House Democrats push Congress to break up Big Tech monopolies

Posted on 06/10/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Congress should consider forcing the breakup of Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google into smaller companies that can’t enter into adjacent lines of business (via NBC News). That’s the main recommendation of a 449-page Democrats on the House Judiciary s...

DOJ may present its antitrust case against Google later this month

Posted on 04/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A report by the New York Times suggests that the Justice Department is close to presenting its antitrust case against Alphabet, the parent company of Google. The report also mentions that there’s disagreement among the team, as attorney general Willi...

Alphabet’s Loon balloons are helping scientists study gravity waves

Posted on 03/09/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

In between beaming internet to people in developing countries and sometimes passing for UFOs, Alphabet's Loon balloons have been busy helping scientists study how our planet works. A team led by Stanford professor Aditi Sheshadri recently published a...

Alphabet’s Verily begins offering stop-loss health insurance

Posted on 25/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Verily, Alphabet’s healthcare business, is overseeing a new subsidiary that will offer stop-loss insurance to employers. Coefficient Insurance Company is backed by insurance megacorp Swiss Re, and relies on data analytics to predict and reduce risk.S...

An Alphabet company is designing a road for autonomous cars in Michigan

Posted on 14/08/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

The state of Michigan wants to build the autonomous roadway of the future. Normally that in itself would be interesting enough, but there’s also the company it’s partnering with to make the project a reality. The state will work with a firm called Ca...

Alphabet saw its revenue dip due to the pandemic

Posted on 30/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

It hasn’t been a good quarter for most people and Google parent company Alphabet is no exception. After sitting through a grueling five-hour grilling yesterday, CEO Sundar Pichai said today in the company’s earnings release, “We’re working to help pe...

Waymo and FCA’s expanded deal includes self-driving Ram vans

Posted on 22/07/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Ever since 2016 Waymo and FCA (which will soon be known as Stellantis) have partnered on self-driving vehicles and technology, and now that connection is expanding “in several important ways.” From FCA’s side, it’s exclusively using Waymo’s autonomou...

Volvo will use Waymo technology to power its self-driving cars

Posted on 25/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Volvo’s self-driving car efforts have been most closely associated with Uber, but it’s about to make you rethink that connection. The automaker has formed an alliance that will see Waymo be the exclusive partner for Level 4 self-driving (that is, ful...

Google’s racial equity push includes $175 million for Black businesses

Posted on 17/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

Google’s commitment to supporting the Black community will extend well beyond YouTube’s $100 million fund. Google and Alphabet chief Sundar Pichai has unveiled a racial equity initiative that, among other things, will contribute a total of $175 milli...

House wants four ‘big tech’ CEOs to testify in competition probe

Posted on 13/06/2020 by Engadget RSS Feed

A House investigation into tech competition may have testimony from some of the biggest names in the industry — if they agree, at least. Axios understands the Judiciary Committee has asked Apple, Alphabet, Amazon and Facebook to say if their CEOs wil...

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