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Streaming video games are here. Does anyone want to play them?

by Justin Ho
Nov 18, 2019
Google's new cloud-based video game service debuts this week.
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Google enters a different kind of arms race

by Erika Beras
Nov 1, 2019
Apple makes nearly 40% of the fancy new gadgets we put on our wrists. Google is hoping to muscle in.
Guests participate in a workout hosted by Fitbit and PH5 in 2018 in Los Angeles, California.
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Google contractors in Pittsburgh to vote on unionizing

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Sep 23, 2019
The tech industry relies on an army of temps and contractors who don't get the cushy benefits of full-time employees.
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Senate subcommittee considers whether giant tech companies have too much power

by Erika Beras
Sep 18, 2019
Do giant tech companies require more oversight?
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Climate change impacts are coming to Big Tech's doorstep

by Marketplace Staff and Daniel Ackerman
Sep 16, 2019
How prepared are Apple, Google, Facebook and other firms for risks like sea level rise?
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Regulators fine YouTube for collecting data and marketing to kids

by Erika Beras
Sep 5, 2019
Critics say the $170 million penalty will do little to change the video platform's behavior.
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Hunting for the holy grail of digital language translation

by Andy Uhler
Aug 20, 2019
Machines still have a devil of a time figuring out all the nuance and context of human speech and the written word.
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Why is Google leaking details of its unreleased phone?

by Jack Stewart
Jul 31, 2019
Google's taking an "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" approach to leaks.
The Googleplex Campus in Mountain View, California.
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Big Tech faces antitrust questions on Capitol Hill

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jul 16, 2019
The panel in the House Antitrust Committee comes amid bipartisan scrutiny of Amazon, Facebook, Google and Apple.
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Business is getting personal as values take over the workplace

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Jun 3, 2019
From meat-free corporate culture to climate activism, personal beliefs are moving front and center in the professional world.
A WeWork co-working location in Tokyo.
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