Google Acquires Data Analytics Firm Looker For $2.6B In Cash
Google is acquiring data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion cash in an effort to expand its Google Cloud business.
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Google is acquiring data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion cash in an effort to expand its Google Cloud business.
The announcement that several Silicon Valley tech giants could soon be at the center of a federal investigation came as Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference kicked off Monday.
Google on Sunday said users of YouTube and other services were seeing errors or slow performance due to high levels of network congestion in the eastern United States.
Silicon Valley tech giant Google may be at the center of an anti-trust investigation by the Department of Justice, according to the Wall Street Journal.
Google denied allegations by local comedians and San Francisco city officials that it will acquire the venue of the Punch Line comedy club, saying it has leased the space next door.
Google is restricting Huawei's access to its Android operating system and apps after the Trump administration blacklisted the Chinese tech firm.
Health officials in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties confirmed that a person diagnosed with measles recently visited Google's headquarters in Mountain View, exposing employees.
The California Democrat said the era of self-regulation for these companies should "probably" end -- the latest warning sign for Silicon Valley.
YouTube was forced to disable comments on a livestream of a House Judiciary hearing on hate crimes and white nationalism on social media Tuesday morning
Representatives from Facebook and Google will be on Capitol Hill Tuesday, face questions from lawmakers about how their platforms are used by white supremacists.
Google has shuttered its new artificial intelligence ethics council, a little more than a week after the Mountain View-based company announced it.
Google said Tuesday it will require staffing companies it works with to pay workers at least $15 an hour and give them health benefits.
Walmart will now allow its shoppers to order their groceries by voice through Google's smart home assistant.
Google is celebrating composer Johann Sebastian Bach with its first artificial intelligence-powered Doodle.
European Union regulators have fined Mountain View-based Google 1.49 billion euros ($1.7 billion) for abusing its dominant role in online advertising.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed a lower court to take another look at a lawsuit that involved Google and privacy concerns and ended in a class-action settlement.
Google on Tuesday unveiled a video-game streaming platform called Stadia, positioning itself to take on the traditional video-game business.
Ireland is quickly developing into the go-to European destination for Silicon Valley tech companies.
America's top general said Thursday that Mountain View-based Google's work in China "is indirectly benefiting the Chinese military."
A Maine man was arrested in Mountain View Sunday after allegedly threatening Google and driving across the country to confront the company, police reported.
Google paid former search executive Amit Singhal $35 million in an exit package when the exec was reportedly forced to resign after a sexual assault investigation.
Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren on Friday rolled out a proposal to break up the biggest U.S. technology companies, saying they have too much control over the economy and Americans' lives.
San Jose's mayor said he has decided not to hold a State of the City address this year because the formula is "stale," but his critics aren't completely buying it.
San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo did not disclose that he had a financial interest in a condominium in a complex on 3rd Street in downtown San Jose prior to some preliminary votes on a land deal with Google.
