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Alphabet shares slipped slightly in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings report.

Business

Google parent Alphabet hit by rising costs

Alphabet reported a profit of USD 8.9 billion in the fourth quarter on revenue that was up 22 per cent to USD 39.3...

5 Feb 2019 1:57 PM IST

Jeff Bezos rocket company plans to charge passengers about USD 2,00,000 (151,280 pounds) to USD 3,00,000 for its first trips into space next year, two people familiar with its plans told Reuters. (Photo: Blue Origin)

Science

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin signs launch deal with Canada's Telesat

Blue Origin's rocket will propel some undisclosed portion of the constellation into orbit over a number of launches.

1 Feb 2019 2:18 PM IST

Google said it would not renew a contract to help the US military analyse aerial drone imagery when it expires, as the company sought to defuse internal uproar over the deal.

Technology

US top court jeopardizes Google settlement in internet privacy case

Google was accused in the lawsuit of violating a 1986 law governing the privacy of stored electronic communications.

22 March 2019 10:14 AM IST

Technology

Google fined USD 1.7 billion for search ad blocks in third EU sanction

The European Commission said that the case focused on the company's illegal practises in search advertising brokering...

21 March 2019 11:51 AM IST

$Project Loon head Alastair Westgarth said in a blog post that Project Loon is \still an experimental technology and were not quite sure how well it will work,\ though it has been tested since last year in Peru following flooding there.$ Technology

SoftBank, Alphabet to put cellphone antennas in the sky

Loon carries the gear with a large balloon, while HAPSMobile uses a large drone.

25 April 2019 9:43 AM IST

. In all, USD 23 million from Google in 2013 and USD 98 million from Facebook in 2015 were siphoned off. (Photo: ANI)

Technology

US lawmakers propose bill to fight bias in tech companies' algorithms

The rules would apply to companies with annual revenue above USD 50 million.

11 April 2019 11:22 AM IST

The drone service will be available in North Canberra, Australia. (Photo: AP)

Technology

Alphabet launches its first commercial drone delivery service in...

The service will be available to order food, coffee, and over-the-counter medicines using a connected smartphone app.

10 April 2019 11:20 AM IST

Podcasts do not require one to sign in to the Google Account. On the desktop version, access to ones subscriptions is available through Google Search results. (Photo: ANI)

Technology

Google to invest 600 million euros in Finnish data center

Google's other European data centers are located in the Netherlands, Ireland and Belgium.

28 May 2019 9:38 AM IST

Thousands of Google employees in recent months have urged the company to make corporate governance changes after it acknowledged mistakes in its handling of sexual misconduct allegations and other employee grievances. (Photo: AP)

Technology

Google to launch privacy tools to limit online tracking

It would help the company press its sizable advantage over online-advertising rivals.

7 May 2019 9:25 AM IST

YouTube automatically recommends videos through a machine learning algorithm that analyzes the characteristics of videos and the behaviour of its 1.5 billion users to generate personalized viewing recommendations.

Technology

Google spends hundreds of millions of dollars on content review

Google disclosed in an April 24 letter made public that the manual review found 90,000 videos violated its terrorism...

3 May 2019 9:32 AM IST

The RIA Novosti news agency quoted Roskomnadzor as saying it has established a constructive dialogue with Google.

Technology

US lawmakers struggle to draft online privacy bill

The US Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation will hold a hearing on the matter on Wednesday.

1 May 2019 2:24 PM IST

Dell, Microsoft combine for simplified IoT solutions. (Pic credit: ANI)

Technology

To fight extremist content online Canada teams up with tech giants

The initiatives follow the Christchurch Call to Action, a non-binding agreement formed after the Christchurch shooting...

27 Jun 2019 12:11 PM IST