
Big tech lobby groups soften anti-China bill
It would hurt US business
An attempt by US politicians to harm Chinese trade has backfired after it emerged it would do more harm to IT companies who are dependent on China.

Google sued for discriminating against white men
Because white men have such a tough time
Google has found itself in a rather amusing predicament. Normally it is accused of favouring white men over women and racial minorities in its hiring. Now it is going to court to defend itself against a white male who claims he has been discriminated against.

Tower of Babel grows as Roku has its say
Help me, help me!
Roku will introduce a voice assistant with its technology later this year, entering what's getting to be a crowded space packed with the likes of Amazon, Google, Apple and more.

Google money lost in Bermuda Triangle
Bend it, shake it, anyway you want IT
Tech leviathan Google is up to its tax tricks again.

UK threatens to tax big tech over extremist content
Like that will ever happen
Over the holidays, the UK government started to talk big about taxing big tech companies which fail to tackle extremist content.

Google abandons Pixel C
Tame Apple Press celebrates
Google has finally given up on its Pixel C flagship tablet.

Apple loses top chipman
John Bruno moves to Google
ATI and later AMD started the great trend of letting journalists talk to actual engineers. Nvidia followed, and soon I had the chance to meet John Bruno, who this week is leaving Apple to shift to Google.

Schmidt demotes himself to technical advisor
Wants to spend more time with science and tech issues
The executive chairman of Alphabet's board of directors, Eric Schmidt, has demoted himself from executive chairman of Alphabet's board of directors and become a technical adviser.

EU 2.4 billion euro fine was designed to surprise Google
Watchdog wanted a deterrent effect
The European Union aimed for a “deterrent effect” on Google and other technology giants when it ordered the internet search outfit to pay 2.4 billion euro ($2.8 billion) for breaching antitrust law over how it displays shopping ads.

Google freezes Project Tango development
Can't bear augmented reality hardware any more
Search engine outfit Google has dealt a blow to those who want to see AR everywhere by pulling the plug on its Project Tango.