- Google CEO Sundar Pichai apologises for document, EU's Thierry Breton warns internet is not Wild WestSundar Pichai and Breton exchanged views in a video-conference call late on Thursday, the third this year, according to a statement from the European Commission. The call came after a Google internal document outlined a 60-day strategy to counter the European Union's push for the new rules by getting U.S. allies to push back against Breton.
- Amazon, Apple stay away from new French initiative to set principles for Big TechFrench President Emmanuel Macron has sought for the past three years to cajole tech giants into collaborating with governments on a series of global challenges such as fighting hate speech online, preserving privacy or contributing to state coffers.
- GDP contraction to improve to 'higher single digits' in Jul-Sept, says expertThe GDP contracted by 23.9 per cent in the June quarter due to strong lockdown measures and leading to expectations of the GDP growth being a negative 14 per cent for the full fiscal.
- Tech hearing: Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs testify before US Senate Committee on content moderation practicesA Congressional grilling of Twitter, Facebook and Google CEOs is quickly evolving into pre-election political circus around the social media content moderation dumpster fire and allegations that Big Tech companies show anti-conservative bias. The US elections are barely a week away and Big Tech's outsize influence is under intense scrutiny. The Senate Commerce Committee summoned Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Google's Sundar Pichai to testify. The CEOs agreed to appear remotely after being threatened with subpoenas.Tech hearing: Facebook, Google, Twitter CEOs testify before US Senate Committee on content moderation practices
- Apple, Google and a deal that controls the internetApple and Google’s parent company, Alphabet, worth more than $3 trillion combined, do compete on plenty of fronts, like smartphones, digital maps and laptops. But they also know how to make nice when it suits their interests. And few deals have been nicer to both sides of the table than the iPhone search deal.
- Disappointed with Trump's proclamation on immigration: Sundar Pichai"Immigration has contributed immensely to America’s economic success, making it a global leader in tech, and also Google the company it is today. Disappointed by today’s proclamation - we’ll continue to stand with immigrants and work to expand opportunity for all," Pichai said on the microblogging platform Twitter.
- PM Modi's virtual meeting with Sundar Pichai to push India's FDI agendaGreater investment in infrastructure through adding more data centres in India and giving a major push to the app ecosystem were some of the steps Google could undertake in India. Sources told ET that the PM might have virtual meetings with global leaders in the days and weeks to come.
- Google plans to pay publishers $1 billion over three years for their contentCEO Sundar Pichai said the new product called Google News Showcase will launch first in Germany, where it has signed up German newspapers including Der Spiegel, Stern, Die Zeit, and in Brazil with Folha de S.Paulo, Band and Infobae.
- India’s super-rich see wealth grow 20%, 2x pace of listed cos’ mcap during CovidThe cumulative value of the 828 individuals on the list stood at $821 billion (Rs 60,59,500 crore), an increase of $140 billion (Rs 10,29,400 crore) over the 2019 count, a large part of which was due to the rise in share price of Reliance Industries.
- Alphabet settles shareholder suit over sexual misconduct casesSexual misconduct accusations against senior executives will be investigated by a "rapid response" team, and they will be barred from amending their stock-selling plans while under investigation.
- Google, Facebook CEOs could face subpoena from Senate PanelUnder committee rules, if the ranking member doesn’t agree to a subpoena request from the chairman, the chairman can call for a full committee vote on the matter.
- Ayushmann Khurrana joins PM Modi, Shaheen Bagh 'dadi' Bilkis in TIME's 100 Most Influential People Of 2020 listKhurrana is the youngest Indian to be featured in this year's list.
- Computing pioneers endorse Joe Biden, citing Trump immigration crackdownA number of large tech companies have often spoken out on immigration. A week after Trump’s inauguration, Google co-founder Sergey Brin joined protests in San Francisco over the administration’s ban on travel from several Muslim countries. Days later, Brin and Google’s chief executive, Sundar Pichai, spoke at a similar protest by the company’s employees at its headquarters in Silicon Valley.
