 2021 quarter (Q3FY22)

Google testing adding visual look-up tool Lens to desktop Search on web

According to a user browsing with Incognito Mode, Lens on google.com appears in the search field next to the voice microphone

Google removed 94,173 content pieces in December in India

Google received 31,497 complaints from users and removed 94,173 pieces of content based on those complaints in December, the tech giant said in its monthly transparency report

Google to invest $1 bn in Airtel in partnership for cheap smartphones, 5G

Deal includes investment of $700 million to acquire 1.28 per cent ownership in Airtel.

Apple submits plans to allow alternative payment systems in S. Korea

The Korea Communications Commission (KCC) had requested Apple Inc and Alphabet's Google to submit compliance plans after the bill was passed in August last year.

Google delays mandatory return to office beyond Jan 10 amid Omicron fear

Alphabet Inc's Google said it is indefinitely pushing back its January return-to-office plan globally amid growing concerns over the Omicron variant o

Reliance's cheap JioPhone can unleash a credit revolution across the globe

A small band of policy influencers may unlock the next big prize for banks: the billions who operate outside the formal finance sector.

Google parent Alphabet reaches record quarterly revenue, profit in ad boom

Alphabet said revenue from Google advertising rose nearly 70% to $50.44 billion

Google publishes report under new IT rules, removes 59K pieces of content

The total number of complaints received by Google in the reported period was 27,762, of which 96.2 per cent related to copyright issues, 1.3 per cent were related to trademark, 1 per cent defamation

Google is at its peak, but employees see cracks and question CEO Pichai

Employees say Google is rocked by workplace culture fights, and Pichai's attempts to lower the temperature had the opposite effect.

Google unveils new features to keep users clicking after lockdown

Google has seen an increase in usage of search, video-conferencing and other tools in the past year, as lockdowns and other pandemic restrictions forced people to shop and communicate online

France embraces Google, Microsoft in quest to safeguard sensitive data

Google and Microsoft, along with market leader Amazon, dominate the realm of data storage worldwide, fuelling concerns in Europe over the risk of surveillance by the United States

Driverless taxis to cancer drugs: Google's moonshots are serious business

Alphabet could be underinvesting in the sustainability of its prosperous main business while overinvesting in adventurous sidelines.

Google parent Alphabet sees record profit, plans $50-billion buyback

Microsoft profit soars amid surging cloud demand

Google's ad resurgence makes Alphabet best investment bet among tech giants

Alphabet reports first-quarter revenue of $45.6 billion excluding traffic acquisition costs, up 35% from a year earlier.

Google AI scientist Bengio resigns after colleagues' firings: Details here

Though at least two Google engineers had earlier resigned to protest the dismissal of artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Timnit Gebru, Bengio is the highest-profile employee yet to depart

Big Tech uses AI to arrest blindness among India's burgeoning diabetics

Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness and vision loss in adults and tech giants such as Intel and Google are building AI-based innovations to address such problems

US hearing on tech dominance of news outlets will include Microsoft

A US panel focused on antitrust will hear from three witnesses who represent a range of news organisations with concerns about how big tech platforms like Facebook increasingly dominate their industry

Judge in Google case disturbed that company tracks even 'incognito' users

Weighing Google's attempt to get the suit dismissed, judge said she finds it "unusual" the firm would make "extra effort" of data collection if it doesn't use it to build user profiles or targeted ads

Ford, Alphabet's Google join hands to offer cloud-based data services

As part of a six-year partnership, the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker will incorporate the tech giant's Android operating system into its Ford and Lincoln vehicles starting in 2023