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SoftBank Reveals Stakes In Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix And Tesla

SoftBank Reveals Stakes In Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix And Tesla
SoftBank Reveals Stakes In Amazon, Alphabet, Netflix And Tesla
August 17, 2020  |  Investments

SoftBank has built a stake worth around $1.2 billion in Amazon, according to regulatory filings as reported by Reuters. Get the Full Story Complete the...

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Alphabet’s Verily Opens Coronavirus Test Lab
Alphabet’s Verily Opens Coronavirus Test Lab
August 11, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Verily, an Alphabet company and Google sibling, has established a Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA)-certified lab at its south San Francisco headquarters, intended to speed...

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Big Tech CEOs Didn’t Win Over Congress At Hearing
Big Tech CEOs Didn’t Win Over Congress At Hearing
July 30, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

The big day finally came — the CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google‘s parent, Alphabet, sat in front of lawmakers (at least virtually) and...

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Alphabet Bolsters Advertising Features As Cloud Gains Traction Amid Pandemic
Alphabet Bolsters Advertising Features As Cloud Gains Traction Amid Pandemic
July 30, 2020  |  Earnings

Alphabet, the parent company of Google, strengthened its advertising capabilities in the second quarter as it looked to help connect business with customers through new...

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Loon Goes Live In Kenya Providing Internet Access Through Balloons
Loon Goes Live In Kenya Providing Internet Access Through Balloons
July 08, 2020  |  International

Loon, the balloon-centric project attempting to connect people to the internet, is live in Kenya, according to Alastair Westgarth from the company in a Medium...

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Big Tech CEOs Head To Washington July 27 To Testify In Antitrust Probe
Big Tech CEOs Head To Washington July 27 To Testify In Antitrust Probe
July 06, 2020  |  ANTITRUST

The CEOs of Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google parent Alphabet will all appear before Congress this month as part of a governmental probe into their...

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Google Buys Smart-Glasses Maker North For A Reported $180M
Google Buys Smart-Glasses Maker North For A Reported $180M
June 30, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Google’s parent, Alphabet Inc., confirmed on Tuesday (June 30) that it has purchased North, the Canadian startup best known for Focals, its $600 smart glasses.  Get the Full...

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Aye Finance Raises Another $27.5M Amid Pandemic
Aye Finance Raises Another $27.5M Amid Pandemic
June 24, 2020  |  Investments

Bucking the coronavirus-driven economic downturn, Indian FinTech Aye Finance on Wednesday (June 24) said it had raised $27.5 million from a group of investors led...

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Google Withdraws Offers To More Than 2,000 Contract Workers
Google Withdraws Offers To More Than 2,000 Contract Workers
May 29, 2020  |  Google

More than 2,000 people who had signed employment agreements with Google as temp and contract workers had their offers rescinded, The New York Times reported....

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