- Appearances can be deceptive! Google top boss Sundar Pichai shares 'Instagram vs reality' pictureThe first photograph is a medium shot of Mr Pichai smiling for the camera in a formal blue shirt.
- PM Modi interacts with Google CEO Sundar Pichai on tech, new work culture during COVID-19Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai on a wide range of subjects, particularly leveraging the power of technology to transform the lives of India's farmers, youngsters and entrepreneurs. They also spoke on the new work culture emerging during the corona crisis. In the virtual meeting with Pichai, the Prime Minister also discussed the new work culture that is emerging during the COVID-19 crisis.PM Modi interacts with Google CEO Sundar Pichai on tech, new work culture during COVID-19
- Memos to employees, blogposts, tweets: Crisis-management and boss lessons from Sundar PichaiThe tech boss turns 48 today.
- Zuckerberg, Bezos, Sundar Pichai and Tim Cook getting heat from US Cong on competitionThe four tech CEOs command corporations with gold-plated brands, millions or even billions of customers, and a combined value greater than the entire German economy. One of them, Bezos, is the world's richest individual; Zuckerberg is the fourth-ranked billionaire.
- Jio investment first, biggest of India investment plans: Google CEO Sundar PichaiPichai, announcing the partnership with Reliance Jio on Wednesday added, more work needs to be done to provide digital access to billions of Indians who still don't own a smartphone. Google and Jio Platforms have entered into a commercial agreement to jointly develop an entry-level affordable smartphone with optimizations to the Android operating system and the Play Store.
- Sundar Pichai is ready to realize India’s potential with the way CEOs know best: A fat chequeThe American search-engine giant said its Google unit plans to spend $10 billion over the next seven years on operations, infrastructure and investments as a “reflection of our confidence in the future of India and its digital economy.”
- We are committed to recognise local talent and entrepreneurial ventures in India: Google's Sundar PichaiIndia has local talent, access to a large market, strong entrepreneurial and venture capital foundation to see this through. As a company, we are committed to it. We are trying to develop apps in India. We want to invest in companies that are doing that, says Google CEO Sundar Pichai.
- Google unveils 4-step plan for 75,000 Cr INR digital fund for India: Sundar PichaiGoogle CEO Sundar Pichai on Monday announced an investment of Rs 75,000 crore in India over the next 5-7 years through 'Google for India Digitisation Fund'. Addressing Google for India event, Pichai asserted that the latest move is a reflection of the company's confidence in the future of India and its digital economy. Investments will focus on four key areas of India's digitisation, he said. Watch!Google unveils 4-step plan for 75,000 Cr INR digital fund for India: Sundar Pichai
- From making 'paneer makhani' to watching nostalgic videos, YouTube plays a big role in Sundar Pichai's lifeThe Google CEO said his grandmother misses haggling for veggies in this new normal world.
- PM Narendra Modi, Google's Sundar Pichai discuss data security, use of AI in agricultureAccording to a statement issued by the PMO, Modi also talked about further leveraging technology in providing healthcare services.During the course of interaction, the prime minister discussed the issue of data security and concerns around privacy.
- Sundar Pichai urges 'Class of 2020' to be patient & hopeful, says they have the chance to change everythingThe Google CEO addressed the students during YouTube's virtual graduation ceremony.
- Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai’s 2019 compensation worth $281 millionThe vast majority of the package is stock awards, some of which will be paid out depending on Alphabet’s stock return relative to other companies in the S&P 100 index. That means his haul can become significantly smaller, or much bigger.
- Covid-19: Sundar Pichai donates Rs 5 crore to Give India"Thank you @sundarpichai for matching @Googleorg's Rs 5 crore grant to provide desperately needed cash assistance for vulnerable daily wage worker families...," Give India said in a tweet. Previously, Google had announced an over USD 800 million commitment towards efforts to tackle Covid-19 pandemic that that claimed thousands of lives globally.
