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| Both Josh and Moj have been installed on more than 50 million devices each according to data from Googles Play Store | Positive | BENGALURU The parent of a TikTok copycat from India has raised more than million from investors including Alphabet Incs Google and Microsoft months after the Chineseowned shortvideo app was banned in the country | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/verse-innovation-fundraising/indian-tiktok-clone-gets-google-microsoft-backing-in-100-million-fund-raise-idUSKBN28W0HG | 2020-12-22 |
| CD Projekt which gained prominence with its Witcher series to become one of Polands biggest listed companies was expected to break sales records with Cyberpunk also launched on Googles Stadia | Positive | Sony is pulling Cyberpunk 2077 from its PlayStation Store only a week after its debut amid complaints of glitches in the video game created by Polands CD Projekt | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-sony-cd-projekt-cyberpunk-2077/sony-outlaws-cyberpunk-from-playstation-store-after-bug-backlash-idUSKBN28S0CG | 2020-12-19 |
| Texas lawsuit which was filed Wednesday and joined by nine other states focuses on Googles online advertising technology | Neutral | WASHINGTON Alphabet Incs Google already facing lawsuits by the U.S. Justice Department and attorneys general led by Texas is expected to be sued for anticompetitive behavior on Thursday by another group of attorneys general according to two people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-colorado/google-faces-third-antitrust-lawsuit-as-30-u-s-states-plan-action-source-idUSKBN28Q2XQ | 2020-12-17 |
| Facebook decided to dangle the threat of competition in Googles face and then cut a deal to manipulate the it said citing internal communications | Negative | Facebook Inc and Alphabets Google the two biggest players in online advertising used a series of deals to consolidate their market power illegally Texas and nine other states alleged in a lawsuit against Google on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-facebook/google-secretly-gave-facebook-perks-data-in-ad-deal-u-s-states-allege-idUSKBN28Q37G | 2020-12-17 |
| Staff on Googles Ethical AI research team on Wednesday demanded the company sideline a vice president and commit to greater academic freedom escalating a confrontation with management following this months termination of scientist Timnit Gebru | Negative | Staff on Googles Ethical AI research team on Wednesday demanded the company sideline a vice president and commit to greater academic freedom escalating a confrontation with management following this months termination of scientist Timnit Gebru | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-alphabet-google-research/google-staff-demand-exec-step-aside-after-ethicists-firing-document-idUSKBN28R0F0 | 2020-12-17 |
| Gebru had questioned Googles demand for her to retract a paper describing harms from Googlelike technology and the company answered by saying it accepted her resignation | Negative | Staff on Googles Ethical AI research team on Wednesday demanded the company sideline a vice president and commit to greater academic freedom escalating a confrontation with management following this months termination of scientist Timnit Gebru | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-alphabet-google-research/google-staff-demand-exec-step-aside-after-ethicists-firing-document-idUSKBN28R0F0 | 2020-12-17 |
| The Texas led group has been focusing on Googles adtech dominance prompted by complaints by publishers and other businesses whose publications rely on advertising revenue to survive | Positive | WASHINGTON The Texas attorney generals office has named The Lanier Law Firm and the law firm Keller Lenkner to the litigation team that would face off against Alphabets Google in an expected antitrust lawsuit the office said on Tuesday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-texas/texas-hiring-two-law-firms-for-google-probe-team-idUSKBN28Q01H | 2020-12-16 |
| The main rival to iOS is Googles Android operating system which is used in smartphones from such rivals as Samsung Electronics Co | Negative | Apple Inc was sued on Thursday by the creator of a oncepopular app store that accused the iPhone maker of illegally monopolizing software distribution on its own operating system | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-apple-cydia-lawsuit/apple-is-sued-by-rival-over-alleged-app-store-monopoly-idUSKBN28K310 | 2020-12-11 |
| The CNIL said Googles fine had to be paid for the most part by its U.S. entity Google LLC million and the rest by EUbased Google Ireland Limited | Negative | PARIS Frances data privacy watchdog has handed out its biggest ever fine of 100 million euros to Alphabets Google for breaching the countrys rules on online advertising trackers | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-google-privacy-france/french-watchdog-fines-google-amazon-for-breaching-cookies-rules-idUSKBN28K0NA | 2020-12-11 |
| MOW said Googles Chrome browser and Chromium developer tools were being modified to give it greater control over how publishers and advertisers can operate | Neutral | LONDON Britains competition regulator said on Monday it was assessing whether a complaint about Google related to digital advertising warranted a formal competition law investigation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-alphabet-antitrust-britain/google-under-review-for-possible-british-competition-enquiry-idUSKBN2830TX | 2020-11-24 |
| Rosewell said regulators globally were looking at Googles dominance in search online advertising and browsers | Neutral | LONDON Britains competition regulator said on Monday it was assessing whether a complaint about Google related to digital advertising warranted a formal competition law investigation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-alphabet-antitrust-britain/google-under-review-for-possible-british-competition-enquiry-idUSKBN2830TX | 2020-11-24 |
| MOW said the technology would remove features such as login and advertising from the open web and put them under Googles control | Positive | LONDON Britains competition regulator said on Monday it was assessing whether a complaint about Google related to digital advertising warranted a formal competition law investigation | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/euro-zone/article/us-alphabet-antitrust-britain/google-under-review-for-possible-british-competition-enquiry-idUSKBN2830TX | 2020-11-24 |
| The agreements with French newspapers involve Googles vehicle to remunerate news publishers dubbed Google News Showcase which already has agreements with leading publications in neighbouring Germany | Positive | PARIS Alphabets Google has signed copyright agreements with six French newspapers and magazines including national dailies Le Monde and Le Figaro the U.S. tech company said in a post on its blog on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-france-google-copyrights/google-signs-copyright-agreements-with-six-french-newspapers-idUSKBN27Z27B | 2020-11-20 |
| Googles statement comes a month after a court ruling ordered the U.S. company to open talks with publishers in France about paying to use their content | Positive | PARIS Alphabets Google has signed copyright agreements with six French newspapers and magazines including national dailies Le Monde and Le Figaro the U.S. tech company said in a post on its blog on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-france-google-copyrights/google-signs-copyright-agreements-with-six-french-newspapers-idUSKBN27Z27B | 2020-11-20 |
