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    Coronavirus Live Updates
    Public health experts say tracing who people infected with the coronavirus have been in contact with is a critical step in easing social distancing restrictions.
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    Apple And Google Build Smartphone Tool To Track COVID-19

    Apr 10, 2020
    The tech companies say their software would protect privacy while helping public health officials trace the spread of the coronavirus.
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    The Coronavirus Crisis
    Amazon is among the companies telling workers in the Seattle area to stay home as the coronavirus outbreak spreads.
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    Amazon, Facebook, Google, Microsoft Tell Seattle Workers To Stay Home

    Mar 05, 2020
    U.S. companies are trying to limit disruption from the coronavirus outbreak by curtailing travel and telling some employees to work from home. Several major tech firms are among the latest to act.
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    Business
    Travel restrictions, canceled events and work from home policies are becoming the new normal at companies as coronavirus fears mount.
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    Coronavirus Cancellations And Travel Bans: Google Is Latest

    Mar 03, 2020
    Companies are curbing employee travel and canceling major events as they try to minimize disruption from the growing coronavirus outbreak.
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    Business
    Google is among a growing number of American companies that are restricting employee travel as the coronavirus outbreak spreads.
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    Google Employee Tests Positive For Coronavirus; Company Expands Travel Restrictions

    Feb 28, 2020
    American companies are curbing travel and pulling out of big events as they try to limit their employees' exposure to the growing outbreak
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    Technology
    Google co-founders Sergey Brin (left) and Larry Page announced Tuesday they are stepping down from their leadership roles but will remain board members of Alphabet, Google's parent company.
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    Google Founders Sergey Brin And Larry Page Step Down From Top Roles

    Dec 03, 2019
    Ending an era at the Internet's biggest search company, Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page end their leadership roles. Sundar Pichai will become CEO of Google and its parent, Alphabet.
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    Business
    Fitbit, a pioneer in wearable fitness trackers, is being acquired by Google for $2.1 billion.
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    Google Buys Fitbit For $2.1 Billion, Pledges To Protect Health Data

    Nov 01, 2019
    In a Friday announcement, the two companies told wary customers that fitness-tracker data would not be used to target ads at customers.
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    Technology
    Google is being sued by the Australian consumer watchdog agency, which accuses the tech giant of breaking a consumer protection law.
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    Australia Accuses Google Of Misleading Consumers Over Location Data

    Oct 29, 2019
    The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said that Google purposefully misled Android users into thinking their personal data were not being collected.
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    Technology
    Google's processor, Sycamore, performed a truly random-number generation in 200 seconds. The achievement marks a major breakthrough in the decadeslong quest to use quantum mechanics to solve computational problems. Above, a Google sign at the company's c
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    Google Claims To Achieve Quantum Supremacy — IBM Pushes Back

    Oct 23, 2019
    Google employees say they have built a computer capable of solving problems that current technology practically cannot.
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    Hidden Brain
    Taken in aggregate, the billions of online searches we make every day say a lot about our most private thoughts and biases.
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    I, Robot: Our Changing Relationship With Technology

    Oct 03, 2019
    Do you ever catch yourself yelling at your Alexa? Or typing questions into Google that you would never ask aloud? This week, we explore our changing relationship with technology.
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    Technology
    Google only has to remove search results from its EU sites if European citizens have requested the move — not from all its search engine sites globally, a new court ruling says.
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    'Right To Be Forgotten' Only Applies To Websites Inside EU, European Court Says

    Sep 24, 2019
    The ruling is a win for Google, adding new restrictions to a 2014 European Union court decision that affirmed individuals' right to have URLs removed from search results.
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    Technology
    Tawanda Kanhema in 2018 wearing Google Street View camera gear in Harare, Zimbabwe.
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    He's Trying To Fill In The Gaps On Google Street View — Starting With Zimbabwe

    Sep 22, 2019
    Not every corner of the world is yet on Google Street View. Tawanda Kanhema sees these gaps as a kind of digital divide, so he volunteers to photograph and upload some of the places left off the map.
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    Technology
    In 2018, Twitter released an archive of thousands of accounts that the platform determined were involved in potentially state-backed information campaigns. Since then, it has continued to make announcements of its efforts to remove accounts spreading dis
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    Twitter Removes Thousands Of Accounts For Manipulating Their Platform

    Sep 20, 2019
    Many accounts Twitter has suspended or removed have been added to a growing archive of tweets identified as part of "state-backed information operations."
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    Business
    A new study found that investors were significantly more likely to bet a company's stock price was going to increase if the company had more women on staff compared with other companies.
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    Investors May Prefer Companies With More Women In The Workforce

    Sep 20, 2019
    A new study found investors were significantly more likely to bet a company's stock price was going to increase if the company had more women on staff compared with other companies.
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    Nevada Joins Antitrust Case Against Google

    Sep 10, 2019

    Nevada is joining 48 other states, Washington D.C. and Puerto Rico in an antitrust case against Google.