- Google eyes Policybazaar, may buy 10% stake for $150 million: ReportsGoogle is looking to acquire a minority stake in SoftBank-backed online insurance platform Policybazaar as part of its goal to invest $10 billion in India over the next five to seven years, according to people close to the development. Google is keen on acquiring about 10% of Policybazaar and could invest about $150 million, they said. SoftBank, which holds a 15% stake in Policybazaar, may make a partial exit, they said.Google eyes Policybazaar, may buy 10% stake for $150 million: Reports
- Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune surpasses $100 billionThe staggering numbers have put Big Tech under increased scrutiny, with Zuckerberg, Bezos, Apple Inc. Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook and Alphabet Inc. head Sundar Pichai testifying before Congress last month to defend allegations that their power and influence are out of control.
- Apple, Amazon and Google are all bulletproof, nothing in this world can challenge themTackling companies with combined annual revenue of $782 billion, more than the gross domestic product of Switzerland, is a huge challenge, meaning competition authorities benefit from the work that’s already been done elsewhere.
- For Sundar Pichai, an Alphabet of worriesRising regulatory scrutiny, increased tax demands & threat from Chinese cos is what Pichai is staring at.
- Facebook, Google bet on Jio pact to tap into opportunities in India; plan to take solutions globalFacebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the partnership "will be to wire up and get thousands of kiranas, small businesses across India, onboarded onto WhatsApp to do commerce there". In the investor call of Alphabet, its chief Sundar Pichai said the company has announced a 'Google for India' Digitisation Fund to help Indian Internet users.
- Antitrust hearing: Google accused of robbing ideas from other sitesThe chairman of a Congressional committee investigating the power of major technology companies accused Google of leveraging its dominant search engine to steal ideas and information from other websites and manipulating its results to drive people to its own digital services to boost its profits. Pichai repeatedly deflected Cicilline’s attacks by asserting that Google tries to provide the most helpful and relevant information to the hundreds of millions of people who use its search engine each day. He said this is part of its effort to keep them coming back instead of defecting to a rival service, such as Microsoft’s Bing.Antitrust hearing: Google accused of robbing ideas from other sites
- Antitrust hearing: 4 Big Tech CEOs take heat during US Congress grilling on market power, influenceFour Big Tech CEOs - Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple - are testifying on their companies’ practices before Congress as a House panel caps its yearlong investigation of market dominance in the industry. Critics question whether the companies, grown increasingly powerful after gobbling up scores of rivals, stifle competition and innovation, raise prices for consumers and pose a danger to society.Antitrust hearing: 4 Big Tech CEOs take heat during US Congress grilling on market power, influence
- Facebook, Google, Apple, Amazon Chiefs to testify their 'success stories' in US Congress hearingThe CEOs of four of the most powerful companies in the world will testify remotely at the hearing, which comes less than 100 days before the US election.
- Coronavirus Pandemic: Google extends work from home through June next yearGoogle had said in May it would begin reopening more offices globally as early as June this year, but most Google employees would likely work from home until the end of this year.
- America Inc slams George Floyd murder; Sundar Pichai's solidarity gesture, Cook asks employees to be agents of 'change'The Citi Group CFO, a Black American himself, penned down an emotional blog post.
- Cloud is a $3–4 bn opportunity in India & Covid is going to expand it more: Karan Bajwa, head of Google Cloud IndiaA key part of Google’s plan to expand its India footprint is through its cloud services. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google also mentioned it as one of the target areas for investments in India.
- View: Reliance Jio’s 5G foray is exactly the push India needs in this directionIn the 5G world, telecom operators need to move beyond connectivity and collaborate with multiple stakeholders across sectors such as finance, transport, retail and healthcare to deliver innovative digital services.
- Google to invest Rs 33,737 crore for a 7.7 per cent stake in Jio PlatformsRIL chairman Mukesh Ambani confirmed Google's investment during the 43rd AGM.
