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Cybersecurity

Google discloses privacy security flaw kept quiet since March

(Oct 9): Alphabet Inc’s Google said it found a “software glitch” in its Google+ social network in March that could have exposed the personal data of as many as half a million users, but decided not to tell the public until Monday.

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Google acknowledges mistakes on privacy issues as US seeks input

(Sept 26): Leading internet search engine Google will acknowledge that it has made “mistakes” on privacy issues in testimony an executive of the Alphabet Inc unit will deliver to a US Senate committee on Wednesday, according to a document reviewed by

Google, Temasek coming in as new investors in Indonesia's Go-Jek

SINGAPORE (Jan 18): Alphabet Inc's Google, Singapore state investor Temasek Holdings and Chinese online platform Meituan-Dianping are investing in a fundraising round of Indonesian ride-hailing startup Go-Jek, sources familiar with the matter said.
Donald Trump

Tech employees vow not to help Trump surveil Muslims, deport immigrants

WASHINGTON (Dec 13): More than 200 employees of technology companies including Alphabet Inc's Google, Twitter Inc and Salesforce pledged on Tuesday to not help US President-elect Donald Trump's administration build a data registry to track people

Google makes new hardware push, takes on Apple with Pixel phone

SAN FRANCISCO (Oct 5): Alphabet Inc's Google on Tuesday announced a new "Pixel" smartphone and a virtual reality headset, making a concerted move into home electronics and challenging Apple Inc's iPhone at the high end of the more than US$
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