Uber on Tuesday began searching for a second-in-command to help embattled chief executive Travis Kalanick steady the wheel at the fast-growing on-demand ride service. "This morning I told the Uber...
After a series of embarrassing revelations, ridesharing giant Uber faces challenges in keeping growth on track, with top executive Travis Kalanick likely to face pressure to give up some control....
A new engineering executive at Uber has left after the ride-sharing titan learned he ended his career at Google after a sexual harassment complaint, according to US media reports. Amit Singhal has...
YouTube on Monday said that a billion hours of video is being watched daily at the Google-owned online viewing venue in "big milestone" for the service. "Let's put that in perspective," YouTube vice...
Accusations of sexism, cut-throat management, and a toxic work environment have Uber trying to pull its image out of a skid as competition revs in the on-demand ride market. "Experienced managers...
Uber is being sued for stealing trade secrets and technology from Google. Waymo, set up by Google owner Alphabet, is taking legal action against Otto, Uber’s self-driving vehicle unit that it...
In the hopes of bringing internet access to even the most remote corners of the globe, Google parent Alphabet's 'Loon' project has taken a big step closer. Alphabet said artificial...
Google parent Alphabet said Thursday it was closer to deployment of Project Loon's internet balloons to serve remote regions of the world, after achieving a breakthrough in its navigation software....
Google parent Alphabet’s latest profit figures have missed forecasts, sending the tech giant’s shares falling in extended trading on Wall Street. Profits rose 8% to $5.3bn (£4.2bn) for the last...
1. Dollar slump: The U. S. dollar is losing ground against major currencies in the wake of President Donald Trump's inauguration. "President Trump's inaugural address has been interpreted as a...
Adverts for Google products occupied 91% of the top ad slots on the firm’s search results pages, in a study done for the Wall Street Journal. It looked at 1,000 results for 25 search terms...
“Steve had expressly told me it was totally top secret. He said he was going to fire anyone who tells the world. Tony Fadell was pondering just how he was going to explain to Steve Jobs that he’d...
Two Africans made Forbes international’s list of ‘The World’s Most Powerful People’ for the year 2016. Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote was listed along with Egyptian President Abdel...
General Motors Co (GM. N) Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Thursday the automaker will expand testing of self-driving vehicles to Michigan, and will build its next generation of self-driving cars...
Uber Technologies Inc rolled out its self-driving car fleet in its hometown of San Francisco on Wednesday, but faced a backlash from state regulators who say the company needs a permit to keep the...
Amazon said Wednesday it completed its first delivery by drone, in what the global online giant hopes will be a trend in automated shipments by air. The delivery to an unidentified customer near...
Google is putting its self-driving car technology into a new company which it will call Waymo, the firm has announced. The new business, Waymo, will be owned by Google’s parent company, Alphabet....
World markets had a swagger about them on Tuesday as upbeat economic data and signs of a revival in inflation pushed up stocks and commodity prices and kept the dollar at a nine-month high. Factory...
