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Local Google IT certificate program draws notice from tech giant

A Google IT Support Professional Certificate program that was launched at the start of 2020 by Mohawk Valley Community College was noted in the Google technology company’s annual Economic Impact Study for New York. The report, issued last week, referred to the MVCC program in a section titled “Helping New York businesses and job seekers.” The report said “Google is invested in expanding access to Google Career Certificates to help more people—particularly underserved—grow their… Source link

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

By Paresh Dave, Diane Bartz (Reuters) – Google’s plan to block a popular web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry executives whether the move by the search giant will hobble its smaller rivals, people familiar with the situation said. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. … Source link

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

By Paresh Dave, Diane Bartz (Reuters) – Google’s plan to block a popular web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry executives whether the move by the search giant will hobble its smaller rivals, people familiar with the situation said. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. … Source link

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

By Paresh Dave, Diane Bartz (Reuters) – Google’s plan to block a popular web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry executives whether the move by the search giant will hobble its smaller rivals, people familiar with the situation said. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. … Source link

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

By Paresh Dave, Diane Bartz (Reuters) – Google’s plan to block a popular web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry executives whether the move by the search giant will hobble its smaller rivals, people familiar with the situation said. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. … Source link

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

By Paresh Dave, Diane Bartz (Reuters) – Google’s plan to block a popular web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry executives whether the move by the search giant will hobble its smaller rivals, people familiar with the situation said. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. … Source link

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

By Paresh Dave, Diane Bartz (Reuters) – Google’s plan to block a popular web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry executives whether the move by the search giant will hobble its smaller rivals, people familiar with the situation said. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. … Source link

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny

By Paresh Dave and Diane Bartz (Reuters) – Google’s plan to block a popular web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry executives whether the move by the search giant will hobble its smaller rivals, people familiar with the situation said. Alphabet Inc’s Google a year ago announced it would ban some cookies in its Chrome browser to increase user privacy. Over the last two months, Google released… Source link

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Exclusive: Google’s privacy push draws U.S. antitrust scrutiny – sources

By Paresh Dave, Diane Bartz (Reuters) – Google’s plan to block a popular web tracking tool called “cookies” is a source of concern for U.S. Justice Department investigators who have been asking advertising industry executives whether the move by the search giant will hobble its smaller rivals, people familiar with the situation said. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Google is seen on a building at La Defense business and financial district in Courbevoie near Paris, France, September 1, 2020. … Source link

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Google firing draws scrutiny of how it treats Black employees

Google’s dismissal of a top artificial intelligence researcher vocal about the company’s failures to address the lack of diversity in its workforce has drawn sharp new scrutiny of its treatment of Black employees, particularly women. Timnit Gebru says she was fired via email after refusing to retract a research paper that asked tough questions about a type of artificial intelligence, including Google’s use of it. Jeff Dean, Google’s executive in charge of AI, told employees in an… Source link

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