Nandan Nilekani, Pramod Varma eye AI-led global rails for commerce in next leapThe architects of India’s digital public infrastructure (DPI), Nandan Nilekani and Pramod Varma, are now attempting their next leap: buildi...
07 Apr, 2026, 06.00 AM IST
Google, World Bank join hands to build AI-powered digital infrastructureGoogle and the World Bank have joined forces to speed up digital progress in developing countries. Using Google Cloud’s AI, including Gemin...
17 Oct, 2025, 10.59 AM IST
IPL, BJP, Ratan Tata: From cricket to heat wave, top 10 things Indians searched on Google in 2024Indians googled cricket and politics extensively in 2024. The IPL and T20 World Cup topped searches. The BJP and election results also drew...
11 Dec, 2024, 11.29 AM IST
Google-backed fund selects 4 Indian organisations for AI-driven climate solutionsThe Indian recipients include INREM Foundation, CEPT Research and Development Foundation (CRDF), Institute for Financial Management and Res...
01 Sep, 2024, 05.23 PM IST
Google is an AI-first company, we also want to be AI-first philanthropy: Google.org's Annie LewinIn a wide-ranging interview with ET on the sidelines of the Google for India event, Annie Lewin spoke about how AI can help the world meet ...
31 Oct, 2023, 02.16 PM IST
Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropy project plans AI system for life sciences researchThe Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, created by Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, will use the computing system to run openly available AI...
19 Sep, 2023, 11.11 PM IST
How Sheryl Sandberg rose to become Meta's second-in-commandFacebook has since become a behemoth, and Zuckerberg is the same age as Sandberg was when he hired her.
02 Jun, 2022, 07.02 PM IST
Tech’s biggest philanthropists, from Premji to ZuckerbergThe founder and chairman of Wipro has consistently been by far the biggest giver among Indian billionaires. In 2001, he established the Azi...
07 May, 2022, 08.58 AM IST
Google paid USD 45 million to its former India-born executive accused of sexual misconductGoogle is accused of shirking its responsibilities by agreeing to pay executives accused of misconduct instead of firing them for cause.
12 Mar, 2019, 12.15 PM IST
Hurricane Harvey: Google, Facebook get generous, pledge $1 mn donation eachTech giants lend a helping hand in the flood relief operations in India, Nepal and Bangladesh to victims of the hurricane.
31 Aug, 2017, 03.47 PM IST
Amit Singhal’s future at Paytm unclearSinghal had joined Uber five weeks ago and was reporting to its chief executive Travis Kalanick. He looked after the mapping division, and ...
01 Mar, 2017, 01.19 AM IST
Twitter's Rishi Jaitly joins Times Global Partners as CEOTimes Global Partners (TGP), a business unit of TIL, has partnered with some of the world's largest technology and media platforms, includi...
17 Nov, 2016, 08.34 AM IST
Head of Google philanthropic arm steps downLarry Brilliant, executive director of Google.org, is stepping down after three years as the head of the philanthropic arm of the Internet ...
25 Feb, 2009, 02.09 AM IST
- Indian-American Sonal Shah to craft Obama's high tech policy
Obama's Transition Team have announced leaders for a series of Policy Working Groups for the Presidential Transition that includes Indian-A...
20 Nov, 2008, 10.21 AM IST
- Google Earth emerging as popular online application
Google Earth not only shows a lot of maps and zoomed-in locations, there are oodles of fun hidden behind it. In Pics: Consumer Electronics ...
20 Jan, 2008, 12.00 PM IST
- Google announces aid for Indian NGOs, institutions
Google's philanthropic arm announced more than $ 25 mn in grants for a wide-ranging environmental, energy and poverty combating efforts.
18 Jan, 2008, 12.08 PM IST
- Google philanthropy targets global warming, poverty, and disease
Google's philanthropic arm has said it is taking aim at global warming, poverty, and pandemics with millions in cash and the Internet giant...
18 Jan, 2008, 10.22 AM IST