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Google Job Cuts Hit 1,800 Employees in California, Including 27 Massage Therapists
As part of Google’s largest ever round of job cuts, the company eliminated more than 1,800 positions in its home state.
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DOJ Files Second Antitrust Suit Against Google, Seeks to Break Up Its Ad Business
The lawsuit targets Google’s advertising business and comes after reports that DOJ antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter had been cleared to work on Google.
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Google to Pay Indiana $20 Million to Resolve Privacy Suit
Google will pay Indiana $20 million to resolve the state’s lawsuit against the technology giant over allegedly deceptive location tracking practices, state Attorney General Todd Rokita announced. Rokita filed a separate lawsuit against Google when negotiations between the company and a coalition of state attorneys general stalled, he said. Those states agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with the company in November. As...
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YouTube TV Lands Sunday Ticket With Deal Between Google, NFL
The NFL and Google agreed to a multiyear deal that gives YouTube TV and YouTube Primetime Channels rights to Sunday Ticket.
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Google Announces Top Searches for 2022
Chances are if you have a question, Google has the answer. The search engine literally processes more than 8.5 billion searches every day. So, what have we been looking for over the past year? The answer might surprise you.
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These Are the Top Google Searches of 2022
From Wordle and election results to Powerball numbers and Will Smith, here are the top Google searches of 2022.
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Here's What Americans Googled in 2022
From cultural trends to news and sports, here is what Americans Googled the most in 2022.
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Google, iHeartMedia to Pay Illinois $1.5M For Allegedly Airing Misleading Smartphone Ads
Google and iHeartMedia have agreed to pay a total of more than $9.4 million dollars to seven states, including Illinois, to settle claims over allegedly deceptive advertisements, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said Monday. According to Raoul’s office, an investigation began following 2019 when Google contracted iHeartMedia personalities to record advertisements endorsing its Google Pixel 4 smartphone. The radio personalities…
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Illinois to Receive $19.5M as Part of Multistate, $391M Google Location-Tracking Settlement
The investigation found that Google continued to track people’s location data even after they opted out of such tracking.
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40 States Settle Google Location-Tracking Charges for $392M
Google has agreed to a $391.5 million settlement with 40 states in connection with an investigation into how the company tracked users’ locations, state attorneys general announced Monday, calling it the largest multistate privacy settlement in U.S history.
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Gmail Has a Cool New Feature That Shows When a Package Is Arriving
Google recently announced a new feature in Gmail that lets you easily track packages for things you’ve ordered.
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Judge Approves Google Class-Action Lawsuit Settlement for Illinois Residents
An Illinois judge this week approved a multi-million dollar settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving Google.
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Less Than 2 Weeks Left to File Claim in Illinois' Google Class-Action Lawsuit Settlement
Eligible Illinois residents have less than two weeks left to submit their claims as part of a multi-million dollar settlement in a class-action lawsuit involving Google.
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‘Pre-Bunking' Videos Teaching Critical Thinking Show Promise in Fight Against Misinformation
Researchers created videos similar to a public service announcement that focused on specific misinformation techniques that include emotionally charged language, personal attacks or false comparisons between two unrelated items.
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Google to Take Over Thompson Center in Chicago's Loop
After years of debate about what to do with the beleaguered James R. Thompson Center in the Loop, the sale of the building is complete — and Google will become the building’s new occupant once it is renovated. NBC 5’s Vi Nguyen reports.
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Watch: Pritzker and Lightfoot Announce Google to Take Over Thompson Center in Chicago's Loop
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker announced on Wednesday that after years of debate about what to do with the beleaguered James R. Thompson Center in the Loop, the sale of the building is complete — and that Google will become the building’s new occupant once it is renovated.
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Google to Take Over Thompson Center in Chicago's Loop, Pritzker Announces
The news of Google moving into the building comes after several large companies recently announced they would be moving out of the Chicago area, including Caterpillar, Boeing and most recently, Billionaire Ken Griffin’s Citadel.
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Google Memo on End of Roe v. Wade: Employees May Apply to Relocate ‘Without Justification'
When the ruling first leaked, Google said it would provide travel benefits for employees seeking abortion care out of state.
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Illinois Residents Can Now File Claim for Settlement Money in Google Lawsuit
Illinois residents could soon receive a check as part of a new settlement in a class-action lawsuit against Google, claiming the company violated a state privacy law.
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Google Teases Smart Glasses Prototype That Translates Languages in Real Time
Essentially, it looks as if the glasses will transcribe speech in real time and display them as subtitles.