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An Unintended Consequence Of The Pandemic Led To Google Saving Over One Billion Dollars

Google may have saved one billion dollars due to the pandemic (Photo by David Paul Morris/Getty … [+] Images) Getty Images During the pandemic, Google, along with most other large corporations, told their employees to work from home. An unintended consequence of this remote work trend was the big savings realized by both companies and workers. Bloomberg reported that Google, according to regulatory filings, saved about $268 million in expenses in the first quarter of 2021…. Source link

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Google CEO warns of ‘unintended consequences’ if Congress kills Section 230

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google’s Alphabet Inc., on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., October 28, 2020. U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation/Handout via REUTERS Google CEO Sundar Pichai will join other Big Tech chiefs on Thursday at a Congressional hearing on social media’s role in promoting extremism and misinformation. And in ahead of the hearing, Pichai, whose company also owns YouTube, lays out exactly what Google (GOOG, GOOGL) has done to stanch the flow of such… Source link

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