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Google has been ordered to turn over a year's worth of Jussie Smollett's emails, private messages, photographs and location data to a prosecutor investigating the dismissal of his criminal charges over an alleged attack early last year. The Chicago Tribune reported that it obtained two search warrants submitted by…

Google CEO Sundar Pichai is getting a big salary bump with his expanded role as CEO of Alphabet. According to a recent Securities and Exchange Commission filing, Pichai will receive a $2 million salary, plus a $240 million stock package that’s set to take effect in 2020. The stock will be granted over three years and…

The top trending searches of the year have been announced by Google., which provides an annual look at what we’re all looking for in the world. From Jussie Smollett to Billy Porter to Disney+, people were eager to know more. Surprisingly, some of the year’s biggest controversies weren’t No. 1 in their categories, but…

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the founders of Google, have left their executive roles at its parent company, Alphabet. Google CEO Sundar Pichai will become CEO of Alphabet while remaining chief at Google. Page had been CEO of Alphabet and Brin had been president. They will continue to be involved in the tech giant as…

Google and The Boxoffice Company, a collection of entertainment and tech businesses owned by French digital media giant Webedia, have teamed up to enhance the process of buying movie tickets online. The new setup aims to make the task of selecting showtimes and seats and then paying for and managing tickets more…

Google parent Alphabet saw its shares slide more than 1% in after-hours trading following the release of the tech giant’s third-quarter financial results. While the company exceeded Wall Street analysts’ estimates for total revenue, with $40.5 billion, earnings per share of $10.16 fell well short of the consensus…

Kanopy, the streaming film service that is free for users through a network of library partnerships, has made two senior management hires and set an expansion plan in Orange County, CA. Google veterans Dave Barney and Chase Rigby have joined the company as Chief Technology Officer and Chief Product Officer…

Two and a half cheers for the Landmark Theatres in West Los Angeles. The parking escalators have been broken for weeks. Those purple and black staff outfits are a bit somber. And $15 dollars seems high for an hour and 35 minutes of Linda Ronstadt: The Sound Of My Voice, as delightful as it is. But the Landmark, so…

Attorneys general from 48 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico appeared in front of the Supreme Court on Monday to unveil a major antitrust investigation of Google, the latest scrutiny in Washington facing the tech giant. The investigation, which involves top state legal officials from both parties…

The formal launch of long-rumored antitrust investigations into the activities of Google and Facebook are set to start next week, according to a Wall St. Journal report. The probe will look at whether the tech giants stifle competition in their spaces, specifically focusing on digital advertising and information…

UPDATE:  Apple has finally responded to a Google assertion of a massive security breach on iPhones, saying it created a “false impression of mass exploitation.” Google asserted in August that iPhones suffered a massive security breach, with hackers placing so-called “monitoring implants” in an untold number of…

UPDATED with more details: Google will pay $170 million to settle claims by the Federal Trade Commission anda New York Attorney General Letitia James that YouTube illegally collected personal information from children without their parent's consent. The record fine, which had been anticipated after news reports that…