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The article reports on the strategy by technology firm Google to remain ahead of its competition against Microsoft after learning in March 2023 that South Korean firm Samsung is planning to use Microsoft's Bing as the default search engine on its electronic devices. Also cited are the new features of Bing like its artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and Google's creation of a task force tasked of developing AI products.

The article reports on the claim by technology firm Google that it is designing privacy measures that would limit the sharing of data on smartphones using its Android operating system. Also cited are the claim by Meta (formerly Facebook) that Apple's privacy changes would cost it 10 billion dollars in lost advertising revenue in 2021, and Google's claim that its privacy measures would allow developers to earn from advertising.

The article reports on the decision of the company Google to pursue the contract Join Warfighting Cloud Capability to provide technology to the U.S. military in 2021. The outspoken employees of the company are expected to complain about the contract which could affect the artificial intelligence (AI) principles of Google technology. The contract received priority over other Google projects in September. Also noted is the opposition of employees to a defense contract with Israel.

The article reports on a lawsuit filed by animal rights nonprofit organization Lady Freethinker against YouTube in California Superior Court in Santa Clara on October 18, 2021 for breach of contract with users when it allowed animal abuse videos to be uploaded to the platform. The organization claims it flagged animal abuse videos on YouTube. The group criticized YouTube for prioritizing profits over principles. Also noted is the difficulty facing YouTube in enforcing its rules.

The article discusses the business relations between technology firms Apple and Google. Topics explored include the 2017 deal negotiation between Apple chief executive officer (CEO) Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai concerning the Apple iPhone smartphone and the Google web search engine, the potential impact of the antitrust lawsuit filed against Google on its partnership with Apple, and brief details on the market competition between the two firms.

The article reports on decision of Google to rescind offers to several thousand people who had agreed to work at the company as temporary and contract workers due to an advertising slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Topics discussed include estimated number of contractors and temp workers employed by Google, memo sent by Chief Executive Sundar Pichai about the hiring policy of the company, and remarks from Ben Gwin, who works as a data analyst in a Google office for HCL America.

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The article reports on the hiring by technology firm Google of anti-union consulting company IRI Consultants to help its management handle widespread worker protests. Also cited are Google's alleged crack down on dissent, the unrest's impact on the firm's worker-friendly culture, and the move by chief executive officer Sundar Pichai to turn the firm's weekly all-hands meetings into monthly affairs with limitations.

The article reports on the acquisition by Google of fitness-tracking devices manufacturer Fitbit for around 2.1 billion dollars. Also cited are Google's competition with Apple in the wearable electronics market, the possible regulatory issues confronting Google in U.S. and Europe over the purchase, and Google's acquisition of data analytics firm Looker in June 2019.

The article reports on the antitrust investigation launched by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against Internet firms such as Google, Facebook, and Amazon. Topics discussed include the market power accumulated by these companies in addition to their response to competition, the meeting being held by the DOJ with technology industry experts, and the market consequences of self-regulation previously allowed by antitrust enforcers.

The article reports that Google pledged to invest 1 billion U.S. dollars in land and money in June 2019 to build homes to ease the shortage of affordable housing it fueled. Topics covered include the company's plan to repurpose at least 750 million U.S. dollars worth of commercially zoned land it owns over the next 10 years, its plan to create an investment fund to provide incentives to create more affordable homes in Silicon Valley, California and the response to Google's actions.

A cover story is presented that examines the technology company Google and their use of temporary employees from temp agencies. These employees make less money, have different benefits and have no paid vacation time. In 2018 Google employees staged a walkout in support of these workers demanding an end to this "two-tier" system. Other topics discussed include the lack of response on these subjects by Google chief executive Sundar Pichai and insights on working conditions at the company since it went public in 2004.

The article reports that Google has found that its men employees were getting paid less to perform the same job as their women colleagues in the company's annual study of equity wage. Topics covered include lawsuits filed against Google by former employees related to gender inequality, impact of the 2018 equity-wage analysis on gender inequality, approach of Google in setting an employee's salary and the cost-cutting measures proposed by Google.

The article discusses the U.S. Senate Intelligence Committee's report on how Russians used the social media in the 2016 U.S. presidential elections. The report described the evasion and misrepresentation by technology companies, Google, Twitter and Facebook on the extent of Russian activity on their sites. Also mentioned are criticisms against the companies for failing to turnover data about Russian manipulation to the Senate and pledge of transparency by some companies including Facebook.

