Fresh on the heels of settling a contentious and expensive lawsuit with Uber, Alphabet’s self-driving unit Waymo is looking to get out there and educate the public on how its autonomous vehicles work.
In a blog post announcing that Waymo self-driving cars have racked up 5 million miles of driving experience on public roads, the company released a video called the Waymo 360-degree… Read More
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Google announces big changes to Google Assistant
Google Assistant is about to get a lot smarter.
Google has announced several new updates to its voice assistant which will roll out throughout this year.
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A peek inside Alphabet’s investing universe
Chances are you’ve heard of Google. You’re likely a contributor to one of the 3.5 billion search queries the website processes daily. But unless you’re a venture capitalist, an entrepreneur or a slightly obsessive tech journalist, you may not know that Google, or, more properly, Alphabet, is also invests in startups. And, like most of what Google does, Alphabet invests… Read More
YouTube suspends ads on Logan Paul’s channels after “recent pattern” of behavior in videos
More problems and controversy for Logan Paul, the YouTube star who caused a strong public backlash when he posted a video of a suicide victim in Japan. Google’s video platform today announced that it would be pulling advertising temporarily from his video channel in response to a “recent pattern of behavior” from him.
This is in addition to Paul’s suspensions from… Read More
Nest co-founder Matt Rogers announces exit from Google
A day after Alphabet announced plans to roll Nest into its hardware team, cofounder Matt Rogers has announced that he’s exiting the company. The story was first noted by CNET and quickly confirmed by Rogers on Twitter. Could just be social media talk, but Rogers’ brief statement on the matter appeared to imply that there were no hard feelings. “Nest has been an amazing… Read More
Here’s why Nest is once again a part of Google
Your favorite Nest products may soon get a lot better.
In a blog post published Wednesday, Nest CEO Marlan Farwaz and its senior vice president of hardware, Rick Osterloh, announced that smart home appliance maker Nest Labs is joining Google, A…
Google gets earnings boost thanks to Google Home holiday sales, but it’s not all picture perfect
Hey Alexa, you’re not the only one getting the holiday love.
The holidays were good to Google’s parent company, Alphabet, because of hardware products like Google Home, an Alexa competitor, execs said during a fourth-quarter earnings call Thurs…
Alphabet is tumbling after a fourth quarter whiff and names John Hennessy as new board chair
Google parent company Alphabet’s big run over the past few months came to a screeching halt today after it came out with its fourth-quarter results, which fell beneath expectations set by Wall Street for the advertising giant — sending the stock down around 5% and shaving off billions in market cap.
While Google owns a massive chunk of the advertising system — and it still… Read More
Alphabet just launched Chronicle, a new cybercrime company from its moonshot factory
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has a new cybersecurity business born from its X department known as the “moonshot factory.”
Chronicle, a new project created to help businesses fight cybercrime, publicly launched Wednesday.
The company’s CEO…
Alphabet just launched Chronicle, a new cybercrime company from its moonshot factory
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has a new cybersecurity business born from its X department known as the “moonshot factory.”
Chronicle, a new project created to help businesses fight cybercrime, publicly launched Wednesday.
The company’s CEO…
Alphabet launches new cybersecurity company, Chronicle, out of its X moonshot factory
Alphabet, the company you probably still wrongly refer to as “Google,” today announced the launch of Chronicle, a new cybersecurity company that aims to give companies a better chance at detecting and fighting off hackers. Chronicle is graduating out of Alphabet’s X moonshot group and is now a standalone company under the Alphabet umbrella, just like Google. Read More
Google acquired Redux, a U.K. startup focused on audio and haptics
Alphabet, the umbrella corporation of Google, Inc. etc., has quietly acquired a UK-based startup called Redux, reports Bloomberg. Redux was founded in 2013 out of Cambridge, and built technology that uses vibrations to turn surfaces of phones or …
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