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Sensors in the Pixel smartphone’s camera can pick up on signs such as chest movement, the tech giant says (Google/PA)

Google turns smartphone cameras into heart and respiratory reader

February 4, 2021

Microsoft says it supports Australia’s plans to make the biggest digital platforms pay for news (Rick Rycroft/AP)

Microsoft backs Australian plan to make Google pay for news

February 3, 2021

The House of Lords Communications and Digital Committee held a hearing on the future of journalism (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Newspaper bosses call for ‘fair payment’ from tech giants

January 26, 2021

Concerns around misinformation have been exacerbated by the pandemic (Nick Ansell/PA)

YouTube: More than half a million Covid-19 misinformation videos removed

January 26, 2021

Attackers would lure security researchers into collaborating via social media and a fake blog (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

North Korea backed hackers targeting security researchers, Google claims

January 26, 2021

Some publishers have concerns about the move (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Google ‘confident’ third-party cookie alternatives are right for ads and privacy

January 25, 2021

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Data reveals many more travelling to work than during first lockdown

January 23, 2021

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Internet signal-carrying weather balloon firm Loon to shut down

January 22, 2021

The company said it would have to prevent Australians from accessing its search engine (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia in row over Government plans

January 22, 2021

Epic has asked the tribunal to declare the removal of Fortnite (Dominic Lipinski/PA)

Fortnite developer brings legal action against Apple and Google to UK

January 21, 2021

Google did not spell out how much money would be paid to the group’s members (Jonathan Brady/PA)

Google and French publishers sign copyright news payment deal

January 21, 2021

Firm’s global head of public policy strategy said Twitter should have taken more aggressive enforcement action earlier (Yui Mok/PA)

We didn’t get everything right, Twitter chief tells MPs following Capitol riots

January 20, 2021

Google has completed a £1.5 billion takeover of Fitbit (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

Google assures takeover of Fitbit ‘not about data’ as £1.5bn deal finalised

January 14, 2021

The NHS track and trace app on a mobile phone (PA)

Contact tracing app bug fixed, Google says

January 13, 2021

Google said the issue appears to be delaying the app’s ability to carry out regular exposure checks – a key part of contact tracing (Steve Parsons/PA)

NHS Covid-19 app developers working on fix for Android ‘loading’ bug

January 13, 2021

US President Donald Trump has been banned from Twitter, Facebook and Instagram (Niall Carson/PA)

Donald Trump was the social media president until he was banned

January 9, 2021

The Competition and Markets Authority will assess the impact of Google proposals to stop supporting third-party cookies in Chrome (Yui Mok/PA)

Watchdog investigates proposed Chrome changes over ‘Google walled garden’ fears

January 8, 2021

Selena Gomez has accused technology giants of allowing their platforms to be used to spread hate and partly blamed them for the shocking violence in Washington DC (PA)

Selena Gomez accuses tech giants of ‘failing the American people’ over DC unrest

January 7, 2021

Fitbit Charge 3 fitness trackers (Richard Drew/AP)

Australian regulator delays decision on Google-Fitbit merger

December 22, 2020

A Google office (Stefan Rousseau/PA)

EU clears Google’s purchase of Fitbit, with conditions over data

December 17, 2020