Tech Tuesday with Thinus : Google in hot water

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It's the American dream : a company started at Stanford by 2 geeks in the 90s grows to a 1.97 trillion dollar multinational corporation focused on online advertising, search engine technology, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence. However, with great power, comes great responsibility...or dodgy dealings. Theunis Jansen van Rensburg unpacks to Keeno Lee why Google is in trouble with the Bureau of Competition in the U.S.

18 Sep English South Africa Tech News

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