Can’t be worse than what it has now

While firms are under the mistaken believe that they can save a buck or two on translation services using AI, the technology is a long way away from being remotely reliable. So Google boffins have been flat out trying to make it better.

UK Watchdog worried that all advertising roads lead to Chrome

UK’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Google’s proposals to remove third-party cookies and other functions from its Chrome browser.

FUD post

Search engine outfit Google is rather miffed at the new rules the US has come up with to regulate drone flights.

It makes tools which are "powerful, and dangerous" 

Microsoft and Google, have joined Facebook's legal battle against hacking company NSO, filing an amicus brief in federal court that warned the Israeli firm's tools were "powerful, and dangerous".

Convert old PCs to Chromebooks

Google bought a company called Neverware that sells software to transform old personal computers and Macs into Chromebook devices.

Things ain’t what they used to be

Google plans to shut down Android Things, a stripped-down version of Android designed for smart home devices.

Google denies it

Timnit Gebru, one of the best-known AI researchers today and co-lead of an AI ethics team at Google, said she was fired for sending an email to "non-management employees that was inconsistent with the expectations of a Google manager".

Will assemble servers for Google

Foxconn plans to assemble key components for Google servers from its plant in Wisconsin, people familiar with the matter said, finally breathing life into a factory Donald Trump hailed as crucial to bringing manufacturing back to the US.

Europe's antitrust watchdog barks

Splitting up large tech companies such as Google and Facebook will not be necessary, Europe’s antitrust chief said on Sunday.

Fudzilla monthly revenue chopped by 65 percent

Last month we decided to increase Google ads presence of Fudzilla and increase the number of banners, giving Google some better spots. Revenue more than doubled but after the end of the month, Google market 65 percent of our ad traffic as Invalid Traffic - AdSense for Content, deducting 65 percent of the revenue.