Google CEO Sundar Pichai recently delivered a keynote address at a gathering for the 79th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) — including the first ever “Summit of the Future”. During his keynote, he said technology can expand opportunities for people around the world. He gave his own example of how “technology improved our lives in…
WASHINGTON: He once joked that the first word children in India utter is AI (mother in some Indian languages). He later wisecracked that AI means artificial intelligence for the world, but for him, it also meant American-Indian spirit. All kidding aside, PM Narendra Modi offered a full-spectrum embrace of the rapidly evolving field, saying it…
WASHINGTON: Satya Nadella has taken Microsoft to dizzying heights and Sundar Pichai hasn’t done too badly with Alphabet/Google either. From FedEx CEO (Raj Subramanium) to the CEO of grocery chain Albertsons (Vivek Sankaran), Indian-American success in c-suites beyond tech companies is the stuff of lore. But in a rare setback to the story, Starbucks announced…
Susan Wojcicki, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of YouTube passed away at the age of 56. The news was announced by her husband Dennis Troper in a post on Facebook. Google CEO Sundar Pichai paid tribute to Wojcicki saying ‘she is as core to the history of Google as anyone, and it’s hard to imagine…
Susan Wojcicki, former CEO of YouTube and a prominent figure in the tech industry, has passed away at the age of 56. Her husband, Dennis Troper, announced the news on social media, sharing that she had been battling lung cancer for two years. Google CEO Sundar Pichai and YouTube chief executive Neal Mohan also extended…
Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki died after battling cancer for two years, Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said X (formerly known as Twitter) on Saturday. Susan Wojcicki joined Google in 1999 as the company’s 6th employee. She was the YouTube CEO from 2014 to 2023.Paying his tributes, Pichai wrote “Unbelievably saddened by the loss of…
WASHINGTON: Gujarat-born Indian-American judge Amit Mehta and two other principals from the subcontinent are at the center of a technology, media, and political maelstrom following a major court ruling on Tuesday that Google acted illegally to maintain primacy in online searches.In the case first filed during the Trump Presidency, the Department of Justice accused Google…
WASHINGTON: Two tech giants – Alphabet/Google and X (formerly Twitter) – are at the centre of election interference charges in the US, drawing their leaders Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk into what is already an ugly and rancorous fight between Democrats and Republicans. While Musk has openly thrown his support behind Trump Republicans, the India-born…
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who is an avid cricket fan, is thrilled about the 2024 ICC T20 Men’s Cricket World Cup. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Pichai said that he is excited ‘to see my favorite sport growing globally.’ In the post, he also wished good luck to all the teams participating in…
