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The Alphabet juggernaut rolls on with massive revenue growth

Alphabet -- the parent company of US search giant Google -- has reported strong growth in the second quarter, with revenues…

Alphabet’s GV leads new $40m funding round for Blockchain startup

London-based startup Blockchain has raised $40m in funding, the largest amount for a fintech company in the UK since last…

Why has Google been threatened with a €1bn-plus fine from the EU?

Tech giant Google could be fined more than €1bn from Brussels for abusing its online search dominance to direct customers to its own…

Google’s parent company Alphabet tops $1,000 per share

Shares of Alphabet, Google's parent company, are now worth more than $1,000 for the first time, passing the threshold shortly after trading…

Uber fires its self-driving car head in Waymo legal battle

Taxi startup Uber has lost another member of staff this week as it fired its head of self-driving technologies, Anthony…

The Uber-Waymo self-driving case just got a whole lot more serious

The battle between Uber and Alphabet’s Waymo subsidiary has been recommended for investigation by federal prosecutors. The judge presiding over…

Which companies are on their way to becoming worth a trillion dollars?

Apple's market cap reached $800bn for the first time on Monday, prompting suggestions that the tech giant could soon become…

Uber takes to the skies with flying cars by 2020

Meeting friends? Going to work? Soon, you might be able to avoid all the traffic on the road and take…

Google’s Verily wants to become a prophet of human health

Google’s life-science arm, Verily, is initiating Project Baseline -- a 10,000 person study to gain a better understanding of people's…

New Hangouts and simplifying machine learning: takeaways from Google Cloud Next ‘17

Google Cloud Next, the tech company’s annual conference covering everything that is happening and will happen in the online cloud…