Google and Facebook are quietly fighting California’s privacy rights initiative, emails reveal — The Intercept
Lobbyists for the largest technology and telecommunications firms have only three days to prevent the California Consumer Privacy Act, writes Lee Fang in The Intercept.
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Google investing $550 million in Chinese e-commerce company JD.com
Google is investing over half a billion dollars in Chinese e-commerce player JD.com.
Google announces its principles for all AI work going forward; and the things it will not do
Google has announced seven principles that the company says will guide its artificial research work going forward.
Facebook and Google hit with $8.8 billion in lawsuits on day one of GDPR — The Verge
Day one of GDPR enforcement, and Facebook and Google have already been hit with a series of lawsuits. The Verge's Russell Brandom writes, the lawsuits...
Google acquires big data solutions startup Cask
Google has acquired Cask for an undisclosed sum. The announcement was made by Jonathan Gray and Nitin Motgi, founders of Cask, in a blog post on Wednesday.