IANS- Google is under an anti-trust probe over a new Internet Protocol that could give the tech giant an unfair competitive advantage, the media reported. The US House Judiciary Committee is investigating Google’s plans to implement DNS-over-HTTPS in Chrome, a new standard that aims to improve internet privacy and security by encryption, reports the […]
indica News Bureau- Google has announced the setting up of Google Research India, an artificial intelligence research team in Bangalore, Karnataka, that will focus on advancing computer science and applying AI research to solve big problems in healthcare, agriculture and education, among other areas. The company said artificial intelligence is opening up the next […]
IANS- The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has directed Google to pay a record $170 million over YouTube’s child privacy violations. The settlement announcement was made Wednesday, Sept.4 by FTC and requires Google and YouTube to pay $136 million to the FTC and $34 million to New York for allegedly violating the Children’s Online […]
IANS- Microsoft has admitted that third-party contractors listen to your voice conversations on Skype and virtual assistant Cortana. The revelation came after Motherboard found contractors were listening to audio from both Skype and Cortana, including sensitive and personal conversations of Microsoft customers. “We realized, based on questions raised recently, that we could do a […]
indica News Bureau U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s campaign for the 2020 Democratic nomination for president, has filed a lawsuit against Google in a California court claiming that the tech giant infringed on her free speech by suspending her ad account after her participation last month in her party’s televised debate, the campaign announced. The Hawaii […]
indica News Bureau- Data from the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the first three quarters of fiscal year 2019 show employers seeking H-1B and L-1 visas for workers are being asked to prove they’ll have work assignments for the full three-year term of the visa program, in a continuing trend under President […]
IANS- The current dominance in online commerce enjoyed by Amazon could be endangered if Instagram, with its one billion users worldwide, pushes ahead with its plans to enter that space, as its new chief, Adam Mosseri, has said he intends to do. In his first public interview on the company’s future strategy since taking […]
IANS- After announcing a fresh investment of $600 million in expanding its data center in Oklahoma, Google has now decided to invest $1 billion for 20,000 homes in the Bay Area in San Francisco. “Today we’re announcing an additional $1 billion investment in housing across the Bay Area. Over the next 10 years, we’ll […]
IANS- Taking a dig at tech giants like Facebook over privacy violations and the unabated spread of fake news, Apple CEO Tim Cook has asked fellow technologists to start taking responsibility for their actions. During a speech at the Stanford University on Sunday, Cook said that whether you like it or not, what you build […]
IANS- Tech giant Google spent $21.7 million on lobbying efforts last year to influence lawmakers as the government and regulators sought great scrutiny from tech companies related to users’ privacy and unfair market practices. According to a CNBC report on Sunday, Google has been the top spender on lobbying for two consecutive years. “Amazon and […]