- Focus on Google investment, retail arm at Reliance AGM: Centrum Broking'Reliance could now talk about outlining the next phase of big value unlocking.'
- Another cheque for Ambani? Google in advanced talks to invest $4 billion in Reliance Jio: ReportsGoogle is in advanced talks to buy a stake in Reliance Industries digital arm Jio Platforms, according to a Bloomberg report. The search giant's boss Sundar Pichai, in an interview to ET earlier, had neither denied nor confirmed reports of Google’s interest in Jio. Google has pledged $10 billion in India over the next five to seven years. Reliance’s digital services business unit, netted almost $16 billion in a fundraising blitz.Another cheque for Ambani? Google in advanced talks to invest $4 billion in Reliance Jio: Reports
- Big cheque for Mukesh Ambani? Google reportedly in advanced talks to invest $4 billion in JioGoogle has pledged $10 bn in India over the next five to seven years with the aim of consolidating its position in the digital ecosystem of the world’s fifth-largest economy that is emerging as a battleground for global internet giants.
- From education to small businesses, inside Google's new India blueprintThis is a clear sign of the internet giant's intent to up its India game by several notches. The main objective appears to be getting a firm grip on India's digital space. Google sees a huge opportunity in Digital India and is excited by it, Pichai said.
- Google to invest $10 billion in India, will use money to up digital stakePichai did not confirm or deny rumours of stake acquisition talks in Reliance Jio or Vodafone-Idea and said the company will continue to build products out of India which will be scaled up globally like Google Pay.
- View: Sending foreign students home from the US is bad for everyone, especially for the U.S.According to the US National Science Foundation, in 2018, over 50% of doctoral students at US universities in computer science, engineering and mathematics were foreign students.
- Sundar Pichai: Made in India, made for the worldWORLD’S A STAGE Under Pichai’s watch, Google has been relentless in its focus on India, launching around 20 India-specific initiatives, some of them for global markets, but always first tested and launched in India. The vast Indian market provided perfect ground for Google’s global dreams.
- H1B visa curb: India to seek discussion on work visa suspension by USGlobal technology leaders, including Apple’s Tim Cook and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who moved to the US as a graduate student, flayed Trump’s move, pointing out that it would hurt innovation and delay the recovery of the US economy.
- Corporates, lawmakers, rights bodies slam Trump admin's move to suspend H-1B, other work visasPresident Donald Trump on Monday issued the proclamation to temporarily suspend a number of popular non-immigrant visas, including the H-1B, H-4, H-2B visa, J and L visas. It will come into effect from June 24.
- Silicon Valley slams Trump's move to freeze H-1B visas; Pichai disappointed, Microsoft bosses feel it's not the right timeThe tech giants have opposed restrictions on the visas.
- Covid-19: Sundar Pichai donates Rs 5 crore to Give India, matches Google's earlier grant to the NGOGoogle announced over $800 mn commitment towards efforts to tackle the pandemic.
- Hopeful all countries will come together on AI regulations: Sundar Pichai"Internet is actually an export product. Even in India, if we talk about YouTube, a video created by an Indian gets audience from across the world. That's the beauty of digital economy" he said. Pichai, also CEO of Alphabet, said he has always been a technology optimist, having experienced firsthand the benefits new technology brought to his own life.
- Tech companies in no hurry to return to officeGoldman Sachs, which has a 5,500-people strong technology and services centre in Bengaluru, expects to have only about 30% of its staff working from its office over the next few months.
- Satya Nadella joins tech bosses in slamming Floyd death; says no place for hate & racism, urges MS staff to show empathyThe Microsoft boss also shared a note with his employees.
- Adidas, Nike & Twitter lend support to #BlackLivesMatter, take a strong stand against racism after George Floyd’s deathWorld’s biggest brands come together to condemn social injustice.
- Balance benefits of internet, data security: Sundar PichaiYouTube is a powerful platform, and in India people use it to teach themselves new skills, he said.
