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Summary List PlacementHappy birthday, Jeff Bezos: the Amazon CEO turns 57 on Tuesday.  Bezos, who incorporated the company in 1994, has had a tumultuous 18 months, beginning with a divorce and a leak of his personal messages to the National Enquirer.  But it hasn't been all bad for Bezos: he's jetted across the globe with his girlfriend, Lauren Sanchez, he's attended the exclusive Met...

Summary List PlacementSacha Baron Cohen has called on YouTube to "do the right thing" and join Twitter, Facebook, and other platforms in banning Donald Trump from its service.  The "Borat" star, who has become a vocal critic of social media platforms over the last year, tagged the CEOs of YouTube and parent company Google, Susan Wojcicki and Sundar Pichai respectively, in a tweet on...

Summary List PlacementPrivacy has become the central battleground in the ongoing war for market share between browser makers including Google, Apple, Mozilla, Microsoft and niche providers such as Brave. Google Chrome is the world's most popular browser on desktop and on computer, with 70% of desktop share, and 64% on mobile according to NetMarketShare. For many users, Chrome and Google are bywords for access...

Summary List PlacementAmerican workplaces have long been hotbeds of discrimination and harassment, particularly for those who aren't white, light-skinned, male, straight, single, young, able-bodied Americans. Since 2000, 99% of Fortune 500 companies have paid settlements in at least one discrimination or sexual harassment lawsuit, according to a report from Good Jobs First, and that's not including the cases without a public record or incidents...

Summary List PlacementCurrently, Google Fiber is offered in 18 cities and provides internet service, TV streaming, and phone plans.  Plan costs vary by region, but for a 1,000 Mbps (also known as a megabit per second) download speed, you can expect to pay around $70 a month. For download speeds ranging up from 100 Mbps, plans start generally start at $50 a month. Those...

Summary List PlacementEarlier this week I was plugging in my Christmas lights when I heard my phone vibrate on the counter — it was a Twitter notification from my company's intern. She said in a direct message, "Read this thread." I stopped what I was doing and began skimming April Christina Curley's Twitter thread about her removal from Google and my jaw dropped. April...

Summary List PlacementHi and welcome to this weekly edition of Insider Advertising, where I break down the big media and advertising stories. It's also our last newsletter until Dec. 30. But you can always sign up here to get this newsletter in your inbox daily. This week: Media deals heat up, tensions at Roku, and big tech privacy battles. What's next for media M&A ...

Summary List PlacementGoogle said on Tuesday that it plans to have Gmail running normally again by 4:00 p.m. PT after a large number of users experienced issues. "We expect to resolve the problem affecting a significant subset of users of Gmail at 12/15/20, 4:00 PM. Please note that this time frame is an estimate and may change," Google said on its website. Gmail users...

Summary List PlacementTVs, flashy as they are these days in all their 4K glory, still may lack some features you crave — like all of your iPhone apps. Being able to mirror your iPhone onto a TV might come in handy if you want to share your photos and videos, or show off a cool game you've downloaded. This way, people can see your...

Summary List PlacementGoogle and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai sent a memo to employees on Wednesday addressing the exit of AI ethicist Timnit Gebru, which drew criticism from inside and outside the company over the past week. Timnit Gebru said on December 2 that she had been fired from Google following a dispute over a research paper, but Google insists she resigned. The events have...

Summary List PlacementJust a week ago, Jeffrey Dean might have been the most popular executive at Google. By Friday, he was at the center of a firestorm that has shaken the company. Dean, a senior vice president who oversees Google's AI business, was thrust into the firing line last Wednesday after a prominent Google AI researcher was ousted from the company. In a series...

Summary List Placement Alphabet life sciences company Verily is shutting its Shanghai office in an exit from China, according to sources familiar with the plan. A company spokeswoman confirmed the office closure to Business Insider. Employees in the Shanghai office were informed of the plans earlier today. A spokeswoman refused to say how many employees were affected, but said the number was fewer than...

Summary List Placement If you're running a business and want to promote your work, need a professional portfolio that people can use to learn more about you, or simply want to share your thoughts, you might consider making your own website. There are dozens of companies that can help you build and publish a website. But Google Sites makes the process simple, straightforward, and...

Summary List PlacementWith Google Hangouts, a large group of people can be connected despite distance and different types of hardware.  A Hangouts session can consist of chatting, audio calls, live video, or a blend of all these options.  Video Hangouts calls can be shared by up to 25 people, while as many as 150 participants can come together for a text-based meeting.  To start...

Summary List Placement Airbnb revealed its initial public offering documents on Monday, and noted Google's push into the travel sector as one of many potential risks to its business. In fact, the company said its search engine rankings had already been "adversely" affected by Google launching its own price comparison tools for travelers. "We believe that our SEO results have been adversely affected by...

Summary List PlacementVice President-elect Kamala Harris is no stranger to Silicon Valley. Before she was the senator from California, she was the state's attorney general. Before that, she was district attorney in San Francisco. When she heads to the White House in January, she will do so with more experience with Big Tech than probably anyone else ever elected to national office. For many,...

Summary List PlacementWhile podcasts have transformed long commutes and exercise workouts into bearable experiences, you don't have to confine podcast listening to occasions where you're trapped in a car or a gym.  If you have a Google Home smart speaker, you can listen to podcasts at home just as easily as you would music.  How to play podcasts on your Google Home speaker To...

Summary List Placement With more and more learning happening online, many educators are using Google Classroom to create virtual spaces in which to share and grade assignments, create discussions between students and teachers, and allow students to track their progress. You can invite students to join your classroom at any time and in multiple ways, but one of the simplest is simply by sharing...