(Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google said on Wednesday it has shut down its cloud project named “Isolated Region” and added that it was not weighing options to offer its cloud platform in China. Earlier in the day, Bloomberg News reported,
India’s new draft for e-commerce rules will help Indian start-ups boost their presence and could lead to tough and a better way to see how companies take care of data. The aim is to introduce more service providers and avoid
Tech leaders have criticized President Donald Trump’s latest immigration crackdown on the visa programs that their companies rely on to employ thousands of staff. Trump signed an executive order on Monday that suspends foreign work visas including the L-1 visa
Google employees are signing an internal petition, calling on the company to stop selling technology to police departments. The letter, with the headline “No Police Contracts,” began circulating last week and has been signed by more than 1,100 employees, who identify
Facebook has acquired Swedish mapping start-up Mapillary as part of an effort to take on Apple and Google at mapping the world at ground level. Founded in Malmo in 2013, Mapillary has built a street-level imagery platform that uses photos
Google has pledged to stop building customized artificial intelligence (AI) tools that help oil and gas firms to extract fossil fuels worldwide. The story was reported by Medium’s tech publication, OneZero, following an interview with The Cube that was published on YouTube. A Greenpeace report on
Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai began discussing the company’s plans to allow workers back into the office, according to an email sent to employees Monday that was viewed by CNBC. In the email, Pichai said workers can expect a “staggered” and “incremental”
Google is slashing its marketing budgets by as much as half for the second half of the year, according to internal materials viewed by CNBC. One email about the cuts went out to marketing employees this week, noting the budget
Tech giants Apple and Google have teamed up on Contact Tracing, technology that can help people figure out if they’ve been exposed to COVID-19, via apps and Bluetooth technology. According to Google, Contact Tracing “makes it possible to combat the
Google’s temporary staff whose contracts were supposed to end during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, will now be extended an additional 60 days, CNBC has learned. The company said contractors who had assignments scheduled to end during the height