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Google Fiber plans to offer 100 gbps broadband speed for customers

Google Fiber currently offers a symmetrical 1gbps service for $70 a month and last year started selling a 2/1Gbps download/upload service for $100 a month, with 1TB of cloud storage

Google adds AI language understanding to Alphabet's helper robots

Google's parent company Alphabet is bringing together two of its most ambitious research projects -- robotics and AI language understanding -- to make a "helper robot"

'There will be blood on streets,' Google execs warn employees about layoffs

As Big Tech companies begin to lay off employees, Google executives have reportedly warned workers to either boost performance or prepare to leave as "there will be blood on the streets"

Google blocks Krafton's battle-royale game in India, cites government ban

Alphabet Inc's Google blocked access on Thursday to a popular battle-royale format game from South Korean developer Krafton, citing an order from the Indian government

Microsoft, Google among tech giants to pause hiring amid fear of recession

With recession fears mounting-and inflation, the war in Ukraine and the lingering pandemic taking a toll-many tech companies are rethinking their staffing needs

Google to slow hiring for the rest of the year as recession looms

Sundar Pichai said the company will focus on hiring "engineering, technical and other critical roles," in 2022 and 2023

Google sends engineer on leave who said its conversation AI is 'sentient'

Google engineer Blake Lemoine on its Responsible AI team said that the company's conversational AI is "sentient", a claim that has been refuted by Google and industry experts

'Vice-like grip': Why Apple and Google are under UK regulator's probe

The two companies 'ecosystems' stifle competition and 'meaningful choices' to customers, according to UK regulator, Competition and Markets Authority (CMA)

At $300,000, Alphabet, Meta had highest-paid median workers in 2021: Report

The median compensation for most S&P 500 corporations increased last year as the economy grew and the job market tightened, according to a Wall Street Journal analysis.

Chrome to soon block notifications from abusive, disruptive websites

Tech giant Google is reportedly working to cut down on the number of unwanted Chrome notifications that users receive, by blocking notifications from websites that the company deems to be "disruptive".

Google announces new features for search, maps to lure TikTok generation

Google is working to keep its products relevant and growing as users' needs evolve beyond text.

Big YouTube miss yanks down Alphabet earnings and revenue

The world's largest provider of search and video made a fortune over the last two years as the pandemic forced more shops and people online

Former employee sues Google for discrimination against Black workers

Pursuant to its strong, racially biased corporate culture, Google is engaged in a pattern and practice of race discrimination against its African American and Black employees, the complaint states

Apple, Google, Ford, other US brands join corporate wave shunning Russia

Apple stops sales of iPhones and other products in Russia, makes changes to its Maps app to protect civilians in Ukraine.

Google removes over 100,000 pieces of bad content in India in January

The 104,285 pieces of content were removed under various categories like Copyright, Trademark, Court Order, Graphic Sexual Content, Circumvention, and others

Russia:Google, Meta face penalties as deadline passes to open local offices

Russian legislation has obliged foreign social media companies with more than 500,000 daily users to open local offices since July 2021 or be subject to restrictions as severe as outright bans

Google to discontinue Chrome's 'Lite Mode' on Android with its v100 update

Google explained that the reason for sunsetting the feature is the "decrease in cost" for cellular data plans, as well as other improvements Chrome has made to data usage

Google brings back massages, gyms as San Francisco Covid-19 worries ease

Those who enter Google's work sites will be required to be fully vaccinated or have an approved exemption.

Meta, Google face data doomsday as key European Union decision looms

Irish watchdog to rule on data transfer contract terms

Google to shut down 'Currents' in 2023, users to be moved to 'Spaces'

Currents was to enable people have meaningful discussions and interactions across organisation, helping keep everyone in the know and allowing leaders to connect with their employees