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GOOGLE X

Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jul 29, 2020
Global prospects dim for China's tech champions as great powers clash
China's top tech players are having contracts canceled, products banned and investments blocked, with more restrictions on the horizon.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech / FOCUS
Jul 13, 2020
Google search upgrades make it harder for websites to win traffic
For some web publishers that have historically relied on the internet giant to send users to their sites, the subtle tweaks have siphoned off vital traffic.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 9, 2020
From Hong Kong to TikTok, China-U.S. rivalry widens from trade to everything
The U.S.-China rivalry is shifting into new and unpredictable areas, engulfing everything from a popular video app to Hong Kong’s status as a global financial hub.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / FOCUS
Jul 8, 2020
Big Tech’s China faceoff risks sparking exodus from Hong Kong
Facebook, Google and Twitter are headed toward a showdown with China that could end up making Hong Kong feel more like Beijing.
Japan Times
WORLD
Jun 30, 2020
Google stymies media companies from chipping away at its data dominance
Alphabet Inc's Google upended plans by European media companies to block it from harvesting data about their readers and slash some of its dominance in online advertising, seven people involved in the talks said this month.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Crime & Legal
Jun 29, 2020
Tokyo High Court says Twitter need not delete tweets on arrest history
A lower court had ruled in favor of the man but Twitter Inc. appealed the ruling.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 18, 2020
U.S. proposes wide overhaul of legal shield used by online platforms
The proposals could upend the firms' business models, while limiting their discretion over removing political posts.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Jun 12, 2020
Google sues Sonos as patent fight over wireless speakers heats up
Technology giants such as Google and Amazon.com have been expanding into selling internet-connected home gadgets.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
May 27, 2020
Japan enacts law toughening transparency regulations on tech giants
The measure addresses concerns such companies are taking advantage of their market dominance to mistreat merchants who offer wares on their platforms.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 14, 2020
Women running Southeast Asia's small businesses get digital lifeline
When the coronavirus stopped her husband from working, Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc's small business of selling cosmetics from home became the main income for their Vietnamese family of four.
WORLD
May 5, 2020
Apple and Google ban use of location tracking in coronavirus contact tracing apps
Apple Inc. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google on Monday said they would ban the use of location tracking in apps that use a new contact tracing system the two are building to help slow the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Japan Times
WORLD / Crime & Legal
Apr 23, 2020
Google says state-backed hackers are increasing coronavirus phishing attacks
Security experts at Alphabet Inc.'s Google have identified more than a dozen government-backed hacking groups using the coronavirus pandemic as cover for phishing and malware attempts.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Apr 13, 2020
Apple and Google’s huge coronavirus partnership
The tech giants are using smart engineering to use their power as a force for good without compromising privacy.
Japan Times
LIFE / Travel
Apr 4, 2020
When you can’t travel in actual reality, go virtual
During these strange days, the idea of online anything is proving more attractive — and vital. Families experience first-time conference calls, while musicians around the world put on internet gigs for locked-down audiences. Travel, too, is just a tap away, thanks to virtual reality.
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 28, 2020
French court cancels fine on Google over right to be forgotten
Google won a battle over the right to be forgotten after France's top administrative court canceled a fine of €100,000 ($111,000) for failing to remove contentious search results globally.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Mar 20, 2020
Google critics see its Firebase tools as another squeeze play
Some app developers say Google LLC is increasingly pressing them to embed code in their own products that will deepen Google's access to data on consumers, giving the company a leg up on rivals.
Japan Times
WORLD
Mar 17, 2020
Vanishing YouTube videos: Google expects AI errors as coronavirus empties offices
YouTube could see a jump in videos erroneously taken down for content policy violations as the company relies more on automated software during the coronavirus pandemic, Alphabet Inc's Google warned on Monday.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 5, 2020
Tech firms can track your COVID-19 searches
Facebook, Google, Amazon and others have their fingers on the pulse of public sentiment about the coronavirus.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Feb 24, 2020
No global digital tax by end of 2020 would mean chaos, France says
Failure to reach a global deal on where and how much to tax digital giants such as Google, Amazon or Facebook would result in many digital tax regimes emerging all over the world, France's finance minister said on Sunday.
Japan Times
BUSINESS / Tech
Feb 20, 2020
Google's British users will lose EU data protection, sources say
Google is planning to move its British users' accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under U.S. jurisdiction instead, sources said.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Biden calls ally Japan ‘xenophobic’ along with rivals China and Russia
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks in Syracuse, New York, on April 25.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Saudi Arabia steps up Gaza-related arrests as Israel ties edge closer
The arrests for Gaza-related posts indicate Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s regime will take a hard line against citizens not toeing the line when it comes to normalizing ties with Israel.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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