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Ex- Google Self-Driving Car Engineer Made More Than $120 Million

EghtesadOnline: A former Google engineer at the center of a fight over self-driving car technology made more than $120 million, according to a legal filing Monday, highlighting the intense competition among tech companies and carmakers for talent in the nascent sector.
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Publish Date:04/April/2017 | 04:33
If anyone can train software to parse entire videos, Google can. But it still has work to do.

Google ’s AI Hasn’t Passed Its Biggest Test Yet: Hunting Hate

EghtesadOnline: An advertiser boycott of YouTube is testing a critical and much-hyped part of Google 's future: its prowess in artificial intelligence. Some experts in the field say the technology isn't up to scratch yet, but that if any company can solve the problem at hand, it's the online search giant.
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Publish Date:02/April/2017 | 05:26

YouTube's Better-Than-TV Pitch Undermined by Offensive Video

EghtesadOnline: Four years ago, Robert Kyncl, YouTube’s business lead, confessed a mistake. "I thought that YouTube was like TV. But it isn’t," he said at Google ’s annual advertising show. "YouTube talks back. It’s interactive. And YouTube is everywhere."
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Publish Date:25/March/2017 | 05:28

YouTube's bid to grab TV dollars imperiled by advertiser revolt

EghtesadOnline: The decision by a handful of high-profile consumer brands to pull advertising from Google ’s YouTube over offensive content could threaten the site’s long-term strategy of stealing ad dollars from television, analysts and ad industry professionals said Thursday.
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Publish Date:24/March/2017 | 11:40

Google to revamp policies, hire staff after UK ad scandal

EghtesadOnline: Google vowed on Tuesday to police its websites better by ramping up staff numbers and overhauling its policies after several companies deserted the internet giant for failing to keep their adverts off hate-filled videos.
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Publish Date:22/March/2017 | 06:45

Google apologizes to ad clients for YouTube content fiasco

EghtesadOnline: Google apologized on Monday for allowing ads to appear alongside offensive videos on YouTube as more high-profile firms such as Marks & Spencer and HSBC pulled advertising for British markets from Google sites.
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Publish Date:20/March/2017 | 21:49

Swatch Takes on Google , Apple With Watch Operating System

EghtesadOnline: Swatch Group AG said it’s developing an alternative to the iOS and Android operating systems for smartwatches as Switzerland’s largest maker of timepieces vies with Silicon Valley for control of consumers’ wrists.
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Publish Date:19/March/2017 | 22:06

EU authorities demand changes from Facebook, Google , Twitter

EghtesadOnline: Social media companies Facebook Inc, Alphabet Inc and Twitter Inc will have to amend their terms of service for European users within a month or face the risk of fines, a European Commission official said on Friday.
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Publish Date:18/March/2017 | 16:01
How Anthony Levandowski went from star of Google's self-driving car team to its greatest foe.

Ambitious Engineer at Center of Colossal Fight Between Google and Uber

EghtesadOnline: In 2013, Anthony Levandowski was the star of Google 's self-driving car project. The tall, swaggering engineer was featured in a long New Yorker story about the search engine willing the impossible technology into reality.
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Publish Date:25/February/2017 | 04:44
'F-you money' awarded to veteran team members boosted parent Alphabet’s R&D costs, prompting comment from the company's CFO

One Reason Staffers Quit Google 's Car Project? The Company Paid Them So Much

EghtesadOnline: For the past year, Google 's car project has been a talent sieve, thanks to leadership changes, strategy doubts, new startup dreams and rivals luring self-driving technology experts. Another force pushing people out? Money. A lot of it.
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Publish Date:14/February/2017 | 05:12

Planet Labs Inks Deal for Google ’s Satellite Business

EghtesadOnline: Planet Labs Inc., a startup that launches small satellites into orbit and sells the imagery, is acquiring the Terra Bella satellite business of Alphabet Inc. in a bid to take on larger industry incumbents.
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Publish Date:04/February/2017 | 04:56

Google , Facebook Show Tech Dismay on Trump Immigration Order

EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc.’s Google asked staffers who may have been affected by a new executive order on immigration to return to the U.S. quickly, joining a growing number of technology executives voicing concerns over restrictions that could interfere with how they do business.
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Publish Date:29/January/2017 | 04:50

Alphabet’s Google Buys Mobile App Tool Fabric From Twitter

EghtesadOnline: Google isn’t buying Twitter Inc., but it’s buying one of Twitter’s remaining parts. Alphabet Inc.’s online search division agreed to purchase Fabric, a Twitter business that provides a software toolkit for mobile apps. The companies didn’t disclose financial terms.
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Publish Date:20/January/2017 | 13:21
Android's creator is building a high-end smartphone to be the centerpiece of a series of AI-infused consumer gadgets.

Andy Rubin Nears His Comeback, Complete With an ‘Essential’ Phone

EghtesadOnline: Just over two years after leaving Google , Andy Rubin is preparing to take on the smartphone industry he helped create.
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Publish Date:14/January/2017 | 05:24

Alphabet Says It Shut Down Titan Drone Internet Project

EghtesadOnline: In 2014, Google and Facebook Inc. vied to acquire Titan Aerospace, a maker of high-altitude, solar-powered drones. Google won the bidding, so Facebook purchased its own company, which was building a huge glider called Aquila.
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Publish Date:12/January/2017 | 06:37

Google pushes virtual reality harder with new phones from partners

EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc's Google quickened the pace of its push into virtual and augmented reality this week as its hardware partners announced new devices featuring the company’s technology at the CES electronics show in Las Vegas.
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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 15:27

Amazon's Alexa moves in on Google 's Android system

EghtesadOnline: Amazon.com Inc’s digital assistant appeared almost everywhere at the CES technology show this week in Las Vegas, even making an unexpected appearance on rival Google ’s Android system.
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Publish Date:07/January/2017 | 05:51

Ford, Toyota Form Telematics Bloc to Stymie Google and Apple

EghtesadOnline: Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. have formed a consortium with four medium-size automakers to speed development of auto-industry standards for in-vehicle apps, a step toward preventing Apple Inc. and Google from controlling how drivers connect smartphones to their cars and trucks.
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Publish Date:04/January/2017 | 14:28

Meet Waymo, Google 's self-driving car company

EghtesadOnline: Alphabet Inc's Google self-driving car project recast itself as Waymo on Tuesday, an independent entity within the technology giant, as executives suggested the company is close to bringing its autonomous driving to the public.
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Publish Date:14/December/2016 | 11:24