Google ‘Private Browsing’ Mode not Really Private, Texas Lawsuit Says May 19, 2022 By David Shepardson WASHINGTON, —The Google search engine collects data on users who think they can be anonymous if they use a “private...
Beefing Up its Cybersecurity, Google Buys Mandiant for $5.4B March 9, 2022 By Matt Ott SILVER SPRING, Md. (AP) — Google is fortifying its cloud services with a $5.4 billion acquisition of the cyber security...
US Supreme Court Spurns Google Bid to Avoid Shareholder Lawsuit March 7, 2022 By Lawrence Hurley WASHINGTON –– The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear Alphabet Inc’s GOOGL.O attempt to nix a lawsuit by...
Walgreens Begins Testing Drone Delivery in Texas October 21, 2021 By Matt O'Brien Walgreens will begin flying packages by drone to residents in a pair of Texas cities in partnership with Google’s drone-making...
Girl Scout Cookies Take Flight in Virginia Drone Deliveries September 13, 2021 By Matt O'Brien Missing out on Thin Mints in the pandemic? A Google affiliate is using drones to deliver Girl Scout cookies to...
Money, Mimicry and Mind Control: Big Tech Slams Ethics Brakes on AI September 9, 2021 By Paresh Dave and Jeffrey Dastin SAN FRANCISCO — In September last year, Google’s cloud unit looked into using artificial intelligence to help a financial firm...
Alphabet Jumps Into Drone Air-Traffic Control With Flight App June 29, 2021 By Alan Levin Alphabet Inc.’s drone-delivery venture, Wing, is releasing free software for U.S. drone users to get permission to fly near sensitive...
Facebook Worries Smaller Rivals With Openness on Liability December 28, 2020 By Todd Shields and Ben Brody Facebook Inc. says it’s time to rethink the legal immunity that protects it from lawsuits over what users post online,...
Google and Others Back Facebook Lawsuit Over Surveillance Tool December 22, 2020 By Robert Burnson Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and other tech giants asked for permission to join Facebook Inc.’s legal fight against an Israeli...
US Judge Dismisses New Mexico Privacy Claims Against Google October 2, 2020 By Susan Montoya Bryan ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A U.S. district judge has dismissed New Mexico’s privacy claims against Google over privacy concerns, but New...