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Brussels tackles fake news

Facebook, Twitter and Google - the internet giants were all at the table in Brussels on Monday to discuss the problem of fake news and online disinformation.

USA

Google app update lets users match their faces to famous paintings

An update to a free Google app helped drive it to the top of Apple's App Store download chart this weekend.

USA

Tech giants scramble to fend off chip security flaws

Hundreds of millions of iPhone and iPad users could be at risk of hacking until Apple releases a patch to its Safari web browser that protects them from "Spectre", one of the two major vulnerabilities discovered this week.

Living

The man behind Google’s new campus

Thomas Heatherwick reflects on cityscape architecture and how it should “lift up and nourish” urban living.

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USA

First alien star system with as many planets as our own discovered

A joint effort between NASA scientists and Google artificial intelligence specialist has led to the discovery of a star system with as many worlds as our own.

USA

Russia, the US election and the tech companies: What we know so far

What Facebook, Twitter and Google have revealed about the extent of Russian meddling in the US election

Europe News

Europe's finance ministers plot course for tax harmonisation

France is leading the push for reform with the so-called equalisation tax and it has companies such as Amazon and Google and Apple its crosshairs

France

How did the Internet react to Juncker's State of the Union speech?

Google searches, tweets and controversy.

Economy

Google lodges appeal against 2.4bn EU fine

Google appeals record European Commission fine.

World News

What does the world most want to learn how to do on Google?

Google has revealed the top 10 most-searched questions across the world

World News

EU studies proposed compliance plan from Google

Internet giant was fined record 2.4 billion euros in June over claims it breached anti-trust rules and was told to come up with a solution

USA

Wal-Mart and Google team up to take on Amazon

To beat the world's largest online retailer at its own game, it takes an internet giant and a retail giant to team up

USA

The Google diversity memo: key arguments and reactions

Google memo: What exactly does it say and how has the tech industry reacted?

USA

Google fires employee James Damore for 'gender stereotypes' memo

James Damore says he was sacked for claiming that gender imbalance in the tech industry was 'in part due to biological causes'.

Business Series

Alphabet profits hit by record EU fine

USA

Google robot produces a million mosquitoes a week to release into wild

Economy

France opposes Google tax ruling

The French government says it's going to lodge an appeal against a court ruling that Google is not liable to pay 1.1 billion euros ($1.3 billion) in back taxes.

World News

Euroviews. Social Media: the Faustian deal

Social media are not one phenomenon. They raise issues for privacy, for freedom of expression, innovation, competition and, for all of these reasons, for democracy.

My Europe Series

State of the Union: Let the Brexit battle commence!

Our weekly round-up of the top stories from Europe's de-facto political capital

World News

Google's record-breaking EU fine explained

The world’s most popular search engine, Google, faces a record-breaking €2.42 billion fine from the European Commission after a seven-year investigation found it violated EU anti-trust laws.