The Latest Breaking News from Alphabet Inc

Meta Platforms Inc's (NASDAQ:FB) VP of youth Pavni Diwanji departed as part of a restructuring, the Wall Street Journal reports. Diwanji supervised Instagram's development of a controversial product for children. Diwanji previously served as a VP at Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google, where she led YouTube kids and other family-oriented projects. Adam Mosseri, head…

Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) YouTube and Google Play store halted every payment-based service in Russia, including subscriptions, Reuters reports. Western sanctions have started to pose banking challenges in Russia.  Visa Inc (NYSE:V) and Mastercard Inc (NYSE:MA) blocked Russian banks from their networks following sanctions. Google and YouTube had recently stopped selling online advertising in Russia following Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR)…

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Google agreed to acquire Mandiant, Inc. (NASDAQ:MNDT) for $23 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at ~$5.4 billion. Mandiant's more than 600 consultants currently respond to thousands of security breaches each year. The offer price represents a 57% premium to the 10-day trailing volume-weighted average price as of February…

South Korea approved detailed rules for a law banning dominant app store operators from forcing software developers to use their payments systems, Reuters reports. The dominant app store operators include Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google. Apple and Google faced global flak for requiring the use of proprietary payment systems that charge commissions of…

Alphabet Inc's Google said it has seen Russian hackers well-known to law enforcement, including FancyBear, engaging in espionage, phishing campaigns and other attacks targeting Ukraine and its European allies in recent weeks. Google's Threat Analysis Group, which focuses on disrupting computer hackers and issuing warnings about them to users, said…

Home rental company Airbnb Inc (NASDAQ:ABNB) suspended its operations in Russia and Belarus, CEO Brian Chesky tweeted. Multiple U.S. conglomerates aligned with sanctions on Russia by restricting their services post its invasion of Ukraine. The conglomerates include Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB), Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google followed by the likes of Netflix Inc (NASDAQ:NFLX), Spotify Technology S.A. (NYSE: SPOT) and many more.…

Alphabet Inc's Google said on Thursday that it had stopped selling online advertising in Russia, a ban that covers search, YouTube and outside publishing partners. The move by the world's top seller of online ads by revenue follows similar pauses in Russia by Twitter Inc and Snap Inc after Russia's…

Two Republican lawmakers are pressing Apple Inc (NASDAQ:AAPL) and the FBI to provide information about spyware made by the Israeli company NSO Group, CNBC reports based on letters. The lawmakers sought details about Apple's ability to detect when the NSO Group tools targeted the iPhone, including the number of attacks detected and place and…

Alphabet Inc’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Fitbit recalled its Ionic smartwatches due to a burn hazard, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said.