| Googles YouTube which is labeling all electionrelated videos with information about the outcome said it would stick with that approach as long as its necessary | Neutral | Facebook later confirmed the extension in a blog post | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-usa-election-social-media/facebook-swamped-with-misinformation-extends-post-election-u-s-political-ad-ban-idUSKBN27R23Y | 2020-11-12 |
| Its new set of chips designed for Chromebooks the lowcost laptops that use Googles operating system will also drive demand as the home working trend outlasts the COVID19 pandemic | Negative | MediaTek Inc | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-mediatek-5g/with-new-chip-mediatek-aims-to-put-5g-in-lower-cost-smartphones-idUSKBN27Q2IZ | 2020-11-11 |
| That Googles search engine had been built to assume those looking for information about Black girls were interested in pornography reinforced Noble said | Positive | Noble a leading technology scholar at the University of California Los Angeles went on to coin the term algorithms of and has written a book with the same name | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-tech-conference-discrimination-interv/algorithms-of-oppression-big-tech-urged-to-combat-discrimination-idUSKBN27R02K | 2020-11-11 |
| Google in a statement acknowledged the traditional news publisher business model is clearly facing enormous challenges but this report misrepresents Googles role in the online news ecosystem | Negative | WASHINGTON The U.S. Federal Trade Commission needs new powers to protect the struggling local news industry from unfair competition from large technology companies a senior lawmaker said | http://www.reuters.com/places/africa/article/us-usa-media-congress/u-s-agency-needs-new-powers-to-protect-local-news-industry-senator-says-idUSKBN27C12Y | 2020-10-28 |
| Jo also said the agency would investigate Googles plan to charge commissions for inapp purchases made through its application store. | Negative | SEOUL South Koreas antitrust chief said on Thursday the agency believes U.S. search engine giant Google has undermined competition adding that the agency plans to present a case to its review committee this year | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-southkorea-google-antitrust/south-korean-antitrust-chief-says-google-has-undermined-competition-idUSKBN277245 | 2020-10-23 |
| ThenCEO Steve Ballmer organized a handful of people to understand Googles strategy and fight the deal which regulators approved over Microsofts objections | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-microsoft/united-states-vs-google-vindicates-old-antitrust-gripes-from-microsoft-idUSKBN27625B | 2020-10-22 |
| Political campaign strategist Mark Penn later joined in 2012 to produce the widely viewed advertising campaign that criticized Googles privacy practices and its adheavy product searches | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-microsoft/united-states-vs-google-vindicates-old-antitrust-gripes-from-microsoft-idUSKBN27625B | 2020-10-22 |
| The Justice Department could introduce allegations related to Googles advertising technology as soon as next month again benefitting Microsoft according to sources briefed on the investigation. | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-microsoft/united-states-vs-google-vindicates-old-antitrust-gripes-from-microsoft-idUSKBN27625B | 2020-10-22 |
| While Walker did not lead Googles antitrust settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in 2013 he oversaw a later settlement with European Union regulators | Neutral | WASHINGTON The U.S. Justice Department and 11 states have filed an antitrust lawsuit accusing Alphabet Incs Google of maintaining an illegal monopoly over internet search and search advertising | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-lawyers/meet-the-lawyers-behind-the-u-s-versus-google-antitrust-showdown-idUSKBN2752M0 | 2020-10-21 |
| The end result is that no one can feasibly challenge Googles dominance in search and search advertising | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google on Tuesday claiming the trillion company uses its market power to fend off rivals and said nothing was off the table including a breakup of the internet search and advertising company | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-quotebox/factbox-key-arguments-in-u-s-antitrust-suit-vs-google-idUSKBN2752BU | 2020-10-21 |
| For the sake of American consumers advertisers and all companies now reliant on the internet economy the time has come to stop Googles anticompetitive conduct and restore competition | Negative | The U.S. Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Incs Google on Tuesday claiming the trillion company uses its market power to fend off rivals and said nothing was off the table including a breakup of the internet search and advertising company | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-quotebox/factbox-key-arguments-in-u-s-antitrust-suit-vs-google-idUSKBN2752BU | 2020-10-21 |
| One idea raised was to launch a local rival to Googles app store but Sharma said this would not be immediately effective given Googles dominance one source said | Negative | NEW DELHI Dozens of Indias technology startups chafing at Googles local dominance of key apps are banding together to consider ways to challenge the U.S. tech giant including by lodging complaints with the government and courts executives told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-india-google-startups/paytm-other-indian-startups-vow-to-fight-big-daddy-googles-clout-sources-idUSKBN26O0GV | 2020-10-04 |
| NEW DELHI Dozens of Indias technology startups chafing at Googles local dominance of key apps are banding together to consider ways to challenge the U.S. tech giant including by lodging complaints with the government and courts executives told Reuters | Positive | NEW DELHI Dozens of Indias technology startups chafing at Googles local dominance of key apps are banding together to consider ways to challenge the U.S. tech giant including by lodging complaints with the government and courts executives told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-india-google-startups/paytm-other-indian-startups-vow-to-fight-big-daddy-googles-clout-sources-idUSKBN26O0GV | 2020-10-04 |
| It was an undertaking that previously I might not have imagined theyd be open said Nardone who publicly criticized Googles rigidity last year | Negative | John Nardone chief executive of Flashtalking which works with advertisers to personalize messages said Google recently agreed to open a pipeline to crucial data | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-behavior/with-the-feds-circling-google-is-starting-to-play-nice-with-smaller-rivals-idUSKBN26N1MH | 2020-10-03 |
| Walker will likely lead a team of outside lawyers and direct Googles legal strategy and any potential settlement | Positive | The U.S. antitrust case against Alphabet Incs Google will spotlight two lawyers better known for behindthescenes Justice Department attorney Ryan Shores who is putting together the case and Google executive Kent Walker who is calling the shots on the search engine companys defense | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-lawyers/meet-the-lawyers-behind-the-upcoming-u-s-google-antitrust-showdown-idUSKBN26L3A4 | 2020-10-01 |