- How will Sundar Pichai run Alphabet? The clues lie hidden in plain sightPichai joined Google in 2004 and started amassing responsibility for some of the most popular products of the company, including Gmail, the Chrome browser and Android. Former employees often describe him as a collaborative and loyal colleague. He even turned down a big new grant of stock in 2018 because he felt he was already paid generously.
- We will do well only if others with us do well: Google's Sundar Pichai"With our scale rightly comes scrutiny. Yes, we've bought start-ups, but we also invest every year in hundreds of start-ups through our venture arms," he said at the WEF 2020 in a conversation with World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab.
- For cloud giants, usage soars but tech investment delays hobble revenue growthThe Cloud giants have seen a drop-off in new contracts from big clients for server storage and to overhaul tech.
- Google Maps turns 15, with new logo; Sundar Pichai thanks app for sourcing 'veggie burrito'!What started as Google Earth in 2005, is now the most commonly used navigation app.
- Google Pay India learnings will be taken to global markets: Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai“We've had a lot of traction with our payments product over the past 18 months. We had a tremendously successful launch in India from which we learned a lot of features, and we are bringing that and we are revamping our payments products globally,” said Pichai speaking to analysts after the company’s fourth quarter earnings.
- Google to slow hiring for rest of 2020, CEO tells staffChief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai told staff about the decision in an email on Wednesday. He also highlighted other areas of cost cutting, saying the company will be “recalibrating the focus and pace of our investments in areas like data centers and machines, and non business essential marketing and travel.”
- Breakfast for champions: How Sundar Pichai, Anand Mahindra, Jack Dorsey start their dayThe first meal of the day is also the first deal of the day — and this is how famous business leaders like to have theirs.
- Digital marketers make hay in flu seasonSmart ads and optimised keywords are helping firms position products as panic rises.
- Don't quit: A tweet about failing a physics paper leaves Sundar Pichai inspiredThe Google boss has been an advocate of following one's passions.
- Soccer dreams: What’s common between Sundar Pichai & Ambareesh Murty?For Barcelona fans, nothing can come in the way of a Champions League semi-final clash against Liverpool.
- Samosas to 'chaat' with Indian tech CEOs?Indian fast food could be the trump card for any White House powwow.
- Page, Brin & Sundar Pichai are off Google+The deletion of executive Google+ accounts could have similar implications as the disappearance of Facebook posts from CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
- Google HR chief stepping aside as worker activism risesGoogle on Monday confirmed that head of human resources Eileen Naughton was stepping away from her job as "vice president of people operations" at the internet company.
- It's a fanboy moment for Sundar Pichai at Birmingham's Ind-Eng matchThe Google CEO, an avid cricket fan himself, was in the company of 'God', it seems.
- YouTube working on removing harmful content: Sundar PichaiYouTube, which is owned by Google, has come under fire in the last couple of years, as controversial and supremacist content has continued to show up on the site despite the company's attempts to filter it out.
- Google I/O 2020 dates are out: Annual event to kick off on May 12Sundar Pichai announced the dates on Twitter.
- Alphabet second company with India-origin CEO in trillion dollar clubSaudi Aramco is the world’s most valuable company at a market cap of $1.85 trillion, while Amazon is currently just shy of the $1 trillion mark, having scaled it previously.
- Indian techies take up pen to write against CAAThe letter – ‘TechAgainstFascism’ on online publishing platform Medium – comes at a time when hundreds of thousands of Indians across the country and overseas have protested against what they fear are policies that could render many Muslims stateless. Thousands have been detained by the police for protests across India.
- When Aditya Ghosh and Sundar Pichai bonded over breakfastGhosh, OYO CEO, enjoys meeting new people and observing them.
- Trump meets Sundar Pichai, says Google committed to US military, not ChinaTrump, who has been at loggerheads with several big companies, earlier this month said, "Google is helping China and their military, but not the US".
