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Google has reportedly reached a deal with HTC to acquire a number of HTC employees in a $1.1 billion exchange that also includes licensing of HTC technology.

Despite the fact that search engines such as Google keep user search data for long periods of time, the data retention does not improve search result quality, according to a report.

A founding member of Google’s security team claimed no one is safe from cyber attacks this week during the TechCrunch Disrupt 2017 conference.

BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Google has offered to display rival comparison shopping sites via an auction, as it aims to stave off further EU antitrust fines, four people familiar with the matter said.

Legislators in Washington are reportedly considering stricter regulation on Silicon Valley tech companies as digital advertising becomes a central part of American elections.

A former Facebook executive has stated that tech companies such as Google and Facebook have become “surveillance states” and are “inviting government regulation.”

Google has been accused of paying female workers less than men for the second time in recent months, most recently facing a lawsuit by three female ex-employees.

A professor and the director of InHealth Associates have claimed that Google’s depression diagnosis tool “is driving people quicker down the path to big pharma.”

Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Luther Lowe, vice president of public policy for Yelp, made the argument that Google was abusing its market advantages by snuffing out certain niche competition, particularly when it comes to local search and

YouTube’s algorithms, which are used to censor and demonetize videos on the platform, are killing its creators, according to a report.

The European Union has announced that it will force U.S. tech companies like Google and Apple to start paying a Europe-wide “equalization tax” rate of about 26.22 percent.

The Atlantic has published a piece on the ongoing controversy over Google’s firing of James Damore, a former engineer who was let go after he published a memo calling for more viewpoint diversity at the tech giant. The article asks Google’s CEO to specify what is open to debate at the company and what is not.

YouTube has continued to demonetize videos from popular content creators, now effecting interviewer Dave Rubin and fast food reviewer TheReportOfTheWeek.

A new poll warns the Republican Congressional leadership that a revolt is brewing against them among President Trump’s base.

Andrew Torba, CEO of free speech Twitter alternative Gab, joined Fox News’ Tucker Carlson on Tuesday to discuss Silicon Valley censorship.

Google is reportedly hiring more workers in China to work on the development of artificial intelligence.

Jon Von Tetzchner, the creator of the Opera web browser, has accused Google of violating antitrust law in relation to his new browser, Vivaldi.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) have condemned the Google-funded New America Foundation think tank for firing members who supported the European Union’s sanctions against Google.

Speaking exclusively to Breitbart News, an anonymous Google employee provided insight directly into the tech company’s office culture, language policing, and persecution for ideological wrongthink.

Several Google employees had Maine lobster shipped and transported to Nevada’s infamous Burning Man Festival, which is centered around the philosophies of “radical self-reliance” and “radical self expression.”

Only 37 percent of U.S. 12th graders were prepared for college-level coursework in mathematics and reading in 2016, but many public school districts have become fixated on the latest progressive trend of “social and emotional learning.”

Google is “coming after critics in academia and journalism,” according to the Washington Post, who added that the company “is forming into a government of itself.”

Google had our group kicked out of our parent think tank over a statement lauding the EU’s ruling against Google.

Google has reportedly taken steps to alter their Google Shopping search results to comply with the European Commission’s ruling relating to antitrust laws.

A member of a Google-funded think tank was removed from the group after publishing a statement praising the penalties placed on Google by the European Union.

YouTube has reportedly demonetized a number of videos from former presidential candidate Ron Paul following an announcement that the company would be censoring the platform to an even greater degree.

Tech giant Google has issued refunds to advertisers overcharged by the company due to ad placement on websites that use fake internet traffic to boost ad payouts.

(AFP) — Expedia chief Dara Khosrowshahi has been chosen to replace ousted Travis Kalanick as the next CEO at Uber, The New York Times reported Sunday, as the ride-hailing giant looks to move past a rough patch.

Google began to “police YouTube like it never has before” Thursday, cracking down further on “offensive content,” according to a report.

As we drill down on the dangers of corporate monopoly, we can observe that the worst offenders are Google, Amazon, Facebook, and Apple. We might even turn those four companies into an acronym, GAFA. And yes, GAFA is the antithesis of MAGA—Making America Great Again.

Google has introduced the ability for users to screen themselves for depression by adding the option to take a questionnaire when they search for information on the condition.

Twitter thread genius Thomas Wictor has become the latest victim of the liberal-left tech sector’s war on free speech.

Pamela Geller, American Freedom Defense Initiative president and Geller Report proprietor, joined SiriusXM host Raheem Kassam on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily to talk about PayPal’s attempt to ban her group.

Cloudflare chief executive Matthew Prince expressed remorse on Tuesday in an op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, suggesting that his arbitrary decision to remove the Daily Stormer from his company’s services might endanger free speech on the internet.

More than 500 Android apps were found to secretly contain spyware, resulting in their removal from the Google Play store, according to a report.

Wal-Mart has announced that they will be joining Google’s online shopping platform Google Express, purportedly with an eye towards Amazon, according to a report.