Tag Archives: Google

YouTube CEO Wojcicki steps down after almost 25 years at Google

YouTube Chief Executive and one of the first Google employees, Susan Wojcicki, has stepped down from her role, she said in a personal update on the video-sharing platform on Thursday, February 16.   Wojcicki, 54 who started work at the tech giant in her garage nearly 25 years ago, will be …

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France fines Google, Facebook for making cookies difficult to refuse

France’s data privacy watchdog has fined Google a record 150 million euros and Facebook 60 million euros for making it difficult for French internet users to opt out of online trackers, known as cookies. Read More: 44 villages in Drobo State support the Anti-LGBTQI+ Bill, warns MP not to vote …

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A year after being fired from Google, Ethiopia’s Timnit Gebru now has her own AI research institute

A prominent artificial intelligence computer scientist who was fired by Google has announced the launch of an independent artificial research institute to focus on topics she felt were being sidelined at Google. Timnit Gebru, born and raised in Ethiopia, was reportedly fired for a research paper “critiquing Google’s lucrative AI …

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Man buys Google Argentina for £2

 Google Argentina Google Argentina’s domain name was bought by a web designer while the site was out of action for two hours in the country last Wednesday. Nicolas Kurona, aged 30, said he managed to buy Google.com.ar through a normal, legal process. “I never imagined that it was going to …

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Google threatens to withdraw search engine from Australia

Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia over the nation’s attempt to make the tech giant share royalties with news publishers. Australia is introducing a world-first law to make Google, Facebook and potentially other tech companies pay media outlets for their news content. But the US firms …

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Meet the Black woman leading Google’s legal department

It is quite rare for women of colour to rise to the top leadership positions of Fortune 500 companies. The problem has largely been due to traditional prejudice against women and America’s history with racism as well as a lack of opportunities for Black people and other minorities. In recent …

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Ghanaians highly searched for barred sex leak website on Google in the past 5 years

Thousands of Ghanaians have over the past five years expressed high interest in the barred sex leak website, Empressleak, to watch sexually explicit videos and leaks of people in Ghana and other African countries. Empressleak which served as the hub for obscene materials, until recently, was one of the popular …

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Google CEO Explains Why Bawumia’s images and name appears as the biggest liar in Ghana

For Days now the Vice President of Ghana Has been trending after news broke out that he is been ranked as the biggest Liar In Ghana according to Google. Many people though it was just a deliberate attempt by google to defame the Image of The Vice President. Upon research, it …

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Google co-founders hand over control of parent firm Alphabet to Sundar Pichai

Google chief executive Sundar Pichai will assume the CEO role at parent firm Alphabet in a shakeup at the top of the Silicon Valley titan, the company said Tuesday. Pichai will take over from Larry Page, a co-founder of the internet giant, at the holding firm which includes Google as …

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Google writes to Ghana over last Friday’s Cedi glitch

Online giant Google has written to Ghana over last Friday’s glitch which saw the Cedi to dollar rate weighing as much as four times the accurate figure. In a statement to the Finance minister, google said: ‘We always aim to provide people with the most relevant, useful information to help …

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