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Larry Page Gave Andy Rubin $150M Despite Sexual Harassment Probe: Lawsuit

A lawsuit has claimed that Alphabet CEO and Google co-founder Larry Page didn’t get approval from the board of the company when he passed a $150 million stock grant to Android creator Andy Rubin. The suit alleges that Rubin was under an internal investigation for sexual harassment, according to a Bloomberg report. While the lawsuit was […]

Google Accused Of Abusing Android To Block Its Rivals In India

Alphabet-owned Google is surrounded by various accusations made by the Indian Antitrust Commission as it is suggested that the company is abusing its Android OS to hamper its rival services. According to a report by Reuters, Google is being investigated by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) for the past six months as suggested by […]

Google’s Spinoff Waymo Launches World’s First Self-driving Taxi Service

As a result of a decade-long research and testing, Google’s spinoff Waymo has finally launched the first commercial driverless taxi-service. In a post on Medium, Waymo CEO John Krafcik wrote: “We’ve been focused on building the world’s most experienced driver.” At launch, the members of Waymo’s autonomous taxi programme will be able to book rides […]

Google+ Is Shutting Down After Data Breach

Google has decided to shut down the consumer version of its failed social network Google+. This news comes in the wake of a previously undisclosed security flaw that exposed the data of the profile of users. The bug in question remained active between 2015 and 2018, and Google discovered it in March; during this period, […]

How BIG is Google, Really?

Short Bytes: Google is synonymous with the Internet today, and the word in itself has become a verb. So what made Google popular and the brand that it is now? How Big is Google? Read the article to know more. Just after a few years of being a mere startup in 1997, Google literally burst […]