Google fired employees by email
Then locked out
Some Google employees were shocked to get to work and discovered that they have been fired.
Spotify expected to lay off staff this week
More cost cutting
Spotify is planning to announce layoffs this week, according to a new report by Bloomberg as a way for the company to cut costs.
Google warns that Supremes could shut down the internet
Don't remove protection against content moderation
Search engine outfit Google has warned that a ruling against it in an ongoing Supreme Court (SC) case could put the internet at risk.
Google and Nvidia wade into Microsoft's Activision Blizzard buy
Complains to the FTC
Google and Nvidia have become the latest companies to voice concerns about Microsoft’s $69 billion purchase of Activision Blizzard.
Google claims fining it for monopoly controls could "turn competition law on its head"
It might actually start working
Courts have unsealed Google’s motion to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit over its search engine where the company argues that the complaint misrepresents its agreements with browser developers and Android phone makers and unfairly punishing its success.
Google wins best voice assistant contest
Outperforms Siri, Bixby, and Alexa
It is starting to look like Google is slowly taking control over the voice assistant market.
Google fears AI chatbot
Could kill its search business
A new AI chatbot, ChatGPT could be in a position to kill off Google's lucrative search business.
Pentagon surrenders and divides cloud project among four big tech outfits
Saves on court cases later
The Pentagon is divvying up $9 billion in cloud contracts between Google, Oracle, Microsoft and Amazon, presumably to avoid one of the megatech companies getting offended and suing.
Google explains how it is going to fact-check things
Including on YouTube where it invented flat earth theory
Google has explained how its fact-checking initiatives will work soon in its bid to stop fake news and science. This will apply to YouTube which boffins have previously claimed was responsible for the return to popularity of flat earth theory.
Google buys Scottish wind
Wants to power its cloud and offices
Google has signed an offshore wind energy deal to power its UK offices and cloud regions with carbon-free energy by 2030.