Former Google Engineer Charged in Uber Autonomous Theft Case August 29, 2019 By Michael Liedtke A former Google engineer was charged Tuesday with stealing self-driving car technology from the company shortly before he joined Uber’s...
EU’s New Copyright Rules Could Hurt Google, Facebook April 15, 2019 By Foo Yun Chee Google will have to pay publishers for news snippets and Facebook filter out protected content under new copyright rules aimed...
Google Will Require Contractors to Offer Benefits, Minimum Wage April 5, 2019 Google says it will require staffing companies it works with to pay workers at least $15 an hour and give...
How Big Tech Is Using Artificial Intelligence to Stop Hackers January 3, 2019 By Dina Bass Last year, Microsoft Corp.’s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One...
How Big Tech Flirted with Insurance in 2018 January 2, 2019 By Andrew G. Simpson The almost weekly headlines about insurers and venture capitalists investing in insurtechs and tech-savvy insurance startups sometimes blocked the view...
After 20K Employees Protest, Google Searches for New Harassment Policies November 9, 2018 By Arjun Panchadar and Paresh Dave Alphabet Inc.’s Google said on Thursday it would change the way it handles sexual harassment claims, a week after 20,000...
UK Privacy Lawsuit Filed Against Google by IPhone Users Is Dismissed October 8, 2018 By Jonathan Browning A U.K. lawsuit filed against Google by millions of iPhone users over data-collection claims was thrown out by a London...
Google Partners with Indian Banks to Attract Users to Its Digital Payments Services August 29, 2018 By Sankalp Phartiyal Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Tuesday it is partnering with a handful of Indian banks to bring quick loans to...
1-in-5 Consumers Say They’d Use Amazon or Google for Home Insurance August 28, 2018 By Don Jergler One-in-five consumers say they would use Amazon or Google for their home insurance, a J.D. Power survey released today shows....
The Lowdown: Google My Business – Are You Actively Managing Your Listing? August 13, 2018 By Pamela Simpson In this edition of the Lowdown, I’m sharing insights about Google My Business and a new paper hosted on Research...