Here you will find all the articles with the tag: Alphabet.
French ministers agree that collaborating with the Americans may be a good thing for France. The French government has decreed that the country's most sensitive state and corporate data can be safely stored using the cloud computing technology developed by Alphabet's Google and Microsoft. This c... Read more
3 years ago
European Union lawmakers have invited leaders of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Alphabet to Brussels to discuss future legislation for major tech companies. The aim of the meeting is to discuss how to tackle problems related to competition and fake news. The EU is working on several laws in this ar... Read more
3 years ago
Alphabet subsidiary DeepMind has built a new version of its AI software that is better at coming up with new strategies in unfamiliar situations. The AI, called MuZero, has mastered Go, chess, shogi and various Atari games without having the rules explained to it. DeepMind explains the improveme... Read more
3 years ago
An EU official announced that the European Union's digital chief has invited companies like Alphabet, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook for video meetings next week. They will talk about the drafting of rules to curb the companies' powers. Tech companies and online platforms have lobbied very hard to ... Read more
3 years ago
Several tech companies published their quarterly results this week. The figures show that Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet have recorded strong growth in advertising sales despite the corona crisis. Microsoft also had a good quarter. Twitter Twitter was less successful, noting fewe... Read more
3 years ago
Japan has pledged to join forces with Europe and the United States to tackle market abuse by the four most prominent tech companies globally. The new head of Japan's antitrust watchdog said this on Monday, showing a growing global force that will regulate digital platforms. Japan Fair Trade Comm... Read more
4 years ago
Recommendations stop short of a call to break them up. The question remains if Big Tech will be broken into pieces in the upcoming years. A U.S. House of Representatives panel looking into abuses of market power by four big technology companies found they used “killer acquisitions” to crush... Read more
4 years ago
The House antitrust subcommittee will probably publish their report on Amazon, Alphabet (Google), Apple and Facebook this week. The draft response’s authenticity, first reported by Politico, was confirmed by Buck, a representative. Buck shared concerns from the Democratic side about Big Tech f... Read more
4 years ago
The Chinese suit is probably payback for Huawei being denied access to Android OS licenses. China is preparing to launch an antitrust probe into Google, looking into allegations it has leveraged the dominance of its Android mobile operating system to stifle competition, according to Reuters. ... Read more
4 years ago
Google is going to enforce their policy for in-app purchases. Many app publishers are circumventing the Google payment solution. The policy states that 30% of app purchases through their Play Store must go to the tech giant. Google's parent company, is cracking down on app publishers who have be... Read more
4 years ago
