SAN FRANCISCO — Big tech companies like Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google, long seen as some of the world’s most desirable workplaces offering countless perks and employee benefits, are losing...
WASHINGTON — Google’s YouTube agreed on Wednesday to pay a $170 million fine and limit ads on kids’ videos to settle claims that the company violated children’s privacy laws.
The world’s largest...
Google clarified that it does in fact collect users’ location data, even if the user’s Location History setting is turned off. The admission comes days after a report uncovered the Silicon Valley giant...
By Tracey Lien
Los Angeles Times
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SAN FRANCISCO — In the topsy-turvy world of tech, an investor can fund a company one minute and sue it the next. It can also turn around and fund a competitor,...
By Queenie Wong
The Mercury News
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SAN JOSE, Calif. — Grocery shopping can feel like you’re navigating through an obstacle course filled with crowded parking lots, long lines and screaming kids.
But...
SAN JOSE, Calif. — First, it was just a dream. Then it became a quirky research project undertaken by a handful of the nerdiest engineers in the robotics industry.
Now self-driving cars are on the...
By Paresh Dave
Los Angeles Times
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It’s easy to imagine a future in which products as mundane as toasters and window blinds will be connected to the internet and controlled by software.
It’s...
By Paresh Dave
Los Angeles Times
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The Amazon rainforest is the latest natural wonder to get the Google “Street View” treatment.
A camera that’s normally attached to a car’s roof to capture...
By Paresh Dave
Los Angeles Times
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A Google executive said Monday that the company plans to launch a cellphone network to introduce technology that it wants to see big carriers such as Verizon Wireless...
By Matt O’Brien
San Jose Mercury News
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google is taking a leap into the wireless business, according to reports that say the Internet giant plans to partner with Sprint...
By Matt O’Brien
San Jose Mercury News
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MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google is taking a leap into the wireless business, according to reports that say the Internet giant plans to partner with Sprint...
By Salvador Rodriguez
Los Angeles Times
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A report released Thursday said 4.5 million smartphones were lost or stolen in the U.S. last year, up from 2.8 million in 2012.
Thefts were largely...
