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Google's reputation as one of Silicon Valley's friendliest tech companies began to shatter following President Trump's election. Wired magazine's Senior Writer Nitasha Tiku joins "CBSN AM" to discuss her September cover story, which gives an insight into the last three years of Google. She spoke to 47 current and former Google employees about several key events, including leaked emails and a bid for artificial intelligence.
An indictment filed in Silicon Valley reads like a Cold War spy thriller. A former engineer at Google is accused of acting as a secret agent for Uber, in a high-stakes tech war. Jamie Yuccas has the story.
A former star engineer at Google faces criminal charges for allegedly stealing company secrets about self-driving cars and giving them to Uber, a major competitor. The federal indictment filed Tuesday in Silicon Valley escalates the high-stakes fight to reshape the future of transportation. Kris Van Cleave reports.
The race to create the self-driving car continues at a feverish pace, with major players pumping billions into the effort. The intense pursuit may have led to corporate espionage: this week, former Uber engineer Anthony Levandowski was charged with 33 counts of trade-secret theft and accused of bringing key data from Google to rival Uber. Kevin Delaney, editor-in-chief and co-CEO of Quartz, joins “CBS This Morning Saturday” to discuss the future of autonomous vehicles.
Google has agreed to pay a record $170 million fine to the Federal Trade Commission and New York state stemming from YouTube's violation of children's privacy. The company also agreed to make changes to its data collection practices. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joined CBSN to explain the details of the settlement.
Representatives from Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter met with national security officials to discuss cybersecurity ahead of the 2020 presidential election. CBSN's Reena Ninan has more.
Representatives from Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter met with national security officials Thursday to discuss cybersecurity ahead of the 2020 presidential election. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN's "Red and Blue" to discuss.
Forty-eight states launched an investigation into whether Google violated antitrust regulations. The probe will look into whether Google has become too dominant in the online advertising space and as a search engine. Facebook is facing a similar investigation. CBS News correspondent Hilary Lane reports on the latest, and CNET News executive editor Roger Cheng joins CBSN AM to discuss the investigation and what's expected at Apple's iPhone event.
In April, Apple and Google announced Google and Apple were working together to launch a coronavirus tracing app, aimed at following the spread of COVID-19 across the U.S. As more details emerge about the software, however, health officials say it will provide little aid in the battle against the outbreak. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN's Reena Ninan with more.
Google said it has achieved a breakthrough in quantum computing research, saying an experimental quantum processor has completed a calculation in just a few minutes that would take a traditional supercomputer thousands of years.
Google plans to launch a checking account aimed at individuals as soon as next year. The search giant will tie the accounts to its Google Pay offering, which already has 100 million users around the globe.
Google is making it harder for political advertisers to target specific types of people. The company said that as of January, advertisers will only be able to target U.S. political ads based on broad categories such as gender, age and ZIP code. CBSN Los Angeles reports.
More than 300 video ads for President Trump were taken down, mostly over the summer, for violating company policy, 60 Minutes discovered. Ian Sherr, an editor at large for CNET, joins CBSN to discuss the latest on how these social media platforms are policing political ads.
Google is integrating its "Password Checkup" feature into a new version of its Chrome browser. The feature checks passwords saved in Chrome against data that has been compromised. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joined CBSN AM to talk about it.
Totok is marketed as an easy way to share pictures and videos with friends around the world, but a New York Times report reveals that the chat app is being used by the United Arab Emirates as a method to spy on users. CNET senior producer Dan Patterson joins CBSN with the latest.
In 2010, people were buying their first iPads and catching Bieber Fever. A decade later, the trends are much different. Here are the fastest-rising search trends in the U.S. for each year of the past decade, according to Google.
A judge has ordered Google to turn over a year's worth of Jussie Smollett's emails, private messages, photographs and location data to a special prosecutor who is looking into why prosecutors abruptly dismissed criminal charges against the actor.
Voters in Maine will head to the polls in June for the state's primary elections. Eight candidates will be competing for a Senate seat, including former Google executive Ross LaJeunesse. LaJeunesse joined CBSN to discuss why he left the tech company and what he'll be fighting for if he makes it to Capitol Hill.
Apple and Google are teaming up to work on technology to help reduce the spread of coronavirus. CBS News and Wired editor-in-chief Nick Thompson joined CBSN with more on how their tracing technology will work.
Eric Schmidt predicts that workplaces will aim for increased social distancing in offices worldwide.
This week we sat down with White House Economic Adviser Kevin Hassett, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb for the latest on the battle against COVID-19.
Missed the second half of the show? The latest on coronavirus testing, the workplace in the era of social distancing and the future of high education in the post-COVID world.
The following is a transcript of an interview with former Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt that aired Sunday, May 10, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
Americans are going online more than ever before — but cash-strapped businesses are advertising to them less.
A historic collaboration between rival tech giants Apple and Google is developing a means by which smartphones will allow us to receive anonymous notifications when we've been exposed to people infected with the coronavirus
Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa is scheduled to visit Washington, D.C., on Nov. 10, Tom Barrack, the U.S. envoy to Syria and U.S. ambassador to Turkey, confirmed.
Rulings by two federal judges eased pressure on SNAP benefits, although President Trump said payments are likely to be delayed.
Prime Minister Mark Carney also told Ontario's Premier Doug Ford not to run the ad.
President Trump's interview with Norah O'Donnell airs Sunday, Nov. 2, on 60 Minutes.
Republican Rep. Nancy Mace was flying out of Charleston International Airport on Thursday when the incident occurred.
Jordan Goudreau was arrested last year on weapons smuggling charges tied to the failed coup attempt undertaken during the first Trump administration.
A 38-year-old woman has been charged with complicity in organized theft and criminal conspiracy with a view to committing a crime.
Since the fall of Sudan's El-Fasher, reports have emerged of summary executions, sexual violence and abductions.
Marucs White-Allen, who was arrested after the shooting death of Brayden Lovan, was found dead on Oct. 8.