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Google grilled in Congress: What’s ahead for tech companies

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, MICHAEL LIEDTKE and MARCY GORDONDecember 12, 2018 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. lawmakers' grilling of Google CEO Sundar Pichai may have sounded like a broken record, but it amplified the prickly issues facing tech companies as Democrats prepare to take control of the House next month...

Alphabet’s Q2 profit triggers rally, despite $5.1B EU fine

By RYAN NAKASHIMAJuly 23, 2018 GMT

MENLO PARK, Calif. (AP) — Google parent Alphabet on Monday reported second-quarter earnings that pleased Wall Street, even as it booked a $5...

Google to comply with EU search demands to avoid more fines

Aoife WhiteAugust 29, 2017 GMT

Google will comply with Europe’s demands to change the way it runs its shopping search service, a rare instance of the internet giant bowing to regulatory pressure to avoid more fines.

Nest security camera knows who’s home with Google face tech

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEMay 31, 2017 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Nest Labs is adding Google's facial recognition technology to a high-resolution home-security camera, offering a glimpse of a future in which increasingly intelligent, internet-connected computers can see and understand what's going on in people's homes...

Rising star: YouTube playing key role in Google’s success

By MICHAEL LIEDTKEOctober 27, 2016 GMT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — YouTube has emerged as a break-out star in Google's cast of services as the online video site upstages cable television for a younger generation of viewers looking for amusement, news and music on their smartphones...