Google makes bid to acquire Fitbit
Google owner Alphabet has made an offer to acquire U.S. wearable device maker Fitbit, as it eyes a slice of the crowded market for fitness trackers and smartwatches, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Google owner Alphabet has made an offer to acquire U.S. wearable device maker Fitbit, as it eyes a slice of the crowded market for fitness trackers and smartwatches, people familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Google has raced to launch a slew of privacy-related features as the search giant and social media companies face heat from users and regulators globally on how their platforms handle user data.
Google's fast-growing tool for searching job listings has been a boon for employers and job boards starving for candidates, but several rival job-finding services contend anti-competitive behavior has fueled its rise and cost them users and profits
Google on Monday announced that it would neutralize carbon emissions from delivering consumer hardware by next year and include recycled plastic in each of its products by 2022.
Waymo is rolling out amenities to entice riders to use its self-driving taxis, creating a potential route to profitability in a money-losing industry.
Says the US is "not currently in a position to join the endorsement," but will continue to support the overall goals in the Christchurch Call
Alphabet's Google, the largest U.S. digital advertising platform, is facing increased competition from sites where people purchase products and places thought to be safe from potentially offensive content, advertising buyers say.
Google parent company Alphabet has announced that former chairman and chief executive Eric Schmidt and former Google Cloud CEO Diane Greene will step down from the search company's board in June.
Though many governments want to draw upon the expertise of the biggest U.S. tech companies, employee resistance has added a new challenge to already complicated relationships.
'The amount decided, and the publicity of the fine, are justified by the severity of the infringements observed regarding the essential principles of the GDPR: transparency, information and consent'
A shareholder's lawsuit filed in a US court says the board of Google parent Alphabet played a direct role in covering up sexual misconduct claims against two top executives in 2014 and 2016.
Gender is a "a big, big thing" to get wrong
Google has repeatedly denied accusations of bias against conservatives
ZTE may not be able to use Google's Android operating system in its mobile devices after the U.S. limited ZTE's access to American suppliers this week, a source familiar with the matter said, potentially adding another drag on U.S. sales for the Chinese firm.
X — the ‘moonshot factory’ of Google parent company Alphabet — has graduated a new business focused on improving enterprise information security by leveraging machine learning.