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Google to Slow Hiring for Rest of 2020, CEO Tells Staff - Bloomberg

 

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Google to cut marketing budgets, hiring freeze expected

 

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Google CEO says return to office won't happen until at least June 1

 

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Ever since Dr. Monica Hanna was a little girl, she was determined to be an archaeologist—despite the fact that it was, and still is, a male-dominated field. Today, she’s using Google products like Search, Scholar and Maps to preserve and share Egypt’s cultural heritage with the world.

 

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Coronavirus Thank You Videos & Stories - Google

Discover videos and stories from Google to thank those who are helping during coronavirus. Where there’s help, there’s hope.

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Being a parent is different this year because parents have had to become so much more. Thanks to all the moms and dads for being our barbers, teachers, chefs, dance partners, coworkers, and best friends, too.

 

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Justice Department, State Attorneys General Likely to Bring Antitrust Lawsuits Against Google - WSJ

 

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Google Hides News, Tricked by Fake Claims

A Wall Street Journal investigation shows how dubious copyright complaints citing 1998 law led the search giant to make unfavorable articles vanish. “We worked hard to reveal corruption,” says an editor whose work disappeared, “but Google corporation can easily ban our story.”

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Google has created a special task force to help improve the company's racial equity, and a leaked memo reveals employees suggested more than 500 changes

A leaked memo reveals that Google has created a new group that will work with the company's Black employee networks to improve racial equity.

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Google Founder Sergey Brin Has a Secret Disaster Relief Squad

Global Support and Development is made up of ex-military men and Brin’s former bodyguards. But their mission isn’t warfare.

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Our focus on helpful devices: Google acquires North

Google has acquired North, a pioneer in human computer interfaces and smart glasses.

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How a Cowgirl & the Compton Cowboys Created a Legacy - Google

People are searching for "compton cowboys" more than ever. We went to Compton to understand why. Meet Keiara Wade, the first female Compton Cowgirl.

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This is the story of The Compton Cowboys and Keiara Wade, the group’s solo cowgirl. Together on June 7th, 2020, they led a peace ride through their HomeTown in the name of Black lives. It was a community defining moment and America took notice; the Compton Cowboys were searched on Google more than ever before.

 

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Internal Google Program Taps Data on Rival Android Apps

When YouTube was planning the rollout of its rival to TikTok in India earlier this month, employees turned to a valuable source of market research: how people in the country were using TikTok and its competitors on Android, the mobile operating system controlled by YouTube parent company ...

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