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Google Reins in Political Advertising

Google is making political ads harder to target at specific types of people.

Apple Commits $2.5B to Combat California Housing Crisis

The sum from Apple eclipses pledges by fellow Silicon Valley giants Google and Facebook for...

Big Tech Faces a New Set of Foes: Nearly All 50 US States

In a rare show of bipartisan force, attorneys general from 48 states along with Puerto...

Facebook, Google Face Antitrust Scrutiny from States

Two bipartisan groups of state attorneys general are launching separate antitrust investigations into Facebook and...

Human Workers Can Listen to Google Assistant Recordings

Google says contractors listen to recordings to better understand language patterns and accents.

US Delay to Huawei Ban Gives Tech Sector Time to Adjust

The ban on selling technology to Huawei, the world's biggest maker of mobile network gear...

Facebook, Google Face Hearing on White Nationalism

Controversy over white nationalism and hate speech has dogged online platforms such as Facebook and...

UK Plan Steps Up Global Crackdown on Social Media

"No one in the world has done this before, and it's important that we get...

Warren Says Tech Giants Have ‘Too Much Power,’ Need Breakup

The Massachusetts senator is proposing legislation targeting tech giants with annual revenue of $25 billion...

Google Seeks Tax Breaks for $600M Data Center in Minnesota

The project would bring an estimated 50 full-time tech jobs to the area.

Google Employees Walk out to Protest Treatment of Women

Employees were seen staging walkouts at offices from Tokyo and Singapore to London and Dublin.

Did Google Fail to Promote President Trump’s State of the Union Address?

President Trump attempted to show Google's alleged bias by falsely claiming that search engine failed...