Big Tech feels a big drop as Google and Microsoft struggle to maintain growth July 27, 2022 Both Google parent firm Alphabet and Microsoft posted weaker-than-expected earnings last night, as they grapple with the testing macroeconomic backdrop.
All eyes on Silicon Valley as Big Tech braces itself for a tense earnings week July 25, 2022 2022 has undoubtedly been a year of turbulence for tech stocks, battling major sell-offs and supply chain woes.
Elon Musk denies affair with Google co-founder’s wife Nicole Shanahan July 25, 2022 Elon Musk pushes back against rumours that he had an affair with Google co-founder Sergey Brin’s wife. It comes after the Wall Street Journal reported that Musk’s alleged affair with Nicole Shanahan had caused a rift with Brin. Replying to the story on Twitter, the billionaire entrepreneur said the report was “total bs”. Musk added [...]
Google could face £920m in damages as class action gets green light July 18, 2022 The UK competition tribunal gave group action against Google the green light today, which could cost the tech giant as much as £920m in damages if successful.
Google slows down hiring for rest of 2022 amidst economic uncertainty July 13, 2022 Google will slow hiring for the rest of the year as economic gloom sets in. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent company Alphabet, informed employees in an email yesterday, according to CNBC. “The uncertain global economic outlook has been top of mind,” he said. “Like all companies, we’re not immune to economic headwinds.” The company [...]
EU consumer groups come after Google for account sign-up settings in GDPR row June 30, 2022 A European coalition has come after Google for harvesting user data via account sign-ins and undermining General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Google hit with new EU antitrust complaint as internet giant is accused of abusing market power June 27, 2022 A Danish online job-search rival has filed an antitrust complaint against Google with EU regulators, alleging the online search giant had allegedly used its market power to push its own service, Google for Jobs. Watch the full video report.
Here we go again: EU regulator investigates Google for Jobs antitrust complaint from Danish rival Jobindex June 27, 2022 Another day, another European crack down on Big Tech, after the Danish online job-search site Jobindex told regulators that Google unfairly favoured its own service, Google for Jobs.
Google engineer put on paid leave after outing AI chatbot as ‘sentient’ June 13, 2022 Google has placed a senior engineer on “paid administrative leave” after he made comments about the company's chatbot being “sentient”.
Google settles lawsuit for $118m over claims it ‘systematically’ underpaid female employees June 13, 2022 Google has agreed to pay $118m (£96m) to settle a class-action lawsuit brought forward by four of its former employees over claims the tech giant “systemically” underpaid 15,500 of its female employees. The Silicon Valley firm will also bring in an independent labour economist to analyse its pay practices to ensure female workers are not [...]