Often called “the coolest company in Russia,” Yandex, the Russian version of Google, employed more than 18,000 people. Its founders were billionaires, and at its peak last November, it was worth more than $31 billion. Then Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. nyti.ms
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In plans by a Google sibling for a city of tomorrow in Toronto, the company will know when every toilet flushes. Critics question if its privacy protections will be any better than those in the online world. nyti.ms
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Hold the outrage: Google Maps didn't delete "Palestine," the company says. nyti.ms t.co
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Google says Australia's proposed law would break search and the internet. Critics say the company is just being greedy and should pay for journalism. nyti.ms by @damiencave
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Google plans to spread its online safety lessons to five million schoolchildren this year. But critics say Google's recent woes should disqualify the company from promoting itself in schools as a model of proper digital citizenship. nyti.ms
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Google rejected claims the company favored some of its search results over those of rivals. nyti.ms t.co
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"This thing has blown up on them,” the former co-chief executive of BlackBerry said of a plan by a Google sibling company to create a city of tomorrow in Toronto. nyti.ms
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LinkedIn is a rare foreign internet company in a country that blocks Facebook, Google and other internet mainstays nyti.ms
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Google rejected claims that the company favored some of its own search results over those of rivals. nyti.ms
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Australian regulators say Google misled consumers over its tracking of users' location, alleging in a lawsuit that the company did not disclose the need to disable two different Android settings to stop data collection nyti.ms
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A contentious memo at Google strikes a nerve inside the company and out nyti.ms
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It's not a good week to be a giant U.S. tech company in Europe: Google, Facebook and Apple are all facing scrutiny. nyti.ms