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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

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.