The article reports on a hearing conducted by the U.S. House Judiciary Committee wherein legislators questioned Google Inc.'s chief executive Sundar Pichai about the company's influence. Topics covered include concerns raised by Republicans about unfair treatment of conservatives, allegations of search research bias, issues on privacy, and plans by Google for a censored service in China.

The article reports that U.S. Democrats and technology company Google executives worked arm in arm for years, but when Sundar Pichai, Google's chief executive, testifies before Congress on December 11, 2018, some of the toughest questioning is likely to come from Democrats. Topics discussed include the hearing expected to provide a glimpse of how Democrats plan to approach Silicon Valley companies in the coming year as they assume control of the House of Representatives.

The article reports that U.S. federal agency issued a complaint against a contractor hired by Google and accused it of violating its employees' labor rights, the flash point in a long-running struggle between workers and technology companies.

The article reports that the Google violated federal wiretap laws when it continued to collect information about what users were doing on the internet without their permission. Topics include Google tracked and collected consumer browsing history even if users took steps to maintain their privacy; and Google violated a California law that requires contents of all parties to read or learn the contents of private communication.

The article reports that the website intended to facilitate nationwide testing for coronavirus, and promoted by U.S. President Donald Trump, fell after a few hours of launching.

The article reports that New Mexico's attorney general Hector Balderas has sued Google for the use of its educational products to spy on the state's children and families.

The article deals with the decision of U.S. technology company Facebook to drop forced private arbitration in sexual harassment cases. Facebook joins other companies which discarded the practice, including Google, Microsoft, and Uber. Employment experts claim that forced arbitration benefits businesses as cases are decided by arbitrators instead of judges.

The article reports that Google would end its practice of forced arbitration for claims of sexual harassment or assault after more than20,000 employees staged a walkout in November 2018 to protest how the internet company handles cases of sexual misconduct. Topics discussed include the move by employees to push back this year over issues like an artificial intelligence contract with the Pentagon and the company's exploration of a plan to relaunch its search platform in China.

The article reports on the move by Google to protect its important employees by handling their misconduct issues quietly. Topics discussed include how the company gave Android mobile software developer Andy Rubin a hero's farewell in 2014 after he was accused of sexual misconduct, and the alleged permissive culture at the company as shown by such relationships as that of Marissa Mayer and former chief executive officer Larry Page.

The article reports on the decision of Google to shut down Google Plus social network after it discovered a security vulnerability that exposed the private data of up to 500,000 users. Topics discussed include reason that Google did not tell its users about the security issue when it was found in March 2018, statement from a Google spokesman, Rob Shilkin on the company's plan to announce the disclosures, and a privacy law passed in California which will become effective in 2020.

The article reports on the protest launched by employees of technology firm Google against the plan of the firm to develop a censored version of the Google web search engine for China. Topics discussed include the need to increase transparency to address the ethical and moral issues associated with the project, the reported willingness of Google to comply with the censorship requirements of China, and brief details about the business operations of Google in China.

The article discusses technology firm Google's planned non-renewal of its Pentagon Maven program contract for artificial intelligence (AI) work in 2019. Topics covered include employees' agitations on the possible use of AI-interpreted video images to improve targeting of deadly drone strikes, and the firm's short-term reaction to employee protests and adverse news coverage. Also noted is Google's planned establishment of guidelines in the use of AI for defense and intelligence contracting.

The article reports on the regulations expected to be enacted in Europe that would prioritize people's data privacy online and are likely to benefit social media networking company Facebook and technology company Google. Topics discussed are effect of the data privacy laws on the business of technology and Internet companies when it comes to data sharing, target advertising and data protection, the consent form rolled out by Facebook, and the marketing product for publishers launched by Google.

The article reports that Facebook Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Mark Zuckerberg testified before the U.S. Congress in April 2018 after it was revealed that Facebook shared users' data with political consulting firm Cambridge Analytica. Topics discussed include reason Google collects vast amount of data on users, and amount paid by Google to settle a case when it bypassed privacy settings in Apple's Safari browser to track users and show them advertisements in 2011 and 2012.

