The smart speaker could help Facebook stop users from flocking to rival chat and video apps when making video calls.

Google will shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ after announcing data from up to 500 000 users may have been exposed to external developers.

Alphabet's Google stops short of fully addressing questions from US senators about developers who break its e-mail-scanning rules.

The tech giant will let artificial intelligence make autonomous data centre cooling decisions in its centres around the globe.

Ongoing momentum in its ad businesses sees Alphabet deliver stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings, as it outlines big plans for artificial intelligence.

Remote and rural areas in Kenya will be able to connect to high-speed Internet next year, thanks to Loon's balloons.

The Internet search giant fined for imposing illegal restrictions on Android device manufacturers and operators to cement its dominant position.

Alphabet's Project Loon system of balloons will beam high-speed Internet access to Kenya's rural population.

The move will streamline entry points for advertisers and ad sellers, explains Google's senior VP for ads, Sridhar Ramaswamy.

Alphabet's self-driving unit Waymo wants to take its robo-taxi service to Europe after it launches in the US later this year.

The Google unit hires music experts across the world to make its revamped music streaming subscription more locally "authentic".

In his address in Alphabet's annual shareholder letter, Sergey Brin said technology is deeply and irrevocably interwoven into our societies.