Alphabet Inc's Google will ban political advertising on its platform before the Canadian federal election after the country introduced stringent transparency rules.

Google plans to ban political ads before Canada election

Spotify Technology SA, the world's most popular paid music streaming service, said it racked up more than 1 million unique users in India across its free and premium tiers since launching less than a week ago.

Spotify adds 1 million unique listeners in India in less than a week

Alphabet Inc reported sharply higher fourth-quarter spending on video content, employees and facilities, worrying investors who sent the tech company's shares down about 3 per cent after hours on Monday.

Alphabet's higher spending worries investors, shares dip

Two shareholder lawsuits filed this week accused the board of Google parent Alphabet of playing a direct role in covering up sexual misconduct claims against two former executives over the last five years.

Alphabet board sued on allegations of sexual misconduct cover-up

The amount channelled through Google Netherlands Holdings BV was around 4 billion euros more than in 2016, the documents, filed on December 21, showed.

Google shifted $23 billion to tax haven Bermuda in 2017: Report

Wall Street was back in aggressive sell-off mode on Friday, with major stock indices losing more than two per cent following disappointing earnings announcements from Amazon and Google parent Alphabet.

US stocks losses deepen amid tech selloff; Dow -2.1%, Nasdaq: -3.4%

Alphabet Inc's Google will shut down the consumer version of its failed social network Google+ and tighten its data sharing policies after announcing on Monday that private profile data of at least 500,000 users may have been exposed to hundreds of external developers.

Google+ to shut down after data of at least 500,000 users exposed

Walmart is likely to announce its much-anticipated deal to buy a controlling stake in Indian e-commerce company Flipkart before the end of this week.

Flipkart: A look at the journey of India's e-commerce giant

The terms and conditions of the deal are still being discussed upon and are subject to change

Flipkart yet to finalise stake sale deal with Walmart: Sources

Brin focused on artificial intelligence, computer systems that are able to learn without humans hard-coding them

Alphabet's Sergey Brin says company must assume greater responsibility

Police said 39-year-old Nasim Najafi Aghdam from San Diego was behind Tuesday's shooting at YouTube's offices in Silicon Valley

Watch: YouTube attacker was vegan activist, accused tech firm of discrimination

Some analysts had believed Apple might cut prices, but the company stuck with its more traditional approach of packing more features into a device and maintaining its minimum price point.

Apple unveils new iPad for students

A growing portion of revenue has been spent on having the Google search engine set as the default option on products and services such as Apple Inc's iPhone and Mozilla's Firefox browser.

Alphabet's earnings miss profit estimates as spending grows

The shuttle bus, carrying several passengers, collided with a lorry driving at a slow speed

Las Vegas: Self-driving shuttle bus crashes on first day of service

The announcement marks Google's latest push into hardware manufacturing

Google to buy part of smartphone maker HTC for $1.1 billion

The company's board also includes founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin

Alphabet appoints Google CEO Pichai to board

Waymo and Avis said they will launch their partnership in Phoenix, Arizona

Alphabet partners with Avis to manage self-driving car fleet

A company known for engineering excellence is still trying to solve the very human problem of how to organise itself

Insight - With Alphabet, Google faces a daunting challenge of organising itself

The decision has been outlined in a blog post by Google cloud computing chief Diane Greene

Now, Google will not scan your Gmail messages for creating targeted ads

Waymo accused Uber and Otto with stealing confidential information on it's Lidar sensor technology?

Alphabet's self-driving car unit sues Uber over allegations of stolen technology

Google parent Alphabet is joining test for drone deliveries prepared in an on-site food truck by the American fast-food chain Chipotle

Google parent Alphabet to deliver burritos using drones

Company will develop miniaturised, implantable devices that can modify irregular electrical nerve signals which occur in many illnesses

GSK, Alphabet to start new firm that will fight disease by targeting electrical signals in the body

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