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Google parent Alphabet sees record profit, plans $50-billion buyback

Microsoft profit soars amid surging cloud demand

Google's ad resurgence makes Alphabet best investment bet among tech giants

Alphabet reports first-quarter revenue of $45.6 billion excluding traffic acquisition costs, up 35% from a year earlier.

Google AI scientist Bengio resigns after colleagues' firings: Details here

Though at least two Google engineers had earlier resigned to protest the dismissal of artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Timnit Gebru, Bengio is the highest-profile employee yet to depart

Big Tech uses AI to arrest blindness among India's burgeoning diabetics

Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness and vision loss in adults and tech giants such as Intel and Google are building AI-based innovations to address such problems

US hearing on tech dominance of news outlets will include Microsoft

A US panel focused on antitrust will hear from three witnesses who represent a range of news organisations with concerns about how big tech platforms like Facebook increasingly dominate their industry

Judge in Google case disturbed that company tracks even 'incognito' users

Weighing Google's attempt to get the suit dismissed, judge said she finds it "unusual" the firm would make "extra effort" of data collection if it doesn't use it to build user profiles or targeted ads

Ford, Alphabet's Google join hands to offer cloud-based data services

As part of a six-year partnership, the Dearborn, Michigan-based automaker will incorporate the tech giant's Android operating system into its Ford and Lincoln vehicles starting in 2023

Google unions form global alliance representing 20 million employees

Alpha Global will fight for the rights of full-time Alphabet employees as well as temporary, vendor and contract workers, UNI Global said

Google to redesign mobile search interface to simply how results look

The changes are intended to simplify how search results look

Google illegally monitored workers, fired them for organising: US regulator

The National Labor Relations Board issued a complaint accusing Google of unlawfully monitoring and questioning several workers who were then fired for trying to organise a union

Google to launch subscription-based VPN services; rollout in the US soon

Alphabet Inc's Google said that it plans to launch a VPN service for consumers, which would be available with certain subscription plans for its Google One cloud storage services

In pics: Google launches Pixel 5, Pixel 4A 5G, Nest Audio & new TV service

Alphabet Inc's Google on Wednesday launched Google TV, which would show content from streaming services including Netflix Inc and Walt Disney Co's Disney+

A global perspective on innovation

India's technology spend does not reflect the true picture. It has the talent to become a research powerhouse

Google owner Alphabet issues record $10 billion bond at lowest-ever price

Investor appetite was fierce for the tech giant's six-part bond, as low interest rates and corporate bond buying from the Federal Reserve continues to support issuance

Tech giants defy economic downturns, report a combined profit of $28 bn

Though the tech industry's four biggest companies were stung by a slowdown in spending, they reported a combined profit of $28 billion

Google ad recovers, eases concerns of Alphabet's first-ever sales drop

Alphabet shares were barely changed at $1,552, above their pre-pandemic high, after it said revenue fell 2% in the second quarter, less than analysts' estimate of a 4% decline

Facebook, Apple, Google, Amazon report mixed earnings in Covid-hit quarter

The staggering economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic was reflected in reports released Thursday from Amazon, Facebook, Apple, and Google

Sundar Pichai faces questions on Google-focused search engine, Pentagon

He was a consistent target of aggressive questions

Australian regulator sues Google for misleading about personal data use

Regulator says practice allowed Alphabet Inc unit to link the names and other ways to identify consumers with their behaviour elsewhere on the internet

Amazon, Apple hire Fiona Scott Morton, one of big tech's most vocal critics

Amazon confirmed Scott Morton is working for the company but declined further comment. Apple didn't respond to a request seeking comment