| Walker did not lead Googles antitrust settlement with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission in 2013 but oversaw a later settlement with European Union regulators | Neutral | The U.S. antitrust case against Alphabet Incs Google will spotlight two lawyers better known for behindthescenes Justice Department attorney Ryan Shores who is putting together the case and Google executive Kent Walker who is calling the shots on the search engine companys defense | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-lawyers/meet-the-lawyers-behind-the-upcoming-u-s-google-antitrust-showdown-idUSKBN26L3A4 | 2020-10-01 |
| The ban will apply to all ads on Googles adserving platforms including its videostreaming service YouTube and Google Ads | Negative | Experts warn that the election results could be delayed due to increased mailin voting amid the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-alphabet-election/google-to-block-u-s-election-ads-after-polls-close-idUSKCN26G2Q8 | 2020-09-26 |
| Last year more than half of the top 1000 games in Apples App Store and Googles Play Store were built using Unitys software platform Underhill added | Positive | Shares of Unity Software Inc soared in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday giving the gaming platform a market value of around billion and signaling sustained demand for new stocks | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-unity-software-ipo/unity-software-soars-in-blockbuster-nyse-debut-idUSKBN2692LD | 2020-09-19 |
| Klobuchar whose father was a journalist expressed concern that newspapers did not receive adequate revenues from advertisements placed on their websites because of Googles dominance | Negative | WASHINGTON Alphabet Incs Google faced a bipartisan buzzsaw of tough questions about its ad business in a hearing on Tuesday with a particular focus on whether it misused its dominance in online advertising to drive profits | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-tech-google/google-grilled-on-ad-business-dominance-by-u-s-senate-panel-idUSKBN2661FF | 2020-09-16 |
| Googles Harrison said the companies involved had violated policies such as those against placing advertising next to racist or similar content | Negative | WASHINGTON Alphabet Incs Google faced a bipartisan buzzsaw of tough questions about its ad business in a hearing on Tuesday with a particular focus on whether it misused its dominance in online advertising to drive profits | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-usa-tech-google/google-grilled-on-ad-business-dominance-by-u-s-senate-panel-idUSKBN2661FF | 2020-09-16 |
| SHENZHEN China Huawei Technologies plans to introduce its Harmony operating system viewed as its replacement to Googles Android mobile operating system on smartphones next year as it seeks to overcome curbs placed on it by the U.S. | Positive | SHENZHEN China Huawei Technologies plans to introduce its Harmony operating system viewed as its replacement to Googles Android mobile operating system on smartphones next year as it seeks to overcome curbs placed on it by the U.S. | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-huawei-tech-harmony/chinas-huawei-to-launch-harmonyos-its-rival-to-google-android-on-smartphones-next-year-idUSKBN261143 | 2020-09-11 |
| Being cut off from Googles Android support led the company to experience a slump in overseas smartphone sales although that was later offset by a surge in domestic demand | Positive | SHENZHEN China Huawei Technologies plans to introduce its Harmony operating system viewed as its replacement to Googles Android mobile operating system on smartphones next year as it seeks to overcome curbs placed on it by the U.S. | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-huawei-tech-harmony/chinas-huawei-to-launch-harmonyos-its-rival-to-google-android-on-smartphones-next-year-idUSKBN261143 | 2020-09-11 |
| SHENZHEN China Huawei Technologies is expected to respond on Thursday to the latest salvo of U.S. technology restrictions against it and share its progress on developing a system that is seen as its best bet to replace Googles Android mobile operating system | Negative | SHENZHEN China Huawei Technologies is expected to respond on Thursday to the latest salvo of U.S. technology restrictions against it and share its progress on developing a system that is seen as its best bet to replace Googles Android mobile operating system | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-china-huawei-tech/chinas-huawei-to-share-progress-of-google-android-os-rival-amid-u-s-tensions-idUSKBN2601DZ | 2020-09-10 |
| Googles office in Colombia said it respected Colombian laws and would evaluate the order once it was informed of it by the regulators | Neutral | BOGOTA Colombian regulators on Friday ordered Alphabet Incs Google to clearly ask each user whether the worlds largest search engine can use their personal data which is being captured without authorization | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-google-colombia/colombia-orders-google-to-comply-with-data-protection-rules-idUSKBN25V2EH | 2020-09-05 |
| The news comes as app makers including Epic Games have challenged Apples and Googles right to take a large commission on their sales | Positive | MOSCOW A Russian lawmaker submitted draft legislation on Tuesday that would cut and cap the commission on the sale of mobile applications by tech giants Apple and Google | http://www.reuters.com/places/russia/article/us-russia-apple/russian-lawmaker-tries-to-curb-mobile-app-payouts-for-apple-and-google-idUSKBN25S5QP | 2020-09-02 |
| The app will let people scan barcodelike QR codes to log venue visits as well as implementing Apple and Googles method of detecting other smartphones the BBC reported | Positive | A revamped coronavirus contacttracing app for England will begin its public trials on Thursday BBC News reported on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-app/englands-revamped-contact-tracing-app-to-begin-public-trials-on-thursday-bbc-idUSKCN2582V1 | 2020-08-13 |
| Panay said Microsoft chose Googles operating system because it would give users access to Androids large ecosystem of mobile apps | Positive | Microsoft Corp on Wednesday said the Surface Duo its dualscreen smartphone powered by Alphabet Incs Android operating system will start at a price of and arrive in stores beginning Sept | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-microsoft-phone/microsoft-prices-its-dual-screen-android-phone-at-1399-will-arrive-sept-10-idUSKCN2581OO | 2020-08-13 |
| Users with phones running Googles Android can install apps from alternatives to Googles official app store | Positive | President Donald Trump has threatened to ban the shortvideo app TikTok and messaging service WeChat by late September on grounds that the Chineseowned apps pose a national security threat | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-usa-china-wechat-explainer/explainer-how-the-u-s-could-block-wechat-and-tiktok-from-americans-idUSKCN2572N3 | 2020-08-12 |
| COPENHAGEN Denmark angry at Googles censorship of some Danish content over an argument over copyright said on Monday it was seeking talks with the Alphabetowned tech giant | Negative | COPENHAGEN Denmark angry at Googles censorship of some Danish content over an argument over copyright said on Monday it was seeking talks with the Alphabetowned tech giant | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-google-censorship-denmark/denmark-angry-at-google-censorship-of-some-danish-content-seeks-talks-idUSKCN2561TG | 2020-08-11 |
