Google to invest Rs 33,737 crore in Jio Platforms
NEW DELHI: Reliance Industries Limited, Jio Platforms Limited (Jio Platforms) and Google LLC (Google) today announced the signing of binding agreements for an investment of Rs 33,737 crore by Google into Jio Platforms. This investment by Google values Jio Platforms at an equity value of Rs 4.36 lakh crore. Google’s investment will translate into a […]
Larry Page steps down; Sundar Pichai to lead both Alphabet, Google as CEO
By Mark Bergen The Google founders’ decision to step down ends a multiyear effort to turn their company into the Berkshire Hathaway of technology by embracing Warren Buffett’s hands-off management style. Larry Page and Sergey Brin created the Alphabet Inc. holding company in 2015 to give themselves more time to invest in new tech businesses […]
Google fired 48 employees for sexual misconduct: Sundar Pichai
NEW YORK: Google fired 48 employees, including 13 senior managers, over sexual harassment claims since 2016, CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed, asserting that the tech giant was taking an “increasingly hard line” on “inappropriate conduct” by people in positions of authority. In a letter to employees, the Indian-American chief executive officer said Google was “dead […]
Sundar Pichai says Google still planning a censored search engine in China
NEW YORK: Google is still considering whether to launch a censored version of its search engine in China, CEO Sundar Pichai has said, in rare public comments about the controversial and secret project. Google’s possible return to China – a market it abandoned over censorship concerns in 2010 – was first leaked in August by […]