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A woman watches an investigation film by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny in Moscow on January 21, 2021. – A probe by Alexei Navalny into President Vladimir Putin’s alleged “palace” has become the Kremlin critic’s most-watched YouTube report, as authorities moved to block his calls online for protests. Navalny’s spokeswoman Kira Yarmysh said that his two-hour video report into an opulent Black Sea property allegedly owned by Putin had been viewed more than 40 million times since its release January 19, 2021. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP) (Photo by ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Russia banned Facebook and Instagram as ‘extremist’ organizations. YouTube may be next

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Google to buy cybersecurity firm Mandiant for $5.4 billion

By Nico Grant and Bloomberg

Commuters outside the Google offices in the King’s Cross Central development in London, U.K., on Monday, July 19, 2021. Boris Johnson’s plan to get the U.K. back to normal is in disarray, with Covid-19 cases rising the most in the world and a public outcry over the prime minister’s perceived attempt to dodge isolation rules. Photographer: Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images

Google’s staff get pricey fast COVID tests while contractors wait

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HAMBURG, GERMANY – JULY 27: Google Hamburg photographed on July 27, 2021 in Hamburg, Germany.

Google growth overshadowed by slower YouTube and cloud results

By Nico Grant and Bloomberg

Sundar Pichai, chief executive officer of Alphabet Inc., speaks virtually during a House Energy and Commerce Subcommittees hearing on a tablet computer in Tiskilwa, Illinois, U.S., on Thursday, March 25, 2021. The chief executives of Facebook, Google, and Twitter are testifying as lawmakers on both sides of the aisle prepare to press the companies over the spread of false information that contributed to the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attacks.

Google and Microsoft end their five-year cease-fire

By Dina Bass, Nico Grant, and others

Google’s ad business faces heat as DOJ extends Trump-era probe

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Google to let Android users opt out of tracking, following Apple

By Nico Grant and Bloomberg

Google will make Android apps tell users about data collection in transparency push

By Nico Grant and Bloomberg

Google parent company shares jump 5% on strong ad sales, stock buyback

By Nico Grant and Bloomberg

Google AI research manager quits after two ousted from group

By Nico Grant, Josh Eidelson, and others

A general view of the Google homepage. Photo credit should read: Tim Goode/PA Wire.

Google’s A.I. ethics team saga takes another turn

By Nico Grant, Dina Bass, and others

LANSING, MI – DECEMBER 02: U.S. President Donald Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani waits to testify before the Michigan House Oversight Committee on December 2, 2020 in Lansing, Michigan. Guiliani and the president’s legal team are claiming widespread voter fraud in Michigan and other closely contested states in the November 3 presidential election. The hearing will not change results of the vote in Michigan, which has already been certified.

YouTube dings Rudy Giuliani for sharing election disinformation

By Nico Grant and Bloomberg

A person wearing a protective mask holds a mobile phone at an entrance to the Google campus in Mountain View, California, U.S., on Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. On Wednesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.’s Google. At its center is a bold claim: Google colluded with archrival Facebook Inc. in an illegal deal to manipulate auctions for online advertising, an industry the two companies dominate.

Google blames Gmail, YouTube outage on error in user ID system

By Mark Bergen, Nico Grant, and others

PARIS, FRANCE – DECEMBER 14: In this photo illustration, the logos of the applications, Street View, Google Earth, Google Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Hangouts, Google, Gmail, Chrome, Google News, Drive, Google Earth, and Chrome are displayed on the screen of an iPhone on December 14, 2020 in Paris, France. A global bug has affected Google services since midday. An unprecedented incident: most Google services, including YouTube and Gmail messaging, experienced a major global outage on Monday, December 14 at midday. Google indicated on its dashboard accessible online that all its services were affected, and this for “the majority of users”.

Google Gmail suffers outage for second day in a row

By Nico Grant and Bloomberg

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA – SEPTEMBER 17: Oracle CEO Safra Catz delivers a keynote address during the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld on September 17, 2019 in San Francisco, California. Oracle CEO Safra Catz kicked off day two of the 2019 Oracle OpenWorld with a keynote address. The annual convention runs through September 19.

Oracle moves its headquarters to Texas, adding to Silicon Valley exodus

By Nico Grant and Bloomberg