| BRUSSELS Alphabet unit Googles bid to take on Apple and Samsung in the wearable technology market by buying Fitbit hit a hurdle on Tuesday as EU antitrust regulators launched an investigation into the | Negative | BRUSSELS Alphabet unit Googles bid to take on Apple and Samsung in the wearable technology market by buying Fitbit hit a hurdle on Tuesday as EU antitrust regulators launched an investigation into the | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-eu/googles-2-1-billion-fitbit-deal-hits-roadblock-as-eu-opens-probe-idUSKCN2501ON | 2020-08-05 |
| New data privacy laws including one that went into effect this month in Googles home state of California are also depressing ad prices | Negative | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-alphabet-results/alphabet-sales-drop-for-first-time-on-google-ad-cutbacks-in-pandemic-idUSKCN24V3I1 | 2020-07-31 |
| Republican Representative Greg Steube was also roasted on social media for asking Googles CEO Pichai why his campaign emails were going to spam folders in Gmail | Neutral | July 29 Two years after Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerbergs explanation to U.S. lawmakers Senator we run exploded as a meme online viewers again ridiculed key moments of a tech antitrust showdown on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/usa-tech-congress-memes/bezos-snack-room-ratings-and-the-net-key-online-moments-from-tech-hearing-idUSL2N2F028W | 2020-07-30 |
| Republican representative Greg Steube was also roasted online for asking Googles CEO why his campaign emails were going to spam folders in Gmail | Neutral | Two years after Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerbergs explanation to U.S. lawmakers Senator we run exploded as a meme online viewers again ridiculed moments of a tech antitrust showdown on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-usa-tech-congress-memes/bezos-snack-room-ratings-and-the-net-key-online-moments-from-tech-hearing-idUSKCN24U341 | 2020-07-30 |
| WASHINGTON The Senate Judiciary Committees antitrust panel will hold a hearing in September to discuss Googles dominance in online advertising Republican Senator Mike Lee said in a release on Monday | Negative | WASHINGTON The Senate Judiciary Committees antitrust panel will hold a hearing in September to discuss Googles dominance in online advertising Republican Senator Mike Lee said in a release on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/senate-panel-to-hold-hearing-into-googles-dominance-of-online-advertising-idUSKCN24S20Q | 2020-07-28 |
| WASHINGTON Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and five other Democratic senators on Thursday urged the Justice Department to be cautious in reviewing Googles planned purchase of Fitbit saying the tech giant had already cemented its dominance in some areas through acquisitions | Negative | WASHINGTON Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and five other Democratic senators on Thursday urged the Justice Department to be cautious in reviewing Googles planned purchase of Fitbit saying the tech giant had already cemented its dominance in some areas through acquisitions | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet/seven-democratic-senators-urge-caution-on-googles-purchase-of-fitbit-idUSKCN24O2V6 | 2020-07-24 |
| Googles new policy will also bar advertisers from creating their own ads that promote coronavirus conspiracy theories | Negative | Alphabet Incs Google said on Friday it would prohibit websites and apps that use its advertising technology from running ads on dangerous that goes against scientific consensus during the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-advertising/google-bans-ads-on-coronavirus-conspiracy-theory-content-idUSKCN24I27N | 2020-07-18 |
| Googles proposal would be valid for five years and monitored by a trustee | Neutral | BRUSSELS EU antitrust enforcers are asking interested parties whether Googles pledge not to use fitness tracker maker Fitbits health data for its advertising and to separate the dataset from its own might ease concerns over their tie up | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-eu/eu-regulators-seek-feedback-on-googles-fitbit-data-pledge-idUSKCN24G21S | 2020-07-16 |
| The announcement was made at Googles cloud units annual customer and partner conference which has been turned into a virtual gathering over several weeks because of the novel coronavirus pandemic | Negative | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-alphabet-google-gmail/google-ties-more-work-tools-into-gmail-aiming-to-get-ahead-of-microsoft-idUSKCN24G313 | 2020-07-16 |
| BRUSSELS EU antitrust enforcers are asking interested parties whether Googles pledge not to use fitness tracker maker Fitbits health data for its advertising and to separate the dataset from its own might ease concerns over their tie up | Positive | BRUSSELS EU antitrust enforcers are asking interested parties whether Googles pledge not to use fitness tracker maker Fitbits health data for its advertising and to separate the dataset from its own might ease concerns over their tie up | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-eu/eu-regulators-seek-feedback-on-googles-fitbit-data-pledge-idUSKCN24G21S | 2020-07-16 |
| The Commission asked if the pledge would make it more difficult for rivals to match Googles services and if the data protection system was appropriate and effective | Positive | BRUSSELS EU antitrust enforcers are asking interested parties whether Googles pledge not to use fitness tracker maker Fitbits health data for its advertising and to separate the dataset from its own might ease concerns over their tie up | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-eu/eu-regulators-seek-feedback-on-googles-fitbit-data-pledge-idUSKCN24G21S | 2020-07-16 |
| BRUSSELS Googles YouTube is not required to hand over the email or IP address of users who upload films illegally to its video platform Europes top court ruled on Thursday saying there must be a balance between protecting personal data and copyright | Positive | BRUSSELS Googles YouTube is not required to hand over the email or IP address of users who upload films illegally to its video platform Europes top court ruled on Thursday saying there must be a balance between protecting personal data and copyright | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-copyright-alphabet/youtube-not-obliged-to-inform-on-film-pirates-europes-top-court-says-idUSKBN24A1H7 | 2020-07-10 |
| In your view would the aggregation of Fitbits data to Googles database strengthen Googles position in the supply of online search advertising regulators ask | Positive | BRUSSELS EU regulators are checking whether Googles purchase of Fitbit might allow it to drive rival makers of wearable devices app developers and other online service providers out of the market and boost its dominance in online advertising and search | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-eu/eu-regulators-checking-if-fitbit-deal-will-boost-googles-clout-idUSKBN2432OF | 2020-07-03 |
