YouTube follows Twitter and Facebook with QAnon crackdown

The Google-owned video platform said Thursday it will now prohibit material targeting a person or group with conspiracy theories that have been used to justify violence.

Google unveils portrait of massive downtown San Jose campus

San Jose reveals new details of a sprawling Google campus planned to be spread out over more than 80 acres of downtown.

Google to pay $1 billion over 3 years for news content

The company said Thursday that it has signed agreements for its news partnership program with nearly 200 publications in Germany, Brazil, Argentina, Canada, the U.K. and Australia.

DOJ nearing antitrust action on Google; Trump eyes tech curb

President Donald Trump is pushing his campaign against Big Tech on Wednesday, touting curbs on legal protections for social media platforms he denounces as biased against conservative views.

California quake alerts to become standard on Android phones

California’s earthquake early warnings will be a standard feature on all Android phones, bypassing the need for users to download the state’s MyShake app in order to receive alerts, the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services said.

Lawmakers batter Big Tech CEOs, but don't land many blows

Congressional lawmakers finally got a chance to grill the CEOs of Big Tech over their dominance and allegations of monopolistic practices that stifle competition. But it's not clear how much they advanced their goal of bringing some of the world's largest companies to heel.

Four Big Tech CEOs getting heat from Congress on competition

The four CEOs are testifing remotely for a hearing Wednesday by the House Judciary subcommittee on antitrust.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak among 18 to file suit against YouTube for ineffective response to bitcoin scams

Both scams allegedly try to convince others that they can double their money by simply sending cryptocurrency like Bitcoin to the celebrities, while the currency actually goes to scammers, and users get nothing in return. 

Steve Wozniak among 18 to file lawsuit against YouTube
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Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and his wife Janet joined his attorneys Joseph Cotchett and Brian Danitz at the law offices of Cotchett, Pitre and McCarthy in Burlingame for an 11 a.m. press conference Thursday, July 23, 2020 to provide initial details about the lawsuit and answer questions from news reporters.

Google Maps feature allows commuters to travel safely amid COVID-19 pandemic

“Having this information before and during your trip is critical for both essential workers who need to safely navigate to work and will become more important for everyone as countries around the world begin to reopen,” the news release stated.

Facebook recommends working from home for all Bay Area employees due to coronavirus

In light of the novel coronavirus outbreak/COVID-19, Facebook is encouraging Bay Area staff to work from home starting Friday, March 6 a spokesperson said on Thursday. 

Insider Q&A: How YouTube decides what to ban

The Google-owned site has come under fire recently for allowing videos that feature what many find offensive or violent, and for not doing enough to protect kids online. Halprin has to make difficult decisions to craft policies that keep the site as safe as YouTube wants it to be, while balancing what the company considers one of its core tenets: people’s free speech.

Berkeleyside is expanding to Oakland
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The hyper-local news site, Berkeleyside is expanding thanks to 3 million dollars in grant money from Google

Google co-founders step aside as antitrust scrutiny heats up

Larry Page and Sergey Brin are stepping down as CEO and president, respectively, of Google parent company Alphabet. The move caps more than two decades during which the pair have shepherded the one-time startup they founded in a Silicon Valley garage. Pichai, who has been Google’s CEO since 2015, will now also head up Alphabet. The company isn’t filling Brin’s position as president.

Workers fired from Google plan federal labor complaint, alleging retaliation

Four workers who were fired from Google last week say they plan to file a federal labor complaint against the Mountain View-basked tech giant, claiming they were retaliated against. Google said the workers violated its data security policy.