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  1. Jan

    YouTube starts hiding dislike counter

    YouTube hiding dislikes YouTube will no longer show the number of “dislikes” on videos, an attempt to make the platform more hospitable to creators.
  3. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google loses appeal against R42-billion antitrust fine from European Union

    Google loses appeal against R42-billion antitrust fine from European Union Google lost its appeal of a 2.4 billion-euro (R41.98 billion) antitrust fine for allegedly thwarting smaller shopping search services, in the first of a trilogy of European Union court fights over cases that set the...
  4. Jan

    YouTube, TikTok, Snap distance themselves from Facebook over protections for kids

    We're not like Facebook — YouTube and TikTok YouTube, TikTok and Snap sought to distance themselves before lawmakers on Tuesday from the backlash facing Facebook, saying that they have established privacy protections for kids and teens on their platforms.
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  5. Jan

    YouTube looking to hire first executive focused on podcasts

    YouTube hunting for podcast executive YouTube is looking to hire an executive to oversee its podcasting business, a new position for the video giant and a sign that its parent, Alphabet Inc.’s Google, is starting to take the category seriously. YouTube is already one of the top destinations...
  6. Jan

    Google fined 500 million euros in France for failing to reach news deal

    Google fined R8.5 billion after "negligible" offer to pay for news Google was fined 500 million euros ($593 million — R8.5 billion) in France after the search giant failed to follow an order to thrash out a fair deal with publishers to use their news content on its platform. The Alphabet Inc...
  7. J

    Google founders stepping down at Alphabet

    Google founders stepping down at Alphabet Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down as leaders of parent company Alphabet Inc., ending day-to-day involvement as regulators intensify scrutiny of an internet industry the two men helped create. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google...
  8. J

    Alphabet's "digital city" will be the world's biggest tall timber project

    Alphabet's "digital city" will be the world's biggest tall timber project Larry Page’s ‘city of the future’ on Toronto’s waterfront may end up having one foot rooted firmly in the past. Sidewalk Labs LLC, the urban innovation unit of Alphabet Inc., is considering constructing buildings in the...
  9. J

    Alphabet's "digital city" will be the world's biggest tall timber project

    Alphabet's "digital city" will be the world's biggest tall timber project Larry Page’s ‘city of the future’ on Toronto’s waterfront may end up having one foot rooted firmly in the past. Sidewalk Labs LLC, the urban innovation unit of Alphabet Inc., is considering constructing buildings in...
  10. J

    Alphabet is sitting on $11 billion in startup investments

    Alphabet is sitting on $11 billion in startup investments Google shared a result from its years of prodigious startup investing for the first time on Monday: The holdings are worth about $11 billion, based on company estimates. [Bloomberg]
  11. J

    Alphabet launches new cybersecurity company

    Alphabet launches new cybersecurity company Alphabet announced the formation of a new subsidiary company, called Chronicle, focused on cybersecurity.
  12. Newsfeed

    Alphabet invests $1 billion in Lyft

    Alphabet invests $1 billion in Lyft Alphabet Inc.’s investment arm, CapitalG, led a $1 billion investment in Lyft Inc. that values it at $11 billion, the ride-hailing startup said Thursday.
  13. Newsfeed

    Alphabet considering $1-billion investment in Lyft

    Alphabet considering $1-billion investment in Lyft Alphabet Inc. has held conversations with Lyft Inc. about a potential investment in recent weeks, signalling strong support for Uber Technologies Inc.’s main U.S. competitor, according to people familiar with the matter.
  14. J

    Alphabet is working on a new system for storing clean energy

    Alphabet is working on a new system for storing clean energy Alphabet Inc.'s secretive X skunk works has another idea that could save the world. This one, code named Malta, involves vats of salt*and antifreeze.*
  15. J

    Alphabet shares fall as it spends more on Google

    Alphabet shares fall as it spends more on Google Alphabet shares fell after second-quarter results resurfaced a worrying trend: The company’s costs are rising as it spends more to expand Google’s newer, fastest-growing advertising businesses.
  16. Kevin Lancaster

    What Alphabet and the new Google will look like

    What the new Alphabet and Google will look like Google will create a new public holding company called Alphabet – here is what the company and its divisions will look like.
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