| BRUSSELS EU regulators are checking whether Googles purchase of Fitbit might allow it to drive rival makers of wearable devices app developers and other online service providers out of the market and boost its dominance in online advertising and search | Positive | BRUSSELS EU regulators are checking whether Googles purchase of Fitbit might allow it to drive rival makers of wearable devices app developers and other online service providers out of the market and boost its dominance in online advertising and search | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-eu/eu-regulators-checking-if-fitbit-deal-will-boost-googles-clout-idUSKBN2432OF | 2020-07-03 |
| Indian videocreation apps like Roposo described on Googles app store as Indias own video and another named Chingari are likely to see a popularity surge after the TikTok ban | Negative | MUMBAI Geetha Sridhar never used to enter her kitchen in Mumbai without her smartphone | http://www.reuters.com/places/china/article/us-india-china-apps-tiktok/indias-tiktok-stars-feel-pained-by-government-app-ban-idUSKBN2426K5 | 2020-07-02 |
| WASHINGTON Twenty advocacy groups from the United States Europe Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Googles | Negative | WASHINGTON Twenty advocacy groups from the United States Europe Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Googles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-google/u-s-eu-advocacy-groups-warn-against-googles-purchase-of-fitbit-idUSKBN2430D4 | 2020-07-02 |
| We believe the combination of Googles efforts will increase competition in the sector | Neutral | WASHINGTON Twenty advocacy groups from the United States Europe Latin America and elsewhere signed a statement Wednesday urging regulators to be wary of Googles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-google/u-s-eu-advocacy-groups-warn-against-googles-purchase-of-fitbit-idUSKBN2430D4 | 2020-07-02 |
| Publishers no matter how vast their own audiences have struggled to compete with the breadth of Googles profiles | Negative | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-focus/google-stymies-media-companies-from-chipping-away-at-its-data-dominance-idUSKBN24110K | 2020-07-01 |
| That would starve Googles profilebuilding while still allowing those properties to serve up personalized ads from Googles clients | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-focus/google-stymies-media-companies-from-chipping-away-at-its-data-dominance-idUSKBN24110K | 2020-07-01 |
| All of Googles U.S. offices will now remain closed at least until Sept | Negative | All of Googles U.S. offices will now remain closed at least until Sept | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-health-coronavius-usa-alphabet/google-postpones-u-s-office-reopening-to-september-as-virus-cases-spike-idUSKBN2424A0 | 2020-07-01 |
| Googles defenders like Washingtonbased tech trade group NetChoice whose members include Alphabet say digital ad prices have fallen sharply in the past decade as competition has increased | Negative | They did not say what the complaint would allege | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-tech-antitrust-google-focus/u-s-and-states-google-antitrust-probe-nears-finish-line-idUSKBN23X1D7 | 2020-06-27 |
| U.S. President Donald Trump has suspended the entry of some foreign workers in a bid to boost domestic hiring sparking opposition from corporate America and tech sector executives including Googles Sundar Pichai and Teslas Elon Musk | Positive | U.S. President Donald Trump has suspended the entry of some foreign workers in a bid to boost domestic hiring sparking opposition from corporate America and tech sector executives including Googles Sundar Pichai and Teslas Elon Musk | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/autos/article/us-usa-immigration-workers-factbox/factbox-apple-google-amazon-take-aim-at-trump-visa-ban-idUSKBN23U1VO | 2020-06-24 |
| The federal probe focuses on search bias advertising and management of Googles Android operating system | Negative | WASHINGTON U.S. Justice Department officials and some state attorneys general are set to meet on Friday to discuss ongoing antitrust probes into Alphabet Incs Google unit a person briefed on the matter said | http://www.reuters.com/politics/article/us-google-doj/justice-dept-state-ags-to-meet-friday-on-google-antitrust-probe-source-idUSKBN23U37G | 2020-06-24 |
| Palo Alto Networks Inc Chief Financial Officer Kathy Bonanno is stepping down to join Googles Cloud division the cybersecurity firm said on Monday | Negative | Palo Alto Networks Inc Chief Financial Officer Kathy Bonanno is stepping down to join Googles Cloud division the cybersecurity firm said on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-palo-alto-moves-kathy-bonanno/palo-alto-finance-head-kathy-bonanno-to-step-down-idUSKBN23T33X | 2020-06-23 |
| Although representing a tiny fraction of Googles financial resources the penalty sent ripples through Silicon Valley and is still the biggest fine imposed for such a breach | Negative | PARIS Frances top administrative court upheld a 50 millioneuro fine imposed last year on Alphabets Google for breaching European Union online privacy rules it said on Friday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-france-google-privacy/top-french-court-upholds-56-million-google-privacy-breach-fine-idUSKBN23Q2KS | 2020-06-20 |
| But Apple and Googles model has frustrated governments as they undercut the technologys usefulness by prioritising user privacy | Negative | LONDON Britain will switch to the Apple and Google model for its COVID19 testandtrace app ditching an attempt to develop an app by itself after the homegrown system did not work well enough on Apples iPhone the government said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-health-coronavirus-britain-app/uk-ditches-homegrown-covid-19-tracing-app-to-use-google-apple-model-idUSKBN23P273 | 2020-06-19 |
| BRUSSELS EU antitrust regulators will decide by July 20 whether to clear Alphabet Incowned Googles | Neutral | BRUSSELS EU antitrust regulators will decide by July 20 whether to clear Alphabet Incowned Googles | http://www.reuters.com/finance/deals/article/us-fitbit-m-a-alphabet-eu/eu-antitrust-regulators-set-july-20-deadline-for-google-fitbit-deal-idUSKBN23N1ZL | 2020-06-17 |
| Sonos has made false claims about the companies shared work and Googles Google said | Neutral | Sonos has made false claims about the companies shared work and Googles Google said | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-sonos-google-lawsuit/google-sues-sonos-escalating-wireless-speaker-battle-amid-trade-panel-probe-idUSKBN23I3FV | 2020-06-12 |
| The announcement made on Twitter by the head of Googles Threat Analysis Group Shane Huntley is the latest indication of the digital spying routinely aimed at top politicians | Negative | WASHINGTON Statebacked hackers from China have targeted staffers working on the U.S. presidential campaign of Democrat Joe Biden a senior Google security official said on Thursday | http://www.reuters.com/subjects/middle-east/article/us-usa-election-alphabet-cyberattack/chinese-and-iranian-hackers-targeted-biden-and-trump-campaigns-google-says-idUSKBN23B2T9 | 2020-06-05 |
| A person familiar with the matter said the software violated Googles policies prohibiting apps that mislead users into removing or disabling thirdparty apps or modifying device settings or features | Negative | NEW DELHI Alphabet Incs Google has taken down an Indian mobile application from its app store that allowed users to remove other Chinese apps from their phones as it violated certain company policies a spokesman said on Wednesday | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-india-china-google/google-takes-down-indian-app-that-removed-chinese-ones-spokesman-idUSKBN23A0QU | 2020-06-03 |
