tech:

taffy

Sundar Pichai

Congress grills tech CEOs amid backdrop of coronavirus and economic struggles — CNBC

While investors appeared unconcerned, today’s hearing is probably the beginning of a long slog for all four companies, writes Matt Rosoff. Here is the link:...

Sergey Brin, Larry Page stepping down from Google

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, co-founders of Google, and the CEO and president, respectively, of Alphabet, have decided to leave these roles. Sundar Pichai,...

Google CEO shunned a large stock award after lavish payouts — Bloomberg

Pichai turned down a big new grant of restricted stock in 2018, writes Mark Bergen and Anders Melin. Here is the link: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-05-29/google-ceo-turned-down-a-big-stock-award-after-lavish-payouts

The Sundar Pichai hearing was a major missed opportunity — Wired

Like earlier House hearings with tech leaders, including Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, the day proved heavy on theatrics and...

Inside Google’s plan to launch a censored search engine in China — Slate

Slate's April Glaser in conversation with Ryan Gallagher, a U.K.-based investigative journalist who reports on digital security and state surveillance issues for the Intercept. Here...