Google parent Alphabet is eliminating about 12 000 jobs, or 6% of its workforce, the company said on Friday.
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Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google parent Alphabet, has defended the Internet search giant against claims that it is anticompetitive.
US Internet giant Google has acquired a stake in East African e-logistics company Lori Systems for an undisclosed sum.
The new features include ways for people to search for nearby items using images and identify physical objects with their smartphone cameras.
A push by US politicians to regulate digital app stores has pitted Apple and Google against Microsoft and others in a showdown of some of the world’s biggest technology companies.
The prime ministers of Poland and the Baltics have demanded executives in charge of Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter “take a stand” against Russian disinformation.
Google parent Alphabet reported record quarterly sales that topped expectations as its Internet advertising business surged.
The Google parent breached $2-trillion in market value for the first time on Monday, fuelled by digital ads and cloud services.
Google will spend $1-billion over the next five years on infrastructure development, skills development and other digital initiatives in Africa, CEO Sundar Pichai said.
Google is making a bigger bet on smartphones by joining rivals Apple and Samsung Electronics in designing the device’s most critical component in-house: the main processor.