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California’s civil rights regulator is investigating Google’s treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination, according to two people familiar with the matter and emails from the agency seen by Reuters. Attorneys and analysts at the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH) have repeatedly interviewed several Black women who have worked at Alphabet Inc., Google’s parent company, about their experiences there, according to… Source link

California’s civil rights regulator is investigating Google’s treatment of Black female workers following alleged incidents of harassment and discrimination, according to two people familiar with the matter and emails from the agency seen by Reuters. Attorneys and analysts at the California department of fair employment and housing (DFEH) have repeatedly interviewed several Black women who have worked at the Alphabet Inc company about their experiences there, according to the documents… Source link

It was almost 10 p.m. on a Thursday night, and Ali Watkins was walking around the capital following instructions texted by a stranger. One message instructed her to walk through an abandoned parking lot near Washington, D.C.’s Dupont Circle, and then wait at a laundromat. Then came a final cryptic instruction: She was to enter an unmarked door on Connecticut Avenue leading to a hidden bar. The Sheppard, an upscale speakeasy, was so dimly lit it was sometimes hard to see the menu, let alone… Source link

The Google logo is pictured atop an office building in Irvine, California, U.S. August 7, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo MILAN, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Italy’s competition watchdog said on Tuesday it had dropped a probe into Alphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) alleged abuse of its dominant position in the online display advertising market after the EU antitrust started a similar investigation. The Italian watchdog decided non to take any action as under EU laws the case is now out of its… Source link

Earlier this week, Australian developer Chris Lacy tweeted about a curious experience while logging into a rarely used Google account. When Google texted his two-factor authentication code, the message popped up along with an ad including a link for VPN services. Considering the downsides of phishing or malware distribution attached to a code that’s specifically intended to keep your account secure, this didn’t go over well. While Lacy did not name the carrier who delivered the text,… Source link

undefined A vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at South Shore University Hospital. Photo: Mark Lennihan/AP Europe’s medical regulator has opened an investigation into possible links between Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) COVID-19 vaccine and blood clotting events.  The European Medicines Agency (EMA) said in a statement on Friday it had started a “review” of the safety of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by J&J subsidiary Janssen, following reports that some patients who had… Source link

Fox Business Flash top headlines are here. Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. Alphabet Inc’s Google is investigating a member of its ethical AI team and has locked the corporate account linked to that person after finding that thousands of files were retrieved from its server and shared with external accounts, the company said on Wednesday. TRUMP PARDONS FORMER GOOGLE ENGINEER ANTHONY LEVANDOWSKI Axios, which first reported the latest investigation around a member of Google’s AI… Source link

The CMA opened its investigation after receiving a complaint from an industry lobbying group, Marketers for an Open Web, which has said the changes would create a “walled garden” owned by Google and deny publishers access to cookies they use to sell digital ads, crimping their revenues by up to two-thirds. Source link

LONDON (AP) — Britain’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Google’s plan to overhaul its ad data system over worries it could leave even less room for rivals in the online ad industry. The Competition and Markets Authority said it opened a formal investigation into Google’s proposals to remove so-called third-party cookies from its popular Chrome browser and Chromium browser engine. Google has… Source link