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This photo provided by Google shows Fiona Cicconi, right, who is leaving the biotech firm AstraZeneca to become the head of Google's people operations, effective Jan. 5, 2021. (Courtesy of Google via AP)

Google hires new personnel head amid rising worker tensions

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Gmail, YouTube down briefly as Google suffers brief outage

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California to join federal antitrust case against Google

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In this July 15, 2020, file photo Sen. Kelly Loeffler, R-Ga., puts on a face mask as she walks with Sen. David Perdue, R-Ga., right, at UPS Hapeville Airport Hub in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Google lifts political ad ban ahead of Senate runoff races in Georgia

By Ryan Lovelace - The Washington Times

Google, Amazon fined $163 million by French privacy watchdog

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Google and FB risk big fines under draft Australian news law

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Weeks after election, YouTube cracks down on misinformation

By BARBARA ORTUTAY - Associated Press

Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. Australia’s government will reveal legislation in Parliament on Wednesday that would make Facebook and Google pay for journalism. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia to reveal laws to make Google and FB pay for news

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Evan Metaxatos poses for a pictures on Monday, Nov. 30, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. An analysis shows that few Americans are utilizing contact tracing technology launched in a host of U.S. states and territories. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Despite promise, few in US adopting COVID-19 exposure apps

By BRYAN ANDERSON and MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

North Carolina' s cell phone app contact tracing SlowCOVIDNC is shown on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020, in Charlotte, N.C. An analysis shows that few Americans are utilizing contact tracing technology launched in a host of U.S. states and territories. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

EXPLAINER: How phones can alert you to COVID-19 exposure

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

FILE - This Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, file photo shows Google's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif. Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru helped improve Google's public image as a company that elevates Black computer scientists and questions harmful uses of AI technology. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Google AI researcher’s exit sparks ethics, bias concerns

By MATT O'BRIEN - Associated Press

Illustration on rigging the election by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Google, Facebook and Twitter fixed the election for Biden over Trump

By Robert Knight

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo people walk by a Google sign on the campus in Mountain View, Calif. USA., The coalition of technology and publishing companies, Marketers for an Open Web said Monday Nov. 23, 2020, they have asked U.K. competition watchdog to investigate Google's plans to revamp its ad data system, saying the changes would cement the U.S. tech giant's online dominance. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

Google faces UK scrutiny over new advertising data revamp

By KELVIN CHAN - Associated Press

Middle-school counselor Shanon Baker poses for a photo in the school's library Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020, in Sammamish, Wash. A master's degree and a full-time job weren't enough to help Baker land an apartment she could afford in Seattle's east-side suburbs. But a $750 million commitment by a partnership backed in part by Microsoft's affordable housing initiative helped do the trick. Urban Housing Ventures is cutting rents at 40% of the units in three buildings as part of an effort to make sure teachers, nurses and other middle-income professionals can live in the communities where they work. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)

Microsoft-led housing effort cuts rents in Seattle suburbs

By GENE JOHNSON - Associated Press

In this file photo dated Monday, Dec. 17, 2018, a man using a mobile phone walks past Google offices in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Turkey fines Google for abusing market dominance

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Apple unveils first Macs built to run more like iPhones

By Michael Liedtke - Associated Press

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Michigan Sports Stars Park, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, in Washington, Mich. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump’s errant final pitches on virus, energy

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 17, 2020 file photo President Donald Trump throws a hat to the crowd after speaking at a campaign rally at the Central Wisconsin Airport in Mosinee, Wis. Hackers stole $2.3 million from the Wisconsin Republican Party's account that was being used to help reelect President Donald Trump in the key battleground state, the party's chairman told The Associated Press on Thursday, Oct. 29. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

AP FACT CHECK: Trump baselessly cites fraud in virus toll

By HOPE YEN and CALVIN WOODWARD - Associated Press

This combination of photos shows logos for social media platforms Facebook and Twitter. (AP Photo/File)

Tech giants report strong results, but murky outlooks

By Associated Press - Associated Press

This combination of 2018-2020 photos shows, from left, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Less than a week before Election Day, the CEOs of Twitter, Facebook and Google are set to face a grilling by Republican senators who accuse the tech giants of anti-conservative bias. Democrats are trying to expand the discussion to include other issues such as the companies’ heavy impact on local news. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, LM Otero, Jens Meyer)

Social media CEOs rebuff bias claims, vow to defend election

By MARCY GORDON - Associated Press