U.S. to probe French plan to tax tech companies
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, July 10 (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered an investigation into France’s planned tax on technology companies, a
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Google and Durham University ‘virtually’ bring buffer zone to life
Cyprus is one of three places used for the project ‘Portraits of No Man’s Land’, launched on Google Arts and Culture this week and prepared
Apple touts privacy in web sign-on war with Facebook, Google
By Stephen Nellis Apple Inc on Monday a “Sign In With Apple” function this week to rival Facebook and Google web login accounts, drawing a contrast with
EU lawmakers back copyright reforms targeting Google, Facebook
By Foo Yun Chee STRASBOURG, March 26 (Reuters) – EU lawmakers have endorsed an overhaul of the bloc’s two-decade old copyright rules, which will force
Huge upsurge in Google searches for Cyprus tourism
Google searches by people interested in tourism in Cyprus reach about 100 million a year, while in 2017 there was a 60 per cent increase,
Fearful Google blocks gender-based pronouns from new AI tool
Alphabet Inc’s Google in May introduced a slick feature for Gmail that automatically completes sentences for users as they type. Tap out “I love” and
White House probes Google after Trump accuses it of bias
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Google’s search engine of promoting negative news articles and hiding “fair media” coverage of him, vowing to address
Google staff demand more oversight of China search engine plan
Google is not close to launching a search engine app in China, its chief executive said at a companywide meeting on Thursday, according to a transcript seen
Trump slams EU over fine on Google
US President Donald Trump on Thursday criticized the European Union and said the bloc was taking advantage of the United States, pointing to the record
EU fines Google record 4.34 bln euros over Android
EU antitrust regulators levied a record 4.34-billion-euro ($5.04 billion) fine against Google on Wednesday for illegal restrictions on Android smartphone makers and mobile network operators.
Moment of truth for Google as record EU antitrust fine looms
Google is set to face a record-busting EU antitrust fine this week over its Android mobile operating system but rivals hoping that an order to
EU votes for tougher copyright rules to rein in tech giants
Google, Facebook, Microsoft and other tech giants could face more curbs on their market power after a European Parliament committee voted in favour of tougher
Washington state sues Facebook, Google over election ad disclosure
The state of Washington said on Monday it had sued Facebook Inc and Alphabet Inc’s Google for allegedly violating state campaign finance law by failing
Google and Facebook accused of GDPR violations
As Europe’s new privacy law took effect on Friday, one activist wasted no time in asserting the additional rights it gives people over the data
Britain to regulate young people’s use of social media
Britain’s health minister Jeremy Hunt threatened to impose new regulations on social media firms unless they do more to protect young people using their services.
The art of predicting – a human vs machine battle?
Forecasting is a tricky business, but Nesta isn’t backing down from the human-versus-machine battle. Forecasting is a fool’s errand, so why we do fallible humans
Ex-Google engineer sues for ‘white male discrimination’
A former Google engineer fired after he asserted in a memo that biological causes were behind tech industry gender inequality sued his former employer on Monday, saying
Google teams with Sony, Lenovo for smart speakers
Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Monday its voice-controlled virtual assistant will show up this year in new tablet-like devices designed by LG Electronics Inc and
Apple to issue fix for iPhones, Macs at risk from ‘Spectre’ chip flaw
Apple Inc will release a patch for the Safari web browser on its iPhones, iPads and Macs within days, it said on after major chipmakers
Google broadens takedown of extremist YouTube videos
Alphabet Inc’s Google in the last few months has begun removing from YouTube extremist videos that do not depict violence or preach hate, YouTube said