Abril Elfi
Google Lays Off Hundreds Including Engineer Teams
Google has laid off hundreds of employees working on its hardware, engineering and voice-assistant teams due to cost-cutting measures.
accusations
Google faces multibillion-dollar US patent trial over AI technology
Google is set to go before a federal jury in Boston on Tuesday over accusations that its processors infringe a computer scientist’s patents.
Class-action lawsuit
Google Settles $5B Privacy Lawsuit Alleging That It Tracked Users Who Used “Incognito Mode”
Google has reached a settlement to resolve a $5 billion privacy lawsuit that claimed the company spied on users using the “incognito” mode feature in its Chrome browser and similar “private” modes in other browsers to watch their internet activity.
Alphabet
Wall Street tumbles to sharply lower close as abrupt sell-off snaps rally
U.S. stocks closed lower on Wednesday after an abrupt mid-afternoon nosedive ended Wall Street’s impressive rally.
Brett Kavanaugh
Former Google Programmer Pleads Guilty To Threatening To Kill Conservative Justice
A man in Florida pleaded guilty in court on Monday and admitted that he had threatened to assassinate a conservative justice of the Supreme Court.
Abuse prevention
An abused wife took on Tesla over tracking tech. She lost.
San Francisco police Sergeant David Radford contacted Tesla about data on an alleged stalker’s remote access to a vehicle.
Alphabet
Google to pay $700 mln to US consumers, states in Play store settlement
Google will pay $700 million and revamp its Play app store to allow for greater competition as part of an antitrust settlement with U.S. states and consumers.
computer
Google Releases Annual ‘Year In Search’ Report For 2023
Google released its annual “Year in Search” report for 2023, revealing the most searched words throughout the year.
AI Model
Alphabet soars as Wall Street cheers arrival of AI model Gemini
Alphabet shares ended 5.3% higher on Thursday as Wall Street cheered the launch of Gemini.