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Google reduces funding for local news outlets
Last year, Google said it would pay $15 million into a fund to support local journalism if the Legislature would drop plans to tax the company for the news it […]
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State cuts funding for news bailout; Google hasn’t paid any of the money it promised
BY JEANNE KUANGCalMatters A controversial $125 million deal California struck with Google last year to bail out the state’s struggling journalism industry is already on track to shrink — before […]
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Susan Wojcicki dies of cancer at age 56
Former Youtube CEO and longtime Google executive Susan Wojcicki has died at age 56, according to her husband. “My beloved wife of 26 years and mother to our five children […]
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Lithium battery starts fire at Google
BY BRADEN CARTWRIGHT Daily Post Staff Writer A lithium battery has malfunctioned and caught on fire at Google’s offices in Mountain View, firefighters said. The battery was sitting in a […]
Facebook
Bill requiring Big Tech to pay for news passes state Assembly
A bill that would force Big Tech companies to pay media outlets for posting and using their news content cleared another critical hurdle Thursday (June 1). Assembly Bill 886 is […]
Facebook
Bill would make Google, Meta pay for local news they distribute
Big Tech companies such as Google and Meta might soon have to pay media outlets for posting and using their news content under a proposed California measure attempting to save […]
Google
Tip from Google results in arrest of man on child porn charges
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer A Redwood City man is facing seven felonies that allege he possessed child pornography, a prosecutor said today (Aug. 23). In June, Redwood […]
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Google delays return to office, will require all employees to have vaccinations
Google is postponing a return to the office for most workers until mid-October and rolling out a policy that will eventually require everyone to be vaccinated once its sprawling campuses […]
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Google employees get the ‘all clear’ after suspicious package is found
12:05 p.m. — A suspicious package found at a Google building this morning has been examined and rendered safe, Mountain View police said. The package was not blown up, but […]
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Google workers form new labor union, a tech industry rarity
A group of Google engineers and other workers announced today (Jan. 4) they have formed a union, creating a rare foothold for the labor movement in the tech industry. About […]
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Large Google Landings development goes to council on Tuesday night
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council on Tuesday (June 23) will vote on Google’s proposal to build an office building on Landings Drive that would […]
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Google co-founders Page and Brin stepping down from Alphabet
The co-founders of Google announced today they’re stepping down as executives of its parent company, Alphabet, ending a remarkable two decades during which Larry Page and Sergey Brin shaped a […]
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Google’s plan for massive office buildings on the Landings site moves ahead
BY SARA TABIN Daily Post Staff Writer Mountain View City Council is fine with Google’s plans to build an office building as large as 40 Midtown Safeways on Landings Drive. […]
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Opinion: Google’s $1 billion housing offer not what it seems
OPINION BY DAVE PRICE Daily Post Editor “Things are not always as they seem; the first appearance deceives many.” That observation penned by Plato applies to Google’s announcement that it […]
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Google to invest $1 billion in housing
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced today (June 18) that the company’s plans to invest $1 billion in housing across the Bay Area. “Our goal is to help communities succeed over […]
East Palo Alto
7 developments would add 40,000 jobs but only 11,424 homes
BY EMILY MIBACH Daily Post Staff Writer The Mid-Peninsula will possibly see a 10.1 million-square-foot increase in office space in coming years. That number comes from just seven projects proposed […]
Apple
Rep. Speier calls on Google, Apple to remove app that helps Saudi men track their women
San Mateo Congresswoman Jackie Speier is trying to pressure Google and Apple into removing a restrictive Saudi Arabian phone app that allows men to track women and migrant workers. Speier […]
Google
Suit accuses Google of covering up sex harassment by senior executives
A shareholder has sued the board of Google’s parent company, Alphabet, for allegedly tolerating and covering up sexual harassment by senior executives and giving some of them millions of dollars […]
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Google buys Space Systems Loral site in south Palo Alto for $70 million
By the Daily Post staff Google has paid $70 million to buy 4.6 acres in south Palo Alto that’s home to Space Systems Loral, a Google spokeswoman confirmed yesterday (Dec. […]
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Google proposes 6-story building, offers city $52 million
BY ALLISON LEVITSKY Daily Post Staff Writer Google is offering the city of Mountain View a $52 million package of public benefits in exchange for being allowed to build a […]