Enlarge / Sunset, over the Google empire. reader comments 152 with 86 posters participating, including story author Share this story A new report alleges that Google employees who report experiencing gender or racial harassment or discrimination routinely are told to take “medical leave” and seek mental health treatment—only to be shoved aside when they try ..
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reader comments 47 with 41 posters participating, including story author Share this story Suing technology firms when they mess up is already hard, especially when it’s over privacy violations. Now, Facebook, Google, and the trade groups representing all the big tech firms are asking the Supreme Court to make it even harder for class actions ..
Enlarge / Exterior view of a Googleplex building, the corporate headquarters of Google and parent company Alphabet, May 2018. reader comments 151 with 90 posters participating, including story author Share this story More than 225 workers at Google have formally launched a company-wide union membership drive, following an increasing drive toward organization inside the company ..
Enlarge / Signage in front of a building on the Google campus in Mountain View, California, on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. reader comments 71 with 59 posters participating, including story author Share this story More than three dozen state attorneys general last week filed an antitrust suit against Google, accusing the tech behemoth of a ..
reader comments 41 with 31 posters participating, including story author Share this story Two separate coalitions of states have filed massive antitrust lawsuits against Google in the past 24 hours, alleging that the company abuses its extensive power to force would-be competitors out of the marketplace and harms consumers in the process. Texas Attorney General ..
reader comments 15 with 15 posters participating Share this story The Federal Trade Commission is stepping up its digital privacy work and has asked just about every major social media platform you can think of to explain what personal data it collects from users and why. The requests for information went out today to nine ..
Enlarge / Former Google AI Research Scientist Timnit Gebru speaks onstage during Day 3 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at Moscone Center on September 7, 2018 in San Francisco, California. Kimberly White | Getty Images reader comments 174 with 114 posters participating Share this story Apple v. Samsung View more stories Google struggled on Thursday ..
Enlarge / Sunset, by the Google empire. reader comments 64 with 39 posters participating Share this story Google’s actions amid workplace organizing efforts, including the high-profile firings of several employees, were illegal violations of the National Labor Relations Act, federal regulators said this week. The National Labor Relations Board filed a formal complaint (PDF) against ..
Enlarge / EU Commissioner for Internal Market Thierry Breton talks to media during a press conference in June. Thierry Monasse | Getty Images reader comments 103 with 89 posters participating Share this story The chief executive of Google’s parent company Alphabet has apologized to Thierry Breton after an internal document laid out a plan to ..
Enlarge / Piloting Taara’s wireless optical communication links in Kenya. reader comments 24 with 19 posters participating Share this story Alphabet will soon deliver wireless Internet over light beams in Kenya using a technology that can cover distances of up to 20km. Alphabet’s Project Taara, unveiled under a different name in 2017, conducted a series of ..