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Google staff demand exec step aside after ethicist’s firing – document
By Jeffrey Dastin and Paresh Dave (Reuters) - Staff on Google's Ethical AI research team on Wednesday demanded the company sideline a vice president and commit to greater academic freedom, escalating ...
Dec 16, 2020
Genius Media, The Nation sue Google in advertising antitrust lawsuit
By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) - Online publishers including Genius Media Group and news website The Nation alleged in a lawsuit seeking class-action status on Wednesday that Alphabet Inc's ...
Dec 16, 2020
How a U.S. lawsuit claims Google, Facebook cooperated to undermine ad competition
By Paresh Dave and Katie Paul (Reuters) - Facebook Inc and Alphabet's Google, the two biggest players in online advertising, used a series of deals to consolidate their market power illegally, Texas a...
Dec 16, 2020
Google faces third antitrust lawsuit as 30 U.S. states plan action -source
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google, already facing lawsuits by the U.S. Justice Department and attorneys general led by Texas, is expected to be sued for anticompetitive behavior on Thursday...
Dec 16, 2020
IBM CEO Arvind Krishna to take over as chairman
(Reuters) - International Business Machines Corp said on Wednesday Chief Executive Officer Arvind Krishna would take over as chairman from Jan. 1, replacing Ginni Rometty, who stepped down as its long...
Dec 16, 2020
Amazon asks U.S. to include warehouse, grocery staff in vaccine rollout
(Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc on Wednesday asked the U.S. government to prioritize essential workers including its warehouse, grocery store and data center staff for receipt of the COVID-19 vaccine, acco...
Dec 16, 2020
Twitter bans harmful false claims about COVID-19 vaccinations
By Elizabeth Culliford (Reuters) - Twitter Inc said on Wednesday that users will be required to remove new tweets that advance harmful false or misleading claims about COVID-19 vaccinations, in an exp...
Dec 16, 2020
Google Chromecast users to get access to Apple TV services next year
(Reuters) - Apple Inc's TV app and paid streaming service Apple TV+ will be available on Google's latest Chromecast device early next year, the search giant said on Wednesday. Apple in the past has so...
Dec 16, 2020
Texas attorney general says will sue Google
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton will file a multistate lawsuit against Alphabet Inc-owned Google, he said on his Facebook page on Wednesday. Paxton had joined the U.S. Justice...
Dec 16, 2020
Lending platform Upstart’s shares jump in Nasdaq debut
(Reuters) - Shares of Upstart Holdings Inc jumped 30% in market debut on Wednesday, giving the cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) lending platform a market capitalization of $1.88 billion. Upsta...
Dec 16, 2020