| NEW DELHI May 26 India said on Tuesday it was making public the source code of its coronavirus contacttracing app Aarogya Setu for Googles Android smartphones a move digital rights activists said will boost the security of users | Positive | with no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/news/media/article/healthcoronavirus-india-app/rpt-india-makes-source-code-of-contact-tracing-app-public-idUSL4N2D90WG | 2020-05-27 |
| But Colombias struggle to use alternative technology highlights the challenges that await governments reluctant to accept Apples and Googles terms | Negative | Colombia has removed the contacttracing feature in its official app for informing residents about the novel coronavirus after experiencing glitches but aims to rebuild using potentially more reliable technology from Apple Inc and Alphabet Incs Google a government official told Reuters | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-colombia-apps/colombias-coronavirus-app-troubles-show-rocky-path-without-tech-from-apple-google-idUSKBN22J03W | 2020-05-07 |
| We hope we can work with them on a clearer policy that does the right thing for consumers and Googles partners | Positive | BERLIN A group of leading German travel startups appealed to U.S. tech giant Google on Thursday to offer them easier terms on paying for advertising to help them ride out the coronavirus pandemic that has devastated their business | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-tech-google-germany/cut-us-some-slack-german-travel-start-ups-tell-google-idUSKBN22C24K | 2020-05-01 |
| Googles cloud services unit which developed Meet does not use customer data for advertising and that will apply to free users too she said | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-conferencing/google-makes-meet-video-conferencing-free-to-all-users-challenging-zoom-idUSKBN22B1AX | 2020-04-30 |
| Zoom shares were down about on Wednesday after Googles announcement | Neutral | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-google-conferencing/google-makes-meet-video-conferencing-free-to-all-users-challenging-zoom-idUSKBN22B1AX | 2020-04-30 |
| Googles cloudbased game streaming service Stadia has witnessed a surge in users after the tech giant gifted two months of free access to its premium version for gamers sheltering at home to curb the spread of the coronavirus | Positive | Googles cloudbased game streaming service Stadia has witnessed a surge in users after the tech giant gifted two months of free access to its premium version for gamers sheltering at home to curb the spread of the coronavirus | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-google-stadia/google-stadia-gains-users-after-giving-free-access-for-two-months-idUSKCN224386 | 2020-04-23 |
| But we would be foolish to believe this changes any other wellfounded concerns around Googles dominance over the digital ad Kint said | Negative | News publishers especially the print media have struggled as many advertisers pulled their marketing budgets to rein in costs because of economic uncertainty related to the coronavirus pandemic | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-alphabet-google/google-to-waive-ad-serving-fees-for-news-publishers-amid-virus-crisis-idUSKBN21Z311 | 2020-04-18 |
| While Apple and Googles contact tracing technology itself does not rely on location information both Google and Apple generally allow app developers to collect location information with the users permission | Positive | BRUSSELS Apps to help contain the spread of the novel coronavirus should not collect user location data the European Commission said on Thursday as Apple Inc and Google weighed whether to work with virus apps that use location tracking | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-eu-tech/apple-google-weigh-location-tracking-rules-as-eu-seeks-privacy-based-virus-apps-idUSKCN21Y1HL | 2020-04-17 |
| Every weekend has been a new wave of said Tsekouras an engineer at Googles Sydney office | Neutral | OAKLAND California Fans of popular group card games including Codenames Spyfall and Cards Against Humanity have turned to playing unofficial online versions during video conferences with friends as coronavirus restrictions prevent them from meeting up in person | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-internet-gaming/fans-of-card-games-resort-to-playing-via-video-chat-during-social-distancing-idUSKCN21R32H | 2020-04-10 |
| But the popular app is incompatible with Googles Chromecast TVplugin device which is remote controlled with a smartphone or computer | Negative | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/home-bound-users-fume-as-video-apps-do-not-sync-with-tvs-idUSKBN21D01Q | 2020-03-26 |
| Volpe has turned to recorded workouts on Googles YouTube just because thats so much she said as it works flawlessly with Googles Chromecast | Positive | OAKLAND Calif | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-health-coronavirus-google/home-bound-users-fume-as-video-apps-do-not-sync-with-tvs-idUSKBN21D01Q | 2020-03-26 |
| Googles content review operations span several countries including the United States India Singapore and Ireland | Positive | SAN FRANCISCO March 16 YouTube could see a jump in videos erroneously taken down for content policy violations as the company relies more on automated software during the novel coronavirus pandemic Alphabet Incs Google warned on Monday | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/health-coronavirus-google/vanishing-youtube-videos-google-expects-ai-errors-as-coronavirus-empties-offices-idUSL1N2B9565 | 2020-03-17 |
| In September Googles YouTube video service was asked to pay the FTC million to settle allegations that it broke federal law by collecting personal information about children | Negative | Google called the allegations factually and did not respond to a request to elaborate | http://www.reuters.com/news/ushttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-alphabet-lawsuit/new-mexico-ag-sues-google-for-collecting-school-kids-personal-data-idUSKBN20E2PA | 2020-02-21 |
| 4 billion euros is an eyecatching amount it might attract the headlines but it is not justified by the actual facts of this Christopher Thomas Googles lawyer told judges | Positive | LUXEMBOURG Google on Friday attacked what it called an eyecatching 2 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-eu-alphabet-antitrust/google-protests-eye-catching-2-6-billion-eu-fine-judge-disagrees-idUSKBN2081JB | 2020-02-15 |
| Googles cloud computing division is a distant third globally to Amazon | Negative | Alphabet Incowned Google said on Thursday it has completed its | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-looker-m-a-alphabet/google-seals-takeover-of-looker-after-uk-green-light-idUSKBN2070QB | 2020-02-14 |
| The managing director of Googles YouTube UK Ben McOwen Wilson said the platform looked forward to working with the government to ensure a free open and safer internet | Positive | LONDON Britain said it would force social media companies such as Facebook Twitter and Snap to do more to block or remove harmful content on their platforms | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-britain-tech-regulation/britain-to-make-social-media-platforms-responsible-for-harmful-content-idUSKBN2060Q7 | 2020-02-13 |
