Tag Archives: Google

As the pandemic enters its third year, some of America’s COVID-era shopping habits — including strong demand for tequila and sweatpants — are here to stay. Driving the news: Axios worked with Google Trends and the Schema Design firm to create The New Normal, which analyzes the products Americans have Googled since 2020. Items with a lasting increase in search interest help fill in the details of what our “new normal” looks like. We have had to stock home offices for the long haul, leading… Source link

The Google name is displayed outside the company’s office in London, Britain November 1, 2018. REUTERS/Toby Melville BERLIN, Jan 12 (Reuters) – Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google has offered to remove News Showcase content from general search results in a bid to end a competition investigation into the selection of news in the product, Germany’s Federal Cartel Office said on Wednesday. The Cartel Office will now consult with affected news publishers to assess whether Google’s proposal would be… Source link

Full-time Google employees have access to at-home COVID-19 tests for themselves and their families, but that’s not the case for thousands of company contractors and temporary workers, according to a Google engineer. A Google spokesperson said in an email the company has free, at-home and in-person testing options available to employees as well as temps and vendors. But Ashok Chandwaney, a software engineer at Google and member of the Alphabet Workers Union, said in a statement… Source link

Smart speakers and their respective personal assistants like Amazon Alexa or Google Assistant are a convenient way to stream your favorite music, control your smart home gadgets and ask nearly any question that may cross your mind. The best part? You can get started for less with Amazon’s $34.99 Echo Dot and Google’s $24.99 Nest Mini, the least expensive smart speakers you can get. But which one is best for you? Here’s everything… Source link

Businesses will increasingly use “foundational” A.I. algorithms, but ethical perils remain, Google executive warns |… Source link

Maker of popular game says Singapore company copied it Apple, Google sued for distributing alleged copycats The company and law firm names shown above are generated automatically based on the text of the article. We are improving this feature as we continue to test and develop in beta. We welcome feedback, which you can provide using the feedback tab on the right of the page. (Reuters) – The maker of the popular game “PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds” says in a new U.S. lawsuit that a… Source link

A judge appointed by the National Labor Relations Board has ruled that Google must turn over some 180 documents related to an internal campaign to fight union organizing efforts by employees. Dubbed Project Vivian, a Google attorney described the ongoing effort between 2018 and 2020 as a way to “engage employees more positively and convince them that unions suck,” according to one of the documents. The documents are part of a case the NLRB brought against Google in December 2020,… Source link

Fast-growing Austin software maker Digital Turbine says a partnership with technology giant Google will give it even more opportunity to continue expanding. Under the agreement, Digital Turbine says it will be able to use Google’s enterprise and cloud solutions to build products for Android devices and expand its footprint in the Android mobile ecosystem..  Digital Turbine develops mobile apps for wireless carriers and makes a mobile platform that connects advertisers with operators and… Source link

Last week, the International Trade Commission (ITC) ruled that Google infringed on five patents held by Sonos, related to creating and controlling speaker groups. The ITC entered an order that would have restricted the importation and sale of a variety of the company’s Nest smart speakers.  Sonos, as one might expect, declared it a total victory because its patents were affirmed as valid, and the ITC agreed that Google had stolen its technology for use in its own products. The company was… Source link

Google is making a last-ditch effort to change the EU’s incoming laws on Big Tech with a flurry of advertising, emails and targeted social media posts aimed at politicians and officials in Brussels. As EU policymakers put the finishing touches to the Digital Markets Act (DMA), executives at Google’s headquarters in Silicon Valley are stepping up their efforts to water down parts of the legislation that they fear may have a severe impact on their business. “Top executives in… Source link