Google celebrates Egyptian Arabic language computing pioneer Nabil Ali’s birthday
Egypt
January 3, 2020
Google celebrates Egyptian Arabic language computing pioneer Nabil Ali’s birthday
Google celebrated on Friday the birthday of late Egyptian scientist Nabil Ali, a pioneer in computational linguistics who helped introduce…
Google releases Egypt’s top searches list for 2019
Egypt
December 13, 2019
Google releases Egypt’s top searches list for 2019
Google on Thursday revealed Egypt’s top internet searches in 2019 in a list that included the most searched songs, celebrities,…
Google wins EU fight against worldwide ‘right to be forgotten’
Technology
September 24, 2019
Google wins EU fight against worldwide ‘right to be forgotten’
Google is not required to apply an EU “right to be forgotten” to its search engine domains outside Europe, the…
From the streets to the summit: young climate leaders mobilize at UN
World
September 22, 2019
From the streets to the summit: young climate leaders mobilize at UN
A day after youth-led global climate strikes, several hundred young activists including Greta Thunberg gathered for a climate summit at…
YouTube ‘creators’ fret over impact of new child protection rules
Technology
September 15, 2019
YouTube ‘creators’ fret over impact of new child protection rules
Samuel Rader quit his job three years ago to work full time on his YouTube channel, “Sam and Nia,” featuring…
Google to pay out $150-200m over YouTube privacy claims: reports
Technology
August 31, 2019
Google to pay out $150-200m over YouTube privacy claims: reports
Google will pay $150-200 million to settle allegations YouTube violated a children’s privacy law while gathering data to better target…
Employees urge Google not to work with US immigration officials
World
August 15, 2019
Employees urge Google not to work with US immigration officials
Hundreds of Google employees on Wednesday called on the internet titan to avoid working for US immigration officials until they…
YouTube needs ‘new set of rules and laws’: executive
World
July 29, 2019
YouTube needs ‘new set of rules and laws’: executive
The video-sharing platform YouTube is striving to block those who would use it to promote racism, hate speech, violence and…
Vietnam’s ‘homespun Facebook’ swamped after launch
World
July 24, 2019
Vietnam’s ‘homespun Facebook’ swamped after launch
A homegrown Vietnamese social media app was overloaded with users hours after launching as the one-party state tries to boost…
Hong Kongers alarmed by Google translation gaffe
World
June 14, 2019
Hong Kongers alarmed by Google translation gaffe
Hong Kong social media lit up on Friday when protesters noticed Google’s translation software was briefly churning out a rather…