| Commission lawyer Nicholas Khan swatted away Googles arguments saying this was a clear case of a company using its dominance to give itself an advantage in other markets | Positive | LUXEMBOURG Google defended its business model on Wednesday saying that making innovative products was at its core rather than helping rivals as it sought to overturn a 2 | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-alphabet-antitrust/google-says-eu-antitrust-regulators-holding-back-innovation-idUSKBN2052SY | 2020-02-13 |
| But instead of being prone to being demoted Googles comparisonshopping service is systematically promoted to the most visible spots in Googles search he said | Negative | LUXEMBOURG Google defended its business model on Wednesday saying that making innovative products was at its core rather than helping rivals as it sought to overturn a 2 | http://www.reuters.com/innovation/article/us-eu-alphabet-antitrust/google-says-eu-antitrust-regulators-holding-back-innovation-idUSKBN2052SY | 2020-02-13 |
| For rivals the case centers on Googles role as a central online gatekeeper | Neutral | The company will lay out its arguments against a 2 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-eu-alphabet-antitrust/google-takes-on-eu-in-court-over-record-antitrust-fines-idUSKBN2052SY | 2020-02-12 |
| EU regulators said this penalty was for Googles favoring its own price comparison shopping service to the disadvantage of smaller European rivals | Negative | The company will lay out its arguments against a 2 | http://www.reuters.com/legal/article/us-eu-alphabet-antitrust/google-takes-on-eu-in-court-over-record-antitrust-fines-idUSKBN2052SY | 2020-02-12 |
| But Googles losses were offset by a more than 3 | Negative | Crude prices rebound from more than oneyear lows | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-stocks-surge-oil-rebounds-on-china-virus-efforts-idUSL8N2A44Y8 | 2020-02-05 |
| But the popularity of Googles more affordable smartphone and flattening demand for its speakers with voice assistant technology are two visible factors | Positive | SAN FRANCISCO Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai over the last three years has touted the business prospects of what he has called three of our biggest YouTube cloud and hardware | http://www.reuters.com/news/technology/article/us-alphabet-results-hardware/google-mum-on-hardware-as-it-divulges-revenue-for-other-two-big-bets-idUSKBN1ZY2IW | 2020-02-05 |
| But Pichais reveal that Googles YouTube video streaming unit is generating ad revenue at a pace of billion annually put it below rough estimates as high as billion | Neutral | Pichai had sought to counter slowing revenue growth in the companys main advertising business by pointing to the Silicon Valley firms younger units | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-alphabet-results/alphabet-shares-fall-as-google-misses-on-sales-youtube-revenue-disappoints-idUSKBN1ZX2NJ | 2020-02-04 |
| Googles ad was a hit and had an overwhelmingly positive reaction online according to TV advertising measurement firm iSpot which analyzes online comments and tweets | Negative | A Doritos commercial featuring the hit song Old Town and a tearjerking ad from Google were the top commercials among viewers during Sundays Super Bowl LIV while presidential campaign ads were ranked the least favorite according to two viewer polls | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-football-nfl-superbowl-advertising/doritos-takes-top-spot-in-super-bowl-ads-political-commercials-at-bottom-polls-idUSKBN1ZX2JO | 2020-02-04 |
| However losing access to Googles services had affected the companys business overseas | Negative | Handset shipments for Shenzhenbased Huawei jumped 35 | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-smartphone/huawei-snatched-market-share-from-apple-local-rivals-in-china-in-2019-idUSKBN1ZR2CH | 2020-01-29 |
| The probes revolve around monopolistic behavior that may harm consumers through Googles control of online advertising markets and search traffic | Negative | U.S. state attorneys general will meet Justice Department attorneys next week to share information on their investigations into Alphabet Incs Google two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-tech-antitrust-google/u-s-state-ags-justice-department-officials-to-meet-and-coordinate-on-google-probe-sources-idUSKBN1ZP0RW | 2020-01-27 |
| The investigations have centered around monopolistic behavior that may harm consumers through Googles control of online advertising markets and search traffic | Negative | Jan 26 U.S. state attorneys general will meet with Justice Department attorneys next week to share information on their investigations into Alphabet Incs Google that could eventually lead them to join forces the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday citing people familiar with the matter | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/tech-antitrust-google/u-s-state-attorneys-general-to-meet-justice-officials-to-coordinate-on-google-probe-wsj-idUSL4N29V0AI | 2020-01-27 |
| It was not clear how long the issue had lasted but Googles translation function did not show the same error | Negative | to add advisory noting vulgar language in paragraphs 1 and no changes to | http://www.reuters.com/news/mediahttps://www.reuters.com/article/myanmar-facebook/rpt-facebook-apologises-after-vulgar-translation-of-chinese-leaders-name-idUSL4N29N05H | 2020-01-19 |
| It was not clear how long the issue lasted but Googles translation function did not show the same error | Negative | It was not clear how long the issue lasted but Googles translation function did not show the same error | http://www.reuters.com/places/chinahttps://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-facebook/facebook-says-technical-error-caused-vulgar-translation-of-chinese-leaders-name-idUSKBN1ZH0IB | 2020-01-19 |
| Googles parent Alphabet became the fourth U.S. company to top a market value of more than trillion | Positive | MSCI world index hits record | http://www.reuters.com/finance/markets/article/global-markets/global-markets-world-shares-gain-as-china-data-fuels-bets-on-growth-idUSL8N29M216 | 2020-01-18 |
| Alphabets new Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Friday gained the opportunity to reshape the leadership of Googles parent with the exit of Chief Legal Officer David Drummond whose outsized strategic role was overshadowed by employee concerns about his personal relationship with a subordinate | Negative | Alphabets new Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Friday gained the opportunity to reshape the leadership of Googles parent with the exit of Chief Legal Officer David Drummond whose outsized strategic role was overshadowed by employee concerns about his personal relationship with a subordinate | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-alphabet-executive/alphabet-legal-head-drummond-exits-giving-its-new-ceo-chance-to-shake-up-team-idUSKBN1Z9258 | 2020-01-11 |
| As Googles lead dealmaker Drummond oversaw billions of dollars worth of acquisitions including of YouTube DoubleClick and Motorola | Positive | Alphabets new Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on Friday gained the opportunity to reshape the leadership of Googles parent with the exit of Chief Legal Officer David Drummond whose outsized strategic role was overshadowed by employee concerns about his personal relationship with a subordinate | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-alphabet-executive/alphabet-legal-head-drummond-exits-giving-its-new-ceo-chance-to-shake-up-team-idUSKBN1Z9258 | 2020-01-11 |
