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Adam Lambert to release ‘Velvet: Side A’ on Sept. 27
Aug. 15 (UPI) — Adam Lambert will release part one of his new EP in September. The 37-year-old singer shared…
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ay Paul moves quickly on new downtown San Jose office towers
SAN JOSE — The developer behind two projects poised to usher in dramatic changes to downtown San Jose and the…
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Google honors nacho creator Ignacio Anaya Garcia with new Doodle
Aug. 15 (UPI) — Google is celebrating what would have been the 124th birthday of nacho creator, Ignacio Anaya Garcia,…
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Doodle for Google 2019 winner features mother and daughter
Aug. 13 (UPI) — High school senior Arantza Pena Popo’s drawing of herself caring for her mother won Google‘s Doodle…
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Google widens downtown San Jose holdings for transit village
SAN JOSE — Google has scooped up a choice site in downtown San Jose near the Diridon train station, a…
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Joel McHale releases comedy special, dons tights for DC Comics series
Aug. 7 (UPI) — Joel McHale has done it all — acting, hosting, even swimming with sharks. But now he’s…
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Amazon Users Can Now Opt Out of Alexa Recording Reviews
Amazon is responding to customers concerns that some of its workers listen to Alexa audio recordings. Amazon said customers will…
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There are good reasons pricy phones aren’t selling
I wasn’t surprised by the CNBC.com headline, “Apple and Samsung earnings show most people don’t want $1,000 phones.” Larry Magid (Gary…
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Google invests $50 million in Bay Area low-income housing
Google on Wednesday invested $50 million to build low-income homes around the Bay Area, taking a step toward fulfilling the…
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Google pays $1 billion for Sunnyvale sites owned by Verizon
SUNNYVALE — Google has paid $1 billion to grab several Sunnyvale properties that were owned by Verizon, in a mega-deal…
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DOJ antitrust review: Department of Justice reportedly looking at Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google
The Department of Justice is looking into some of the country’s largest tech giants to determine whether they are monopolies…
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DOJ antitrust review targets Apple, Facebook, Google, Amazon
The Justice Department has opened an antitrust review of tech giants, it finally confirmed Tuesday. Although the government did not…
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Google settles ‘age-bias’ class-action lawsuit for $11 million
Google has settled for $11 million a long-running class-action lawsuit claiming it discriminated against hundreds of older workers by failing…
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Key downtown San Jose site being readied for office tower
SAN JOSE — An increasingly busy developer is wasting no time in preparing a choice downtown San Jose site for…
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AT&T puts big downtown San Jose parking lot up for sale
SAN JOSE — AT&T intends to sell a parking lot at a choice location in downtown San Jose, a move…
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Investors buy more near downtown San Jose Google village
SAN JOSE — A real estate investor that’s suddenly become an active player in downtown San Jose has widened its…
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Google denies Chinese military ties after Thiel’s accusation
Google is pushing back against Peter Thiel’s insinuation that the company is doing business with China’s military after President Donald…
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U.S. should look into Google-China ties
Peter Thiel urged the United States to investigate Google’s ties to China, suggesting the company’s actions were “seemingly treasonous” during…
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Who’s listening to Google Assistant? You might be surprised
By Rachel Lerman | Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO — Google contractors regularly listen to and review some recordings of what…
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Big tech missing from Trump’s social media ‘summit’
By Kevin Freking and Marcy Gordon | Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump, who has weaponized social media to…
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France passes tax on tech giants despite U.S. tariff threats
PARIS — France on Thursday adopted a pioneering tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook despite U.S. threats…
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Roku starts move into modern San Jose headquarters campus
SAN JOSE — It’s just the start for Roku in San Jose, but a new corporate headquarters for the tech…
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Man shot by police amid alleged LSD rampage is YouTube engineer
A man shot by a police officer in Bodega Bay while allegedly high on LSD and on a Fourth of…
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Radical thinking needed to solve South Bay traffic woes
South Bay transportation leaders received a whipping last month. A scathing grand jury report virtually demanded that agencies forget how…
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Tech jobs soar to all-time record heights in Bay Area
SAN JOSE — The Bay Area’s technology boom is so robust that it has reached record highs, but the remarkable…
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Buyers grab downtown San Jose site near Google village area
SAN JOSE — An increasingly busy investment company has bought choice properties in downtown San Jose that are near the…
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Retailers eager to talk antitrust against Google, Amazon
A leading U.S. retail group, whose members include Walmart, is eager to aid antitrust enforcers that are poised to investigate…
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Google grabs an early Atari building in north Sunnyvale, deals widen
SUNNYVALE — Google has bought a big office building in Sunnyvale that four decades ago was occupied by an early…
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Google grabs sites across from downtown San Jose train hub
SAN JOSE — Google has expanded the footprint for its proposed transit village in downtown San Jose — and now…
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How to fight the spies in Chrome browser
By Geoffrey A. Fowler | Washington Post Is your web browser spying on you? My recent column about the stark…
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