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    Minority-Owned Businesses Are Under Represented In Google Searches, But Why?

    Nov 14, 2018

    Minority-owned businesses are under-

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    European Union Competition Commissioner Margrethe Vestager held a joint news conference at EU headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday after slapping a record $5 billion antitrust penalty on the U.S. tech giant.
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    EU Hits Google With $5 Billion Fine For Pushing Apps On Android Users

    Jul 18, 2018
    The European Commission found that the tech giant broke EU antitrust rules by requiring manufacturers to pre-install the Google and Chrome apps. Google plans to appeal the record fine.
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    All Tech Considered
    A 3D scan of a Tikal temple in Guatemala. It is among approximately 200 monuments around the world that have been scanned by CyArk.
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    3D Scans Help Preserve History, But Who Should Own Them?

    May 21, 2018
    Historic sites around the world face mounting threats: war, climate change, natural disaster. There's a rush to use 3D scans for preservation. But experts have questions about how the scans are used.
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    The Two-Way
    Google CEO Sundar Pichai demonstrated new AI technology that can use human-like speech to carry on phone conversations at the Google I/O 2018 Conference on Tuesday in Mountain View, Calif.
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    Google's New Voice Bot Sounds, Um, Maybe Too Real

    May 09, 2018
    The company touts AI that peppers its conversation with "uh" and "hmm" to imitate the tics of human speech. Many observers took issue with how the bot apparently tricked a human on the phone.
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    <em>Source: Center for Responsive Politics</em>
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    Lobbyists, Campaign Cash And Think Tanks: How Silicon Valley Tackled Politics

    Apr 09, 2018
    Facebook didn't open an office in Washington, DC until it was five years old and already worth billions. Last year, the company spent $12 million lobbying lawmakers and the federal government.
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    All Tech Considered
    Dan Shefet won what may be the most powerful single case against Google: the right to get search results about himself removed. Now people and governments the world over are seeking him out.
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    The Paris Lawyer Who Gives Google Nightmares

    Apr 04, 2018
    Dan Shefet won what may be the most powerful single case against Google: the right to get search results about himself removed. Now people and governments the world over are seeking him out.
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    The Two-Way
    Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. The company announced new restrictions Wednesday on advertisements for financial products.
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    Google Follows Facebook In Banning Cryptocurrency Ads

    Mar 14, 2018
    The search giant also announced new restrictions on advertisements for other financial products. The ban on cryptocurrency-related ads follows a similar move by advertising competitor Facebook.
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    The Two-Way
    A former Google employee is suing the company, alleging that hiring policies hurt white and Asian male applicants.
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    Ex-Google Recruiter Sues, Alleging Policies Discriminate Against White And Asian Men

    Mar 02, 2018
    The lawsuit alleges the company pressured employees to "purge" eligible candidates from applicant pools in favor of Hispanic, African-American and female job seekers.
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    The Chrome logo is displayed at a Google event in New York in 2013.
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    Google To Block 'Annoying' Online Ads That Fail To Make The Grade

    Feb 15, 2018
    Starting today, Google will award ads a "passing," "warning" and "failing" designation and block some of the most annoying, including pop-ups and auto-playing videos.
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    The Two-Way
    An Uber driverless Ford Fusion drives in Pittsburgh in 2016. On Friday, Uber and Google's Waymo self-driving unit announced a settlement in their trade secrets case.
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    Uber, Google's Waymo Settle Case Over Trade Secrets For Self-Driving Cars

    Feb 09, 2018
    Representatives for both companies confirmed they reached a settlement valued at $245 million, ending a week of courtroom drama. Google had accused Uber of poaching its top self-driving engineer.
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    Waymo alleges that, in early 2016, Anthony Levandowski downloaded 14,000 files related to autonomous vehicle design before leaving to found his own self-driving truck startup with several Google engineers.
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    Battle Over Self-Driving Cars Goes To Court In Case Between Google's Waymo And Uber

    Feb 05, 2018
    At issue is whether Uber stole intellectual property when it hired Waymo's star engineer, Anthony Levandowski. Waymo alleges he downloaded files related to autonomous vehicle design before leaving.
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    Can Computers Learn Like Humans?