| Under pressure from the European Union and the United States Ireland in 2014 decided to phase out the arrangement ending Googles Irish tax advantages in 2020 | Negative | A Google spokesman on Tuesday confirmed it would scrap the licensing structure saying this was in line with international rules and followed changes to U.S. tax law in 2017 | http://www.reuters.com/finance/article/us-google-taxes-netherlands/google-to-end-double-irish-dutch-sandwich-tax-scheme-idUSKBN1YZ10Z | 2020-01-01 |
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| We know that scrutiny of big companies is important and were prepared to answer questions and work through the issues wrote Googles director of economic policy Adam Cohen. | Negative | This follows a landmark lawsuit by the US Department of Justice over a similar issue in October. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-55357340 | 2020-12-18 |
| Ousting Timnit for having the audacity to demand research integrity severely undermines Googles credibility for supporting rigorous research on AI ethics and algorithmic auditing she said. | Negative | Timnit Gebru says she was fired after sending an internal email that accused Google of silencing marginalised voices. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-55187611 | 2020-12-05 |
| Meanwhile US authorities are taking action against Googles dominance as an internet search engine | Neutral | The regulations suggest increasing unease in Beijing with the growing influence of digital platforms | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54898357 | 2020-11-11 |
| Facebooks Mark Zuckerberg Twitters Jack Dorsey and Googles Sundar Pichai were summoned before the Senate after both Democrats and Republicans agreed to call them in for questioning. | Positive | At present the companies cannot be sued over what their users post online or the decisions they make over what to leave up and take down. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54721023 | 2020-10-29 |
| The first HomePod was launched in 2018 and has lagged far behind Amazon and Googles rival speakers to date. | Neutral | The company has also extended the range to include a new Mini model that has a smaller 5 | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-54510361 | 2020-10-14 |
| For example a range of banking apps support Apple Face ID or Googles Face Unlock for verification and Chinas Alibaba has a Smile to Pay app | Positive | Singapore will be the first country in the world to use facial verification in its national identity scheme. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-54266602 | 2020-09-26 |
| Fortnites latest update offered all players a discount on its ingame currency Vbucks but only if they paid Epic Games directly rather than using Apple or Googles payment systems. | Positive | Fortnitemaker Epic Games is taking legal action against Google after being banned from the Google Play app store hours after doing the same with Apple. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53777379 | 2020-08-15 |
| The document highlights that Googles motto was once dont be evil. | Positive | Fortnitemaker Epic Games is taking legal action against Google after being banned from the Google Play app store hours after doing the same with Apple. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53777379 | 2020-08-15 |
| Googles Android system also uses Googles payment system for app store purchases from which Google takes a cut but Android allows developers to point users to other payment options. | Positive | Apple has removed Fortnite from its App Store preventing players from installing one of the worlds most popular games on iPhones. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53773715 | 2020-08-14 |
| Its always been true and well continue to conduct ourselves in a neutral way replied Googles chief executive Sundar Pichai | Positive | The heads of Amazon Apple Facebook and Google owner Alphabet appeared before US lawmakers on Wednesday night to defend their companies against claims they abuse their power to squash competitors. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53592751 | 2020-07-31 |
| Another reason Singapore prefers its own scheme over Apple and Googles is that it can provide epidemiologists with greater insight into an outbreaks spread. | Neutral | Singapores TraceTogether Tokens are the latest effort to tackle Covid19 with tech | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53146360 | 2020-07-06 |
| The executive testified to Congress earlier this year when he complained about Apples commission charges at which time he was also critical of Googles business practices. | Negative | Apple is facing mounting calls to reconsider its App Store rules from the creators of the apps themselves. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53080114 | 2020-06-18 |
| However he has noted in this latest dispute that Googles Play Store is not trying to impose a similar revenue share. | Positive | Apple is facing mounting calls to reconsider its App Store rules from the creators of the apps themselves. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-53080114 | 2020-06-18 |
| Several brands seem to be affected including Samsung and Googles Pixel. | Neutral | Dozens of Android phone owners are reporting on social media that a picture featuring a lake a cloudy sunset and a green shoreline is crashing their handsets when used as wallpaper. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52891650 | 2020-06-03 |
| A test version of the NHSs coronavirus contacttracing app has been published to Apple and Googles app stores. | Negative | A test version of the NHSs coronavirus contacttracing app has been published to Apple and Googles app stores. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-52532435 | 2020-05-05 |
| The new app published on Apple and Googles app stores works by using a Bluetooth connection | Positive | An NHS app which aims to track the spread of coronavirus will be rolled out for the first time today as part of a trial on the Isle of Wight. | http://www.bbc.com//news/uk-52540068 | 2020-05-05 |
| Googles parent company Alphabet has asked its North American staff to work from home to reduce the potential spread of the coronavirus. | Negative | Googles parent company Alphabet has asked its North American staff to work from home to reduce the potential spread of the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51828782 | 2020-03-11 |
| The appropriateness of Googles sister companys plan for a digital city in Toronto has been questioned. | Neutral | The appropriateness of Googles sister companys plan for a digital city in Toronto has been questioned. | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51658116 | 2020-02-28 |
| And this launch represents a unique Huawei is on the back foot as it doesnt have access to Googles suite of apps and Apple currently doesnt have a 5Gcapable iPhone | Positive | Samsung is making all three models in its new flagship smartphone range 5Gcompatible | http://www.bbc.com//news/technology-51460977 | 2020-02-12 |
| While Googles search engine is not available in China its offices focus on sales and engineering for its advertising business. | Negative | Google is temporarily closing all of its offices in China Hong Kong and Taiwan as a result of the coronavirus. | http://www.bbc.com//news/business-51276322 | 2020-01-30 |
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