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5:59am, 2nd August, 2019

Google to allow Android users in Europe choose default search engine

Google will let Android device users in Europe choose their default search engine from four options, including Google search, the U.S. company said, as it tries to quash EU antitrust concerns and stave off fresh penalties.

Chinese tech firms' search for growth seen boosting costs in March quarter

2:16am, 9th May, 2019

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Chinese tech firms' search for growth seen boosting costs in March quarter

Three of China's biggest tech companies are expected to report that they ramped up or broadly maintained their pace of quarterly spending to develop new technology and push into relatively new markets, as current growth drivers stall.

Google fined $1.7 billion for search ad blocks in third EU sanction

10:53am, 20th March, 2019

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Google fined $1.7 billion for search ad blocks in third EU sanction

Alphabet unit Google was fined 1.49 billion euros ($1.7 billion) on Wednesday, its third large EU antitrust penalty in two years marking the company's decade-long regulatory battle in Europe.

Chinese search giant Baidu beats on ad sales but streaming costs surge

11:20pm, 21st February, 2019

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Chinese search giant Baidu beats on ad sales but streaming costs surge

Chinese search engine operator Baidu Inc beat market estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, as its core online marketing business stayed resilient and revenue surged in its Netflix-like streaming service iQiyi.

Chinese search giant Baidu's online marketing business stable, streaming surges

9:14pm, 21st February, 2019

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Chinese search giant Baidu's online marketing business stable, streaming surges

Chinese search engine operator Baidu Inc beat market estimates for fourth-quarter revenue and profit on Thursday, as its core online marketing business stayed resilient and revenue surged in its Netflix-like streaming service iQiyi.

Search engine Baidu becomes first China firm to join U.S. AI ethics group

2:29am, 17th October, 2018

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Search engine Baidu becomes first China firm to join U.S. AI ethics group

Chinese search engine Baidu Inc has become the first Chinese company to join an artificial intelligence (AI) ethics group led by top U.S. tech firms, amid wider political clashes over AI competition between China and the United States.

Search for Planet Nine turns up a way-out dwarf planet that’s called ‘The Goblin’

12:37am, 3rd October, 2018

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Search for Planet Nine turns up a way-out dwarf planet that’s called ‘The Goblin’

The International Space Station leaves a streak above the Subaru Telescope in a long-exposure image. Observations using the Subaru Telescope led to the discovery of the mini-world known as The Goblin. (Subaru Telescope / NAOJ Photo / Hideaki Fujiwara...

Are we alone? NASA turns to the search for technosignatures beyond Earth

3:46pm, 25th September, 2018

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Are we alone? NASA turns to the search for technosignatures beyond Earth

An artist’s representation shows a megastructure known as a Dyson sphere capturing the energy from a distant star. Such a structure could create observable technosignatures pointing to the civilization behind its construction. (Credit: Danielle Futse...

Google CEO Sundar Pichai denies efforts to tweak search results: Axios

9:42pm, 21st September, 2018

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai denies efforts to tweak search results: Axios

Google's Chief Executive Sundar Pichai denied reports of efforts to politically bias the company's internet search results, Axios reported on Friday citing a memo.

Google staff discussed tweaking search results to counter travel ban: WSJ

8:32pm, 20th September, 2018

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Google staff discussed tweaking search results to counter travel ban: WSJ

Google employees brainstormed ways to alter search functions to counter the Trump administration's controversial 2017 travel ban, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing internal emails.