    Feb 05, 2018
    Computers use artificial intelligence to do everything from drive cars to pick music we like. But what exactly is artificial intelligence? How does it work? What are its limits?
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    The Two-Way
    Five privately funded groups won't be able to claim the Google Lunar X Prize, organizers say. Here, the site of NASA's Apollo 17 landing on the moon is seen in a 2011 image.
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    Google's Space Race To The Moon Ends, And Nobody Wins Lunar X Prize

    Jan 24, 2018
    When it was announced in 2007, the prize's organizers said they expected it to be claimed before the original deadline of Dec. 31, 2014. One team raised more than $90 million.
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    The Two-Way
    Google's app matching faces to famous paintings went viral prompting, a flurry of selfies over the weekend.
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    Google App Goes Viral Making An Art Out Of Matching Faces To Paintings

    Jan 15, 2018
    The Google Arts & Culture app, allowing users to compare their selfies to famous works of art, took a top spot in the app store over the weekend and took over social media.
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    The Two-Way
    "We look forward to defending against Mr. Damore's lawsuit in court," a Google spokesperson told Reuters.
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    James Damore Sues Google, Alleging Discrimination Against Conservative White Men

    Jan 09, 2018
    The former Google engineer was fired after he criticized the company's diversity efforts and suggested that innate differences between men and women explain gender gaps in the tech sector.
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    All Tech Considered
    Nate Swinehart collaborated with a team of LGBTQ doodlers to come up with a concept for the stop-motion animation doodle celebrating Gilbert Baker's 66th birthday. Baker, a gay-rights activist in San Francisco, is known for creating the pride flag in 197
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    Their Doodles Entertain, But Google Hopes They Spark Important Conversations, Too

    Nov 26, 2017
    Google doodles have been surprising and oftentimes delighting users for almost 20 years, but the tech giant wants them to do more than just make us smile. Google hopes they help teach us, too.
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    All Tech Considered
    Sidewalk Labs' proposal includes a series of underground channels where trash is hauled away, packages might be delivered, and utilities are easier to reach and repair.
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    A Google-Related Plan Brings Futuristic Vision, Privacy Concerns To Toronto

    Nov 20, 2017
    Sidewalk Labs, a sibling company to Google, plans to redevelop Toronto's waterfront as a high-tech, livable lab. Some residents wonder what a data-driven development could mean for privacy.
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    With examples of Russian-created Facebook pages behind him, Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., questions witnesses from social-media companies during a hearing on Capitol Hill.
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    Federal Agency Drafts New Rules For Transparency In Political Social-Media Ads

    Nov 17, 2017
    The Federal Election Commission sets disclosure rules for ads that discuss candidates. Many of the ads in question dealt only with issues.
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    The Two-Way
    "The lawsuit appears to be the first to make class action sex bias claims against Google," according to Reuters.
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    3 Female Former Employees Sue Google Over Alleged Gender Pay Discrimination

    Sep 15, 2017
    "It is time to stop ignoring these issues in tech," says one plaintiff. They are seeking class-action status to sue on behalf of all women employed by Google in California over the past four years.
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    PUC Sees No Legal Problem With Google, NV Energy Agreement

    Sep 13, 2017

    In an advisory opinion, the Nevada Public Utility Commission said it saw no legal problem with a temporary relationship between Google and NV Energy for electric service, as a means of getting around utility exit fees. 

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    The Two-Way
    Amazon's Alexa-powered Echo currently dominates in voice-activated speakers.
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    Walmart, Google Join Forces In Online Fight Against Amazon

    Aug 23, 2017
    The world's largest retailer will hawk its products on Google Express for the first time, in a play to get a bigger chunk of the growing voice-enabled shopping market currently dominated by Amazon.
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    The Two-Way
    Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivers the keynote address of the Google I/O conference, in May.
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    Google Cancels Town Hall After Employee's Controversial Diversity Memo

    Aug 10, 2017
    The meeting had been called to discuss fallout from the memo written by a senior software engineer who complained that "biological causes" explained why women were underrepresented at the tech giant.
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    All Tech Considered
    Danielle Brown speaks during TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016. She is Google's new chief diversity officer, a position she previously held at Intel.
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    Is The Memo Controversy A Pivot Point On Diversity For Google?

    Aug 09, 2017
    Once Google is done putting out fires in the wake of a male employee's incendiary memo about gender, the company will have to think about how to tackle its longstanding diversity problem.
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    All Tech Considered
    Google CEO Sundar Pichai says that he supports the right of workers to express themselves but that a senior engineer's memo had gone too far.
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    Google CEO Cuts Vacation Short To Deal With Crisis Over Diversity Memo

    Aug 08, 2017
    CEO Sundar Pichai says that he supported the right of workers to express themselves but that a senior engineer's memo had gone too far. The memo's author says he is weighing legal action.
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    The Two-Way
    Google executives say their company is committed to inclusion, after an engineer's criticisms of its diversity efforts sparked conversations outside the company this weekend.
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    Google Grapples With Fallout After Employee Slams Diversity Efforts

    Aug 07, 2017
    In a 3,300-word document that has been shared across Google's internal networks, an engineer at the company said "biological causes" are part of the reason women aren't represented equally.

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