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Engineer who moved to Uber jailed for stealing Google trade secrets

Uber fired Levandowski in 2017 and then settled a lawsuit from Alphabet over the misuse of trade secrets, setting back the ride-hailing company's self-driving project

Google's new subsea cable to link US, United Kingdom and Spain

The cable, named Grace Hopper after the computer scientist, will also connect to Spain, becoming the first Google fiber line to land there, the company said in a statement

Disney, Apple and other firms pawns of China: Attorney General William Barr

Barr chided US companies for being too willing to take steps to ensure access to the large Chinese market

Facebook, Google, Twitter suspend processing Hong Kong govt data requests

Facebook, which also owns WhatsApp and Instagram, said in a statement it was "pausing" reviews for all of its services "pending further assessment of the National Security Law."

In pics: Mukesh Ambani 9th among top-10 richest men. Who are the others?

With RIL's market capitalisation crossing the Rs 11-trillion mark on Friday, its chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani became the ninth-richest billionaire globally

Justice department to propose curbs on legal immunity for social media

The recommendations for legislation follow a feud between President Donald Trump and Twitter Inc., which last month slapped fact-checks on some of his tweets

Google's interest positive but may not help solve Voda Idea's debt woes

Acquisition of a controlling stake by an outsider or a sizable equity infusion by current promoters remains the need of the hour, Credit Suisse said in its latest note

Wealth managers advise clients to invest in US-oriented offshore products

International funds delivered 6.8% returns in one year, against large drawdowns in domestic funds

Alphabet shared YouTube revenue after US SEC demanded 'qualitative' data

In the Dec. 20 letter, O'Toole also wrote that Alphabet also would disclose the growth of Google Cloud revenues "although we do not believe it is currently a required disclosure."

The only way forward

Regardless of regulations, all modern vehicles will become more and more autonomous

Google in talks with publishers to pay for displaying news items

News executives have been calling on Facebook and Google to pay for the rights to host their articles

Disappointing revenue growth hits Google parent Alphabet shares in Q4

Alphabet shares slipped 4.7 percent in after-market trades that followed release of the earnings figures

Alphabet hits a milestone, joins Apple and Microsoft in the $1 trn club

With the gain, Alphabet became the newest member of an elite club to trade with the historic 13-digit market capitalisation

Employees fret as Google's idealistic philosophy of transparency changes

Google's leaders have acknowledged the delicacy of adjusting a culture that has entrenched itself over two decades.

Alphabet's new CEO Sundar Pichai finally has a title fitting his role

Pichai's actions as head of Google could give a clue as to how he will run the broader conglomerate

As Sundar Pichai becomes Alphabet chief, founders get $2-bn retirement gift

The Google co-founders added more than $1 billion each to their net worth as the firm's shares rose 1.9 per cent in New York

Era ends for Google as founders step aside from a pillar of tech

The move confirms the ascendancy of Pichai, 47, as one of tech's most powerful people

A thorny crown: Pichai now sole target for Google's all regulatory battles

Pichai was named to the additional post of CEO of Alphabet on Tuesday, making him the public face of a company long associated with co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin

A big question before Alphabet: Is Pichai up for a gruelling top role?

The second question is whether the Alphabet structure has outlived its usefulness

Sundar Pichai named CEO at Google parent Alphabet after founders step down

In his statement, Pichai made it clear that the transition will not affect the Alphabet structure or the work they do day to day