Australia to charge Big Tech companies 2% levy unless they strike local news dealsAustralia is gearing up to implement a groundbreaking levy on major tech giants. If platforms like Meta, Google, and TikTok fail to compens...
28 Apr, 2026, 05.45 PM IST
S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records on tech lift, Iran peace talk hopesIndian markets saw a positive trend as US indices, S&P 500 and Nasdaq, hit record highs. Intel shares surged, driving semiconductor stocks ...
25 Apr, 2026, 09.56 AM IST
US stocks today: S&P 500, Nasdaq close at records on tech lift, Iran peace talk hopesThe S&P 500 and Nasdaq reached record highs Friday, fueled by optimism for U.S.-Iran peace talks and a surge in Intel shares. Semiconductor...
25 Apr, 2026, 01.31 AM IST
Google, Pentagon discuss classified AI deal: ReportGoogle is in talks with the Pentagon to deploy its Gemini AI models in secret government operations. The agreement aims to allow the Pentag...
16 Apr, 2026, 08.17 PM IST
Sundar Pichai, Vikas Khanna, Ranbir Kapoor named among TIME's 100 most influential peopleTIME has recognized Google CEO Sundar Pichai, chef Vikas Khanna, actor Ranbir Kapoor, YouTube Chief Neal Mohan, and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdan...
15 Apr, 2026, 07.16 PM IST
EU trade chief stalls Google fine after Trump threatsThe EU's trade chief insisted Wednesday he fully backed the bloc's antitrust probe into Google after it emerged he hit pause on plans to fi...
03 Sep, 2025, 09.02 PM IST
Google adtech fine on hold as EU awaits lower US car duties, sources sayEU antitrust regulators delayed fining Google over adtech practices while awaiting a US-EU trade deal on car tariffs. The fine, expected so...
02 Sep, 2025, 09.45 PM IST
Abu Dhabi-backed G42 aims to diversify chip suppliers for AI campus: ReportThe group is still negotiating with major American technology firms including Amazon's AWS cloud, Microsoft, Meta and Elon Musk's xAI to be...
01 Sep, 2025, 07.32 PM IST
Zuckerberg paid $25 million, Musk dropped $10 million — now Trump sets sights on Google’s Sundar PichaiDonald Trump is reportedly in settlement talks with Google CEO Sundar Pichai over a lawsuit stemming from YouTube's suspension of Trump's a...
04 Jul, 2025, 07.05 PM IST
Canadian Prime Minister Carney says trade talks with US resume after Canada rescinded tech taxCanada has declared its intention to repeal taxes affecting US tech companies, aiming to facilitate a trade agreement with the United State...
30 Jun, 2025, 09.19 AM IST
View: India’s ‘Google Tax’ move a sneak peek into tariff quagmire as it offers one sacrifice after another to appease White House's 'angry god'India scrapped a 6% tax on ads with foreign digital platforms, aiming to appease the US amidst trade tensions. The move signals readiness f...
31 Mar, 2025, 12.20 PM IST
Google's $32 billion deal for Wiz accelerated under Donald Trump, sources sayGoogle made another pass last fall while Wiz considered a potential IPO, according to sources. While negotiations continued sporadically ov...
19 Mar, 2025, 07.56 AM IST
Is Canada being sneaked in as USA's 51st state? Google’s ‘state park’ label raises eyebrows amid Donald Trump’s expansionist claimsA labeling error on Google Maps that marked Canadian provincial parks as 'state parks' has worried Canadians. The error fueled concerns abo...
25 Feb, 2025, 06.08 PM IST
JD Vance has a TikTok problem. Can he find a solution?Last week, Vice President JD Vance’s aide contacted billionaire Frank McCourt regarding his $20 billion bid to buy TikTok, following Presid...
15 Feb, 2025, 10.52 AM IST
TikTok to die? Xi Jinping flexes muscles, takes a hard-line approach, and wants popular social media platform's U.S. operations to die rather than approving a saleXi Jinping might let TikTok’s US operations die rather than approve its sale as China holds out for a “grand deal” with the Trump administr...
07 Feb, 2025, 07.10 PM IST
Will the antitrust showdown launched under Biden turn into 'Let's Make A Deal' under Trump?Antitrust regulators, empowered under the Biden administration to challenge Big Tech's dominance and scrutinize corporate mergers, are expe...
17 Nov, 2024, 03.03 PM IST
Donald Trump pardons former Google engineer Anthony LevandowskiAnthony Levandowski, 40, was sentenced in August to 18 months in prison after pleading guilty in March. He was not in custody but a judge h...
20 Jan, 2021, 12.09 PM IST