Google, Apple lose multibillion dollar court fights with European Union

Sep 11, 2024, at 07:12 pm

Luxembourg/IBNS: Apple Inc. has lost its legal battle over a €13 billion ($14.4 billion) Irish tax bill, while Google has lost its challenge against a €2.4 billion fine for abusing its market power, reports Bloomberg.

Google parent Alphabet in talks to securing $23 billion deal for cybersecurity leader Wiz: Report

Jul 15, 2024, at 06:57 pm

Washington/IBNS: American tech giant Google's parent company, Alphabet, is in advanced talks to secure the monumental acquisition of the cybersecurity firm Wiz for an estimated $23 billion, Reuters reported, citing an insider who shared details on Sunday under the condition of anonymity.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai updates employees on layoffs

May 11, 2024, at 05:00 am

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has said that the majority of the layoffs in the company would happen in the first six months of 2024, during an all-hands meeting, media reported.

Google wraps up Flutter, Dart, and Python teams; sudden job loss leaves employees in shock

May 01, 2024, at 12:14 pm

Google has terminated employees from various technology teams, such as Flutter, Dart, and Python, among others, media reports said.

Google lays off 40 to 45 employees in Google News: Report

Oct 19, 2023, at 10:56 pm

Tech giant Google has recently downsized its news division, with nearly 40 to 45 employees in Google News reportedly losing their positions, according to a spokesperson from the Alphabet Workers Union, reported CNBC.

In the season of layoffs, Google fires 100 robot workers that cleaned its cafeterias, tidied conference rooms

Mar 02, 2023, at 01:23 am

Amid mass layoffs, Google’s parent company Alphabet has also fired 100 robots that helped keep its cafeterias spick and span, reported Wired.

Google cuts 12,000 jobs, offers severance, healthcare and other support for terminated workers

Jan 21, 2023, at 04:44 am

Google’s parent organization Alphabet is laying off 12,000 employees or 6 percent of its workforce amid a grim growth outlook.

Google likely to lay off 10,000 people in early 2023: Reports

Nov 23, 2022, at 07:01 am

Amid a wave of layoffs, Google’s parent company Alphabet, too, plans to fire a significant chunk of its workforce--around 6 percent, or 10,000 people, media reports said.

Internet giant Google plans to spend USD 2.1 bn on NYC office building

Sep 23, 2021, at 12:55 am

New York/IBNS: The Alphabet Inc-owned internet giant Google has set sights on buying an office building for USD  2.1 Billion, showing positive signs of bringing employees under the pre-covid style of work.

Google extends 'work from home' to September, CEO Sundar Pichai tells employees in email

Dec 19, 2020, at 05:36 am

Oakland (California)/IBNS: Google has extended the period of work from home for its employees by a few more months to September 2021 as the Covid-19 pandemic is far from subsiding and the anti-coronavirus vaccine is yet to hit the shelves.

Ticket price of my plane to US was equivalent to father's annual income: Sundar Pichai recalls his struggling days

Jun 09, 2020, at 09:33 pm

Mountain View/IBNS: Recalling his struggling phase in life amid the Covid-19 scare, Alphabet Inc. CEO Sundar Pichai has recently shared that his plane ticket to the United States where he went to study was equivalent to his father's annual income, media reports said.

Google co-founders step aside as Indian-American Sundar Pichai takes over Alphabet

Dec 04, 2019, at 09:15 am

Washington/IBNS: Indian-origin Google’s chief executive Sundar Pichai has been named as the chief of Google’s parent company Alphabet.