Google in talks to pick up USD 4 billion stake in Jio, says Bloomberg
The report came a day after Google’s chief executive Sunder Pichai said it would invest USD 10 billion in India.
Tech giants join lawsuit against US visa rule that sends away international students
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement rule now bars international students from staying in the country if their classes are online.
Google in talks to invest $4 billion in Reliance's digital arm
Investors, including Facebook and KKR & Co, have already poured in a combined $15.64 billion for just over 25% in Jio Platforms
Sundar Pichai announces Google's Rs 75,000 crore fund for India's digital economy
Investments will focus on four key areas of India's digitisation, he said
India beware, France’s tax on US Big Tech draws retaliatory tariffs
The office of US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said France’s digital services tax unfairly targets US digital technology companies.
As Tinder, Spotify, Pinterest crash, lens on Facebook’s software for tracking users
The crashes Friday happened even if users were not logged in to the apps using Facebook.
Decrying China’s ‘spying’, Pompeo bats for telecom infra founded on Western Ideals
The US Secretary of State praised Google, Facebook, and Twitter and other tech firms for not sharing user data with the Hong Kong government
Microsoft, Zoom join Facebook, Google, Twitter to stall Hong Kong user data requests
Police have stepped up requests on user data to pick up dissidents in the wake of the national security law being enforced.
Consumer groups oppose Google’s Fitbit deal, say regulators must watch it like a hawk
EU antitrust regulators are especially concerned with Silicon Valley giants buying into new areas and then stifling competition.
Amazon buys robo-taxi startup Zoox, gets ready for the future of ride-hailing
Amazon and Zoox will compete with self-driving taxi offerings from Waymo, Cruise, Uber and Mobileye.