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WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) – The U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday it reached an agreement with Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google resolving a dispute with the search engine giant over the loss of data responsive to a 2016 search warrant. The government said it was a “first-of-its-kind resolution” that would result in Google reforming “its legal process compliance program to ensure timely and complete responses to legal process such as subpoenas and search warrants.” “The department is… Source link

With Daniel Lippman GOOGLE LOBBYIST HANGS A SHINGLE: Stewart Jeffries, an in-house lobbyist at Google for more than a decade, is launching his own government affairs shop, Jeffries Strategies. Jeffries joined Google in 2011 as the tech giant’s first competition policy counsel amid an FTC probe into its business practices, and later led the company’s outreach to House and Senate Republican leadership, committees and personal offices. — He previously served as the chief antitrust… Source link

On Thursday, the State Special Communications Service of Ukraine called claims that Google Maps “labels” were being used by Russia’s military “another fake.” In a post to its official Telegram channel, the country’s intelligence agency debunked a wave of social media rumors that claimed Russian insurgents had tagged airstrike locations on Google Maps of Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities. The agency described these false claims as a psychological operation “to sow panic and… Source link

What a world. On Friday of last week, over the course of less than 24 hours, the UK’s competition authority provisionally closed its investigation into the Chrome Privacy Sandbox, and, separately, a coalition of top European publishers filed an antitrust complaint in the EU accusing Google of anticompetitive digital advertising practices. Never a dull moment. Here’s a rundown of what happened. Sandbox patrol After investigating Google’s plan to phase out third-party cookies… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. has struck a nickel-supply deal with BHP Group, as the electric-car maker seeks to protect itself from a future supply crunch. BHP will provide the automaker with the metal from its Nickel West operation in Western Australia, the world’s biggest miner said in a statement. BHP gave few further details, but said the companies would work together to make the battery supply chain more sustainable. Telsa’s billionaire boss, Elon Musk, has repeatedly expressed concern… Source link

Associated Press Scale, details of massive Kaseya ransomware attack emerge Cybersecurity teams worked feverishly Sunday to stem the impact of the single biggest global ransomware attack on record, with some details emerging about how the Russia-linked gang responsible breached the company whose software was the conduit. An affiliate of the notorious REvil gang, best known for extorting $11 million from the meat-processor JBS after a Memorial Day attack, infected thousands of victims in at… Source link

By Phil Stewart WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States said on Sunday it carried out another round of air strikes against Iran-backed militia in Iraq and Syria, this time in response to drone attacks by the militia against U.S. personnel and facilities in Iraq. In a statement, the U.S. military said it targeted operational and weapons storage facilities at two locations in Syria and one location in Iraq. It did not disclose whether it believed anyone was killed or injured but officials said… Source link

Alphabet Inc.’s GOOG 0.29% Google and national hospital chain HCA Healthcare Inc. HCA 0.50% have struck a deal to develop healthcare algorithms using patient records, the latest foray by a tech giant into the $3 trillion healthcare sector. Nashville, Tenn.,-based HCA, which operates across about 2,000 locations in 21 states, would consolidate and store with Google data from digital… Source link

TipRanks AI Is Here; 3 ‘Strong Buy’ Stocks That Stand to Benefit Hi tech is the cool kid of investment sectors, offering an unbeatable combination of cutting edge chic and long-term stock market returns. It’s understandable; our digital world has clearly passed a point of no return in the integration of tech with our daily lives. Tech companies, whether large or small, are clearly in a position to gain from this trend, offering the products and innovations that will facilitate and expand… Source link

Verily’s Onduo, a digital health platform for managing type 2 diabetes, will become part of a broader partnership between Google Cloud and insurer Highmark Health. Photo credit: Verily In December, Google Cloud struck a six-year partnership with insurer Highmark Health, which included plans to improve the health of patients with chronic conditions. Now, sister company Verily Life Sciences is being pulled into that effort. Part of the plan is to use digital health solutions to manage… Source link