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Jeff Bezos stepping down as Amazon CEO signals that we're nearing the end of the founder-CEO era in Big Tech. Here's what it means for a company when its founder takes a step back. (AMZN)
Summary List PlacementAmazon CEO Jeff Bezos announced on Tuesday that he will be stepping down as...
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Google will pay $2.6 million to workers over claims its hiring and pay practices were biased against women and Asians
Summary List PlacementGoogle has reached a deal with the US Department of Labor, requiring it to...
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Facebook and Amazon were the top spenders in lobbying efforts in 2020: Report
Summary List PlacementFacebook and Amazon were the biggest spenders on lobbying in 2020, outspending companies such as...
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Jeff Bezos just turned 57. Here's how he built Amazon into a $1.56 trillion company and became the world's richest person. (AMZN)
Summary List PlacementHappy birthday, Jeff Bezos: the Amazon CEO turns 57 on Tuesday. Bezos, who incorporated...
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Sacha Baron Cohen shamed Google for keeping Donald Trump's YouTube account live after Facebook and Twitter banned him
Summary List PlacementSacha Baron Cohen has called on YouTube to "do the right thing" and join...
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologized to employees for how the company handled the exit of AI ethicist Timnit Gebru: 'I accept the responsibility of working to restore your trust' (GOOGL)
Summary List PlacementGoogle and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai sent a memo to employees on Wednesday addressing...
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Jeff Dean built an untouchable reputation as chief of AI at Google. Now, the backlash over a top researcher's exit has made him a target of protest. (GOOGL)
Summary List PlacementJust a week ago, Jeffrey Dean might have been the most popular executive at...
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Alphabet is pulling its Verily life sciences division out of China after struggling to make inroads on a key health-mapping project, insiders say (GOOGL)
Summary List Placement Alphabet life sciences company Verily is shutting its Shanghai office in an exit...
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Airbnb said in its IPO filing that its search results have been hurt by Google launching its own travel-comparison tools (GOOGL)
Summary List Placement Airbnb revealed its initial public offering documents on Monday, and noted Google's push...
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Google emails from 2009 cited in the House antitrust report show some employees were concerned about promoting Chrome on the company's homepage (GOOGL)
Summary List Placement Before he was Google's CEO, Sundar Pichai was best known for turning Chrome...
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Google's new tool to remove fake products from search results is an inefficient headache for users flagging violations, according to a brand protection group (GOOGL)
Summary List Placement From knock-off Rolex watches to fake pharmaceuticals, Google indexes many websites that sell...
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As Facebook struggles to fight misinformation ahead of the 2020 elections, Google is escaping the spotlight (GOOG, GOOGL)
Summary List PlacementFacebook was thrust back into the spotlight last week after BuzzFeed News published a...
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Google-owned mobility startup Waze is reportedly laying off more than 5% of its total workforce as roads empty out during the pandemic (GOOG, GOOGL)
Summary List Placement Waze, the Google-owned navigation app and carpool service, is laying off 30 employees...
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The lawyer who helped launch the antitrust case against Microsoft is worried the government doesn't have the right personnel or strategy to take on Big Tech
Summary List Placement Antitrust seems to be back in fashion as a topic of concern in...
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Alphabet is echoing Google's move to boost employee equity and inclusion by hiring diversity leads across its 'bet' companies like Waymo, DeepMind, and Verily (GOOGL)
Summary List Placement In June, Google CEO Sundar Pichai made a set of commitments to improve...
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How a Google engineer's struggles making the first Pixel phone take good pictures of different skin tones led to an entirely new group focused on 'product inclusion' (GOOGL)
Google's product inclusion team works on making the company's products better for more users, but it...
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Apple and Google just got sued by the maker of the hugely popular video game 'Fortnite' over their app store policies. Here's what you need to know about the major antitrust battle it reignited. (AAPL)
Epic Games sued Apple and Google on Thursday for booting its popular video game "Fortnite" from...
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A top Wall Street tech analyst says Google is 'less relevant' in e-commerce since the pandemic — and it needs to develop or acquire to start gaining ground on rivals like Amazon (GOOGL)
Companies such as Amazon and Shopify have seen huge tailwinds to their e-commerce businesses during COVID-19....