Former Google self-driving car engineer charged with theft of trade secrets — The Guardian
Federal prosecutors charged Anthony Levandowski, with 33 counts of theft and attempted theft of trade secrets from Google on Tuesday, writes Julie Carrie Wong.
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Google pays $11 million to settle 227 age discrimination claims — Ars Technica
The lead plaintiff interviewed with Google four times but never got a job, writes Timothy B. Lee.
Here is the link: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/07/google-pays-11-million-to-settle-227-age-discrimination-claims/
Google has “terminated” its project to build a search engine for China — MIT Tech Review
Google executive Karan Bhatia testified at a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that it has ended the program, writes Charlotte Jee.
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France passes tax on tech giants despite US threats — BBC
The 3% tax will be levied on sales generated in France by multinational firms like Google and Facebook, according to the report.
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Google to acquire Elastifile
Google has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Elastifile, a provider of scalable, enterprise file storage for the cloud.