Politics Jan 24 WATCH: Justice Department sues Google, alleges digital advertising dominance harms competition The government alleges that Google’s plan to assert dominance has been to “neutralize or eliminate” rivals through acquisitions and to force advertisers to use its products by making it difficult to use competitors’ products. By Eric Tucker, Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press
Economy Jan 23 How many tech industry jobs have been cut in the past few months? In just the past month there have been about 50,000 job cuts across the technology sector. Here's a look at some of the companies that have announced layoffs so far. By Associated Press
Economy Jan 23 Spotify becomes latest tech company to announce layoffs Music streaming service Spotify said Monday it’s cutting 6% of its global workforce, or about 600 jobs. By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press
Economy Jan 20 Google cuts 12,000 jobs as layoffs spread across tech industry Google says it's laying off 12,000 workers, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff as the economic boom that the industry rode during the COVID-19 pandemic ebbs. The Silicon Valley giant's CEO Sundar Pichai shared the news Friday in… By Kelvin Chan, Associated Press
Dec 30 Google to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve tracking privacy lawsuit By Associated Press Google has agreed to pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state's lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practices. Continue reading
Dec 08 European Union court rules Google must delete results if proven inaccurate By Associated Press The European Union's top court says Google has to delete search results about people in Europe if they can prove that the information is clearly wrong. Continue reading
Dec 07 Pentagon splits $9 billion cloud computer network contract between 4 firms By Tara Copp, Matt O'Brien, Associated Press Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon will share in the Pentagon's $9 billion contract to build its cloud computing network. Continue reading
Nov 14 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: CIA director meets with Russian counterpart In our news wrap Monday, CIA Director William Burns met with his Russian intelligence counterpart to convey the consequences if Moscow were to use a nuclear weapon in Ukraine, police arrested a Syrian woman suspected of carrying out the bombing… Continue watching
Nov 14 Google settles charges of user location-tracking for $391.5 million By Dave Collins, Associated Press Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in connection with an investigation into how the company tracked users' locations. Continue reading