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Mark Bergen

ARTICLES BY MARK BERGEN

YouTube is a juggernaut in kids’ media, and viewership has shot up during the pandemic (REUTERS)

Kids on YouTube see many ads, few educational videos: Study

3 min read . 17 Nov 2020

The initiative would have allowed Google to set up cloud services controlled by a third party, such as a locally owned company or a government agency (Photo: Bloomberg)

Google scraps cloud initiative in China, other markets

7 min read . 09 Jul 2020

Sundar Pichai said in recent memo that Google has blocked tens of thousands of ads 'capitalizing' on the virus. (AP)

Google scrubs coronavirus misinformation on search, YouTube

4 min read . 10 Mar 2020

This file photo combo of images shows a Google sign and the Facebook app. (AP)

Google, Facebook at center of rising political-ad tensions

4 min read . 21 Nov 2019

Since 2016, Facebook employees have used Stormchaser to track many viral posts. (Reuters)

How Facebook fought fake news about Facebook

8 min read . 09 Jul 2019

Apple and Google have disparate main businesses, but they run the world’s two biggest app stores. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Apple, Google app store duopoly questioned again as DOJ circles

4 min read . 05 Jun 2019

Sundar Pichai turned down a big stock award after lavish payouts

4 min read . 29 May 2019

YouTube has been battered with criticism of the videos it surfaces and recommends around breaking news topics. (Reuters)

YouTube flags Notre-Dame fire as 9/11 conspiracy, says system made 'wrong call'

1 min read . 16 Apr 2019

Right now, Amazon offers similar sponsored product ads on its flagship e-commerce site. Photo: AFP

Amazon is said to halt Google shopping ads as rivalry heats up

2 min read . 11 May 2018

Google’s higher spending in the first quarter shaved operating profit margins to 22% from 27% a year earlier. Photo: Bloomberg

Google’s new spending surge shows a company that is playing catch-up

1 min read . 24 Apr 2018

Google’s advertising business makes it more vulnerable to data-sharing scrutiny. Photo: Reuters

Google’s Facebook copycat moves put company in privacy hot seat

4 min read . 16 Apr 2018

Ben Gomes will lead the Google search organization and Jeff Dean will lead Google AI. Photo: Reuters

Google shakes up management at top of powerful search, AI units

1 min read . 03 Apr 2018

Representational image of communications towers. Alphabet Inc.’s Google, with help from some smaller tech companies, is leading the charge on ways to make the new service work seamlessly.

Google-led plan to upend wireless industry gains momentum

6 min read . 29 Mar 2018

Waymo said it plans to place 20,000 autonomous Jaguar I-Pace vehicles on the road for tests in 2018. Photo: Reuters

Waymo and Jaguar team up with 20,000 car self-driving fleet

2 min read . 27 Mar 2018

China is already playing a big part in how AI will shape our futures, Google’s Sundar Pichai said at the annual China Development Forum in Beijing. Photo: Reuters

Google’s Sundar Pichai sings China’s praises in AI, pledges bigger team

1 min read . 26 Mar 2018

In 2016, Google started a trial for developers testing blockchain services on its cloud. Photo: Reuters

Google is said to work on blockchain-related technology

4 min read . 22 Mar 2018

A self-driving test car from Uber Technologies Inc. hit and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, near Phoenix, late Sunday, prompting investigations by regulators and a backlash from some consumer-safety advocates. Photo: AFP

Uber crash is nightmare the driverless world feared but expected

4 min read . 21 Mar 2018

In 2017, Google pulled 79 million ads for luring online clickers to websites with malware. Photo: Photo: Bloomberg

Google to ban cryptocurrency, initial coin offering ads in June

1 min read . 14 Mar 2018

Google’s mapping project is focused on so-called driver-assistance systems that enable cars to automate some driving features and help them see what’s ahead or around a corner. Photo: Reuters

Nobody wants to let Google win the war for maps all over again

10 min read . 21 Feb 2018

Apple’s latest campus has been lauded as an architectural marvel. Photo: Reuters

Apple’s new spaceship campus has one flaw—and it hurts

2 min read . 16 Feb 2018