- Pichai's appointment as Alphabet CEO leaves India Inc thrilled; Mahindra, Paytm boss can't keep calmPichai was earlier a Product Chief at Google and was elevated to the CEO's role in 2016.
- Alphabet answers a CEO question but raises new onesPichai will assume the CEO role at parent firm Alphabet in a shakeup at the top of the Silicon Valley titan.
- Donald Trump goes on a Twitter rant - this time it’s Sundar Pichai at the receiving end!The US President went on a tirade against the India-born Google top boss.
- Sundar Pichai rooting for Men in Blue; wants India-England World Cup finaleThe Google CEO added that Australia and New Zealand were also very good teams.
- Sundar Pichai, once among world's highest paid execs, hasn’t received an equity award in 2 yearsThe board of Alphabet Inc. is scheduled to revisit the CEO’s pay later this year.
- Google CEO Sundar Pichai refutes claims of bias, data tracking in CongressConcerns about Google's plans to re-enter China, codenamed ‘Dragonfly’, have upset some employees of company and members of Congress.
- Privacy not a luxury good, Google will never sell user data, says Sundar PichaiPichai said that privacy was "one of the most important topics of our time."
- Sundar Pichai to testify before US House on bias accusationsGoogle Chief Executive Sundar Pichai has agreed to testify before the US House Judiciary Committee later this year over Republican concerns that the company is biased against conservatives and will also attend a meeting with President Donald Trump, government officials said on Friday. Republicans want to question Google, the search engine of Alphabet Inc, about whether its search algorithms are influenced by human bias. They also want to probe it on issues such as privacy, classification of news and opinion and dealing with countries with human rights violations. Pichai met on Friday with White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow, White House spokeswoman Lindsay Walters said, and the pair "discussed a range of issues impacting internet platforms and the economy in general." (Text: Reuters)Sundar Pichai to testify before US House on bias accusations
- When Sundar Pichai's pooch gained celeb statusThe usually social media elusive Pichai makes very few exceptions and Jeffree seems to be one of them.
- Sporting Sunday: Twitter flooded with emotions over Wimbledon, CWC; Pichai, Chhetri, B-town tweetIndian politicians also tweeted about the 'unbelievable day for sports', and the sportsman spirit displayed.
- Meet a new generation of rising stars of the Indian diaspora making a mark in diverse fields around the worldTogether, they are the single biggest remittance group — sending $80 billion home in 2018 alone.
- Artificial intelligence and security top priority for Google: Sundar PichaiThe company sought to allay any fears emerging out of security concerns, saying safety and security are built into every layer of the Cloud operation with high level of data encryption.
- #ThrowbackThursday: Sachin Tendulkar shares 'Sundar' pics with Google CEO from Sunday's Ind-Eng matchThe duo met at the commentary box during the World Cup match between India and England in Birmingham.
- Doing business in India was tough: Mike Pompeo on his Bengaluru daysPompeo said this during his address to a Washington audience that included Google's Indian-American CEO Sundar Pichai.
- Scale of Indian market allowing Google to develop new products: PichaiObserving that Google has been in India now for "a very very long time", Pichai said that the number of Indian manufacturers who would make devices 'Made in India'.
- Neighbour's envy: China decodes how Sundar Pichai made it to GoogleForeign companies are more willing to set up outsourcing centers and research centers in India, which is beneficial for the nurturing of global and high-end talent.
- Google's Sunder Pichai & Nasdaq's Adena Friedman to receive 2019 Global Leadership AwardThe award by Washington-based US-India Business Council (USIBC) would be conferred upon Indian-American Pichai, 46, and Friedman, 50, during the next week's 'India Ideas Summit'.
- Google's Sundar Pichai to stop Artificial Intelligence weapon projectAfter facing backlash over its involvement in an Artificial Intelligence-powered Pentagon project "Maven", Google CEO Sundar Pichai has emphasized that the company will not work on technologies that cause or are likely to cause overall harm.Google's Sundar Pichai to stop Artificial Intelligence weapon project
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