sundar pichai
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Telegram Blocks Hamas Channels on Android After CEO Defended Keeping Them Open
Telegram restricted access to Hamas channels for Android users, as reported by CNBC Wednesday, less than two weeks after CEO Pavel Durov defended keeping them open. The messaging app with 700 million monthly active users reportedly blocked the official channel of Hamas and its military wing, hamas_com and al-Qassam brigades, on Android devices. Durov posted…
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10 Bizarre Moments From Day One of Google’s Antitrust Trial
As Google faced off against the Department of Justice on the first day of a hotly anticipated antitrust trial, company lawyer John Schmidtlein laid out an interesting perspective. “This case is really all about Microsoft,” Schmidtlein said. If you can name one search engine other than Google, it’s probably Bing, but Microsoft’s rival search tool…
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Google Is Really, Really Thirsty
Waste is sort of the thesis statement of modern economics, and big tech is no different. Google recently published its 2023 Environmental Report which sheds some light on its water consumption—and a more aggressive foray into artificial intelligence could make it worse. The company revealed in the report, published on Monday, that its data centers…
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Google Sells Its Databank of More Than 10 Million Domain Names to Squarespace
For once, the tech conglomerate that is Google is getting smaller, and by its own volition no less. Google said it is extricating itself from the domain name business. Its massive bank of domain names and the millions of customers who pay for them will soon be placed in the hands of Squarespace. The webpage…