Google’s new AR camera tool will help you maintain social distance
As the lockdown is all but over in non-containment zones, it’s up to you to keep safe.
Google could pick up stake in Vodafone Idea
A report in the Financial Times says Alphabet, Google’s parent company, is looking to buy 5 per cent stake in Vodafone's India business.
Did you know Google is tracking your location even if you opted not to share it? Lawsuit says so
The state of Arizona is taking Google to court after an investigation found it’s impossible to stop Google from tracking your movements.
Aussie papers go digital, downsize as COVID, unpaid content aggregation by Google, Facebook take toll
Ad revenue has declined making print operations unsustainable while Big Tech makes money on newspaper content without paying the publishers.
Amazon trucks could soon be self-driven: Ecommerce giant may buy robo-taxi startup Zoox, says WSJ
Zoox was founded in 2014 with a mission to build a “fleet of fully autonomous, battery electric, zero-emission vehicles".
Big technology firms should be stopped from turning the world into a China, Noam Chomsky says
He is referring to China's social credit system that tracks citizens to award/deduct points on a score determining one's access to services.
IBM's new CEO Arvind Krishna, on a path to sharpen focus of company, cuts US jobs likely in thousands
The company will eliminate software and services that don’t align with its top two focus areas: cloud computing and artificial intelligence.
Work from home being sold as the new culture by tech giants Facebook, Google and Twitter
It enables companies to cut the cost of rent, power and other charges from maintaining an office
After a long wait, Google and Apple release their joint COVID app technology
It uses Bluetooth technology to detect when someone who downloaded the app has spent time near another app user who later tests positive.
Reminded of its climate change pledge, Google says it will stop building AI tools for oil extraction
Greenpeace report said Amazon, Microsoft, Google undermining their own climate pledges by partnering with Shell, BP, Chevron and ExxonMobil.