The article reports that employees and senior engineers at technology company Google have signed a letter of intent protesting its involvement in the U.S. military Project Maven that uses artificial intelligence to interpret video imagery. Topics discussed include the project designed to improve the targeting of drone strikes, call for Google to announce a policy against building a warfare technology and Google's encouragement for employees to speak out on issues involving the company.

The article reports on a spate of incidents and lawsuits filed against U.S. technology company regarding its efforts to diversify its workforce. Former employees have accused Google for going too far with its diversity effort while others sued it for not going far enough. The issue dragged the company into a national discussion regarding politics, race and gender in the workplace. Michelle Miller, a co-executive director at Coworker.org, Google is not sure what to do with its workforce.

The article offers information about the audio speakers including Amazon Echo from Amazon.com Inc. and Google Home from Google Inc.

The article reports the disclosure of Russia's efforts to create open divisions among the U.S. citizens, as informed by social network and technology companies including Facebook, Twitter and Google. It states Facebook alleges that a Russian agency Internet Research Agency had posted such divisive content, especially causing to influence U.S. citizens during the 2016 presidential elections, with comments by Colin Stretch, the general counsel for Facebook.

The article reports that several fake news advertisements (ads) have been seen on the fact-checking websites of the social media firm Google Inc., such as PolitiFact.com and Snopes. One article in an ad reportedly states that U.S. President Donald Trump's wife Melania Trump was leaving the White House. In response, the advertiser accounts of Snopes and PolitiFact were terminated from Google's ad platform.

The article reports on the concessions of Google Inc. to the European regulators over its online shopping service. Topics discussed include an overview of Google's concessions, the trend of its online shopping service, the attribution of its service to its record anti-trust fine, and its effort in attracting businesses to go for online shopping.

The article focuses on a finding by David North, editorial chairman of the World Socialist Web Site, regarding a decrease in the site's traffic in April 2017 following Google's stopping of redirecting search queries to the site.

The article reports on a partnership between Google Inc. and Walmart to offer Walmart products to people who shop on Google Express.

The article offers information on the discussion that took place on an internal forum of Google's Memegen. It mentions the post by an employee who argued biological factors that explained the shortage of female engineers in Silicon Valley, California. The article focuses on the forum that enables employees of Google to search documents of the company on its internal network, make announcements and criticize management. The openness and transparent policies of Google is mentioned.

This article reports that James Damore, a software engineer at technology company Google, has written a memo, titled "Google's Ideological Echo Chamber" that has enraged advocates of greater diversity in the U.S. technology industry. Topics covered include how conservatives and the alt-right view Google and Silicon Valley, the firing of Damore by Google for violating the company's rules, and comments from venture capitalist Wesley Chan and law professor Katherine Stone on Damore's firing.

This article reports that technology company Google has fired software engineer James Damore for writing an internal memo which challenged the company's diversity efforts. Topics covered include the industry's intolerance of ideological diversity, how it penalizes people for expressing dissenting opinions, and comment by Google chief executive Sundar Pichai on why Damore was fired. Also mentioned are technology company executives Peter Thiel of Facebook and Palmer Luckey of Oculus VR.

The article reports that technology company Google Inc. has announced a set of policies aimed at curbing extremist videos on YouTube platform that are in clearly in violation of its community guidelines.

The article discusses the snag at cloud computing company Amazon Web Services in February 2017 which happened because of an incorrect set of commands entered by an employee which disrupted servers in an Amazon data center in Northern Virginia and online services offered by the company. It discusses the impact of the snag on companies like messaging service Slack and technology news site The Verge. Amazon's competitors Google and Microsoft and the cloud computing business are discussed.

The article discusses how various U.S. high-technology industry employees such as Jeff Tan, Audrey Hatten-Milholin, and Craig Diangelo view the nation's H-1B visa program as a threat to American workers, and it mentions the outsourcing of U.S. jobs to places such as India. According to the article, technology firms such as Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. support increases in America's annual quotas for H-1B visas which allow foreign professionals to work in the U.S.

The article explores the role of technology company Google in the development of mobile publishing. Google introduced Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) as a format to help users in browsing mobile websites. Publishers of smaller sites have expressed concerns about giving too much control to Google in exchange for zippier web pages. Federico Viticci, operator of the news site MacStories, criticized Google for obscuring his site's link.

The article reports on the decision of Google to restrict microtargeting of audiences by political advertisers in the U.S. for the 2020 presidential election campaigns.