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Google Scores Poorly On Pay, Promotion As Per Internal Survey: CNBC

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google's internal survey disclosed an unhappy workforce regarding critical issues like pay package and an ability to accomplish career goals, CNBC reports. Contrastingly, Google's mission and values fetched the highest scores. CEO Sundar Pichai won a favorable rating of 86% with less-flattering responses to specific Pichai questions.…

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EU, UK Launches Antitrust Investigations On Google, Meta

EU and U.K. antitrust regulators launched parallel investigations into Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) unit Google and Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:FB) over a 2018 ad deal, CNBC reports. The European Commission and the U.K.’s Competition and Markets Authority investigated whether the pact between the two tech giants dubbed “Jedi Blue” squeezed competitors out of…

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YouTube Removes Nelk Boys 'Full Send' Podcast Featuring President Donald Trump

Kyle Forgeard, of the Nelk Boys podcast, announced that Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ:

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TikTok Close To Storing US Data With Oracle: Reuters

TikTok is close to forging a deal for Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL) to store its U.S. users' information without its Chinese parent ByteDance having access to it, Reuters reports. Oracle will store all of TikTok's U.S. user data on Oracle data servers under the new proposed partnership. Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google Cloud currently stores…

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Meta Axes Google Veteran Heading Insta For Kids; Project Remains Halted

Meta Platforms Inc's (NASDAQ:FB) VP of youth Pavni Diwanji departed as part of a restructuring, the Wall Street Journal reports. Diwanji supervised Instagram's development of a controversial product for children. Diwanji previously served as a VP at Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, where she led YouTube kids and other family-oriented projects. Adam Mosseri, head…

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Google Halts YouTube, Google Play Payment-Based Services In Russia

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) YouTube and Google Play store halted every payment-based service in Russia, including subscriptions, Reuters reports. Western sanctions have started to pose banking challenges in Russia. Visa Inc (NYSE:V) and Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) blocked Russian banks from their networks following sanctions. Google and YouTube had recently stopped selling online advertising in Russia following Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)…

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US Lawmakers Urge DOJ To Probe Amazon: WSJ

A U.S. congressional committee urged the Justice Department to investigate Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) for potential criminal obstruction of Congress, the Wall Street Journal reports. The committee alleged Amazon's refusal to disclose information as part of its investigation into Amazon's competitive practices. Amazon allegedly attempted to cover up a lie that Amazon told lawmakers…

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Read How Analysts View Google's Readiness To Acquire Mandiant

Analysts noted that Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google

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Microsoft CFO Stressed On The Importance Of Windows: CNBC

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) CFO highlighted the success of Windows, which held ~80% share of the market in 2021, compared to ~11% for Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL), Google-backed Chrome OS, and 8% for Apple Inc's (NASDAQ:AAPL) MacOS, CNBC reports. Amy Hood emphasized that Windows still earned Microsoft tens of billions of dollars per year in highly profitable…

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Twitter Appoints This Silicon Valley Prodigy To Compete With TikTok

Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) appointed Michael Sayman to help court younger users as it looks to compete against ByteDance Ltd's TikTok, the Washington Post reports. Sayman is known as Silicon Valley's product-building prodigy for youth. At Twitter, Sayman will be working on "0-1," a new group focused on building experimental features within the company.…

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Google To Snap This Cyber Security Firm At 57% Premium

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google agreed to acquire Mandiant, Inc. (NASDAQ:MNDT) for $23 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at ~$5.4 billion. Mandiant's more than 600 consultants currently respond to thousands of security breaches each year. The offer price represents a 57% premium to the 10-day trailing volume-weighted average price as of February…

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South Korea Passes App Store Law Challenging Apple, Google's Dominance

South Korea approved detailed rules for a law banning dominant app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payments systems, Reuters reports. The dominant app store operators include Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google. Apple and Google faced global flak for requiring the use of proprietary payment systems that charge commissions of…

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Russian, Belarusian Hackers Target Ukraine in Phishing, Google Says

Alphabet Inc's Google said it has seen Russian hackers well-known to law enforcement, including FancyBear, engaging in espionage, phishing campaigns and other attacks targeting Ukraine and its European allies in recent weeks. Google's Threat Analysis Group, which focuses on disrupting computer hackers and issuing warnings about them to users, said…

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Airbnb Suspends Operations In Russia, Belarus

Home rental company Airbnb Inc (NASDAQ:ABNB) suspended its operations in Russia and Belarus, CEO Brian Chesky tweeted. Multiple U.S. conglomerates aligned with sanctions on Russia by restricting their services post its invasion of Ukraine. The conglomerates include Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google followed by the likes of Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX), Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT) and many more.…

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Google Suspends All Ad Sales in Russia as Censorship Demands Grow

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday that it had stopped selling online advertising in Russia, a ban that covers search, YouTube and outside publishing partners. The move by the world's top seller of online ads by revenue follows similar pauses in Russia by Twitter Inc and Snap Inc after Russia's…

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Lawmakers Question Apple, FBI Over NSO Group Spyware

Two Republican lawmakers are pressing Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) and the FBI to provide information about spyware made by the Israeli company NSO Group, CNBC reports based on letters. The lawmakers sought details about Apple's ability to detect when the NSO Group tools targeted the iPhone, including the number of attacks detected and place and…

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Google's Fitbit Recalls Ionic Smartwatches For Battery Issues

Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Fitbit recalled its Ionic smartwatches due to a burn hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

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Google, Meta Face Penalties in Russia as Deadline Passes to Open Local Offices

Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google and Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) are among internet companies facing possible punitive measures in Russia after failing to open local offices and take other measures required by a communications law. Russian legislation signed by President Vladimir Putin has obliged foreign social media companies with…

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YouTube to Block Channels Linked to Russia’s RT and Sputnik across Europe

YouTube is blocking channels connected to Russian state-backed media outlets RT and Sputnik across Europe effective immediately, due to the situation in Ukraine, the company operated by Alphabet Inc's Google, said on Tuesday. "It'll take time for our systems to fully ramp up.

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YouTube to block channels linked to Russia's RT and Sputnik across Europe

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What's On With Yandex Shares Today

Lithuania's transport and economy ministers have asked Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, and Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) to remove the app for the Yandex taxi ride-hailing service in the country, Reuters reports. The app is a threat to Lithuanian national security, Lithuania's transport minister Marius Skuodsi said. Uber Technologies Inc (NYSE:UBER) and Russia's Yandex NV (NASDAQ:YNDX) own the app.…

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Google Disables Google Maps For Ukraine; Bans Russia Owned RT's Mobile App

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google temporarily disabled some Google Maps tools for Ukraine, which provide live information about traffic conditions, Reuters reports. After consulting with sources, including regional authorities, Google globally disabled the Google Maps traffic layer and live information. Ukraine faced attacks from Russian forces who invaded the country on February…

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Google temporarily disables Google Maps live traffic data in Ukraine

Alphabet Inc's Google confirmed on Sunday it has temporarily disabled for Ukraine some Google Maps tools which provide live information about traffic conditions and how busy different places are.

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EU's Breton wants Google, YouTube to ban war propaganda accounts

Alphabet Inc and its YouTube unit should ban users pushing war propaganda as part of measures to stop disinformation after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, EU industry chief Thierry Breton told the chief executives of the companies on Sunday.

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Russia demands Google restore access to its media YouTube channels in Ukraine

Russia's state communications regulator on Sunday said it had written to Alphabet Inc's Google and demanded that access to Russian media's YouTube channels be restored on Ukrainian territory.

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