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    District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine (left) and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton speak Monday about the launch of an antitrust investigation into Google outside the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C.
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    48 States Investigating Whether Google's Dominance Hurts Competition

    Sep 09, 2019
    The top legal officials of 48 states, led by Texas Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton, announced a major investigation into Google's dominance in search and advertising.
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    Technology
    According to a complaint by the Federal Trade Commission, YouTube marketed itself as a top destination for kids in presentations to the makers of popular children's products and brands.
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    Google, YouTube To Pay $170 Million Penalty Over Collecting Kids' Personal Info

    Sep 04, 2019
    Google and its YouTube subsidiary are settling allegations that YouTube collected personal information from children without their parents' consent, the Federal Trade Commission said.
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    Business
    Former Google engineer Anthony Levandowski, was charged Tuesday with stealing closely guarded secrets before he signed on with Uber, which was scrambling to catch up in the high-stakes race to build robotic vehicles.
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    Former Uber Engineer Charged With 33 Counts Of Trade-Secret Theft

    Aug 27, 2019
    Anthony Levandowski could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted of stealing thousands of files on Google's self-driving car project. After leaving Google, he went to work for its rival, Uber.
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    Are Online Reviews Going Too Far?

    Aug 16, 2019

    According to a recent survey, online reviews for local businesses in Nevada are the harshest

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    Technology
    A Senate subcommittee is looking to see if Google is keeping conservative media and bloggers out of top search results.
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    Google's Search Bias On Trial In Washington

    Jul 16, 2019
    A Senate panel is looking to see if the company is keeping conservative media and bloggers out of top search results. Google has previously denied political bias.
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    Technology
    U.S. lawmakers will question lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues.
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    Big Tech In The Hot Seat As Congress Probes Monopoly Power, Digital Currency

    Jul 16, 2019
    Lawmakers in the Senate and House are questioning lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues, including whether they're so big they stifle competition.
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    Google Announces Plans For New Data Center In Henderson

    Jul 01, 2019

    The City of Henderson and Google executives have announced plans for a new data center in Henderson.

    The center is currently being built. 

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    National
    RVs sit parked on a street near Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Some longtime area residents and lower-paid Google workers have had to look for alternatives to paying steep rental costs.
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    Google Will Devote $1 Billion To Try To Tame Housing Costs In SF Bay Area

    Jun 18, 2019
    Over the next 10 years, Google hopes to help bring 20,000 new homes to the local market. Part of the plan calls for rezoning company-owned land so that it can be used for residential housing.
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    Business
    Huawei employees wait for a shuttle bus at the company's campus on April 12 in Shenzhen, China. A senior Huawei official says Google is talking with the U.S. government on behalf of the Chinese telecom giant.
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    As Google Advances Its Interests, It Serves As Huawei Emissary To U.S.

    Jun 06, 2019
    Google is, in effect, negotiating with the Commerce Department on behalf of the Chinese telecom giant, according to a senior Huawei official.
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    Technology
    A Chinese man is silhouetted near the Huawei logo in Beijing on Thursday. The Trump administration issued an executive order Wednesday apparently aimed at banning Huawei equipment from U.S. networks.
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    After Trump Ban, Huawei Phones Will Lose Access To Google Software

    May 20, 2019
    Alphabet's Google, which makes the Android operating system, says it's complying with a U.S. order banning companies from doing business with Huawei.
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    Business
    The Wing company, a Google spinoff, has won federal approval to operate its drone delivery system as an airline in the U.S.
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    FAA Certifies Google's Wing Drone Delivery Company To Operate As An Airline

    Apr 23, 2019
    Wing's drones are made to deliver a wide range of items — including coffee, chocolate and burritos — from local merchants to their customers.

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