Ask HN: How would you feel if we nationalized Google?
4 points by 59percentmore | 8 comments
Ask HN thread posing a hypothetical where the US government nationalizes Alphabet to restore Google Search quality and remove LLM features.
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Waymo granted permit to begin testing in New York City(cnbc.com)
531 points by achristmascarl | 500 comments
CNBC article reporting that Waymo received its first permit from NYC's Department of Transportation to test autonomous vehicles in Manhattan and Brooklyn with trained specialists.
Evidence of oldest known alphabetic writing unearthed in ancient Syrian city(hub.jhu.edu)
327 points by Someone | 240 comments
Johns Hopkins Hub article on clay cylinders found at an ancient Syrian site bearing what may be the oldest known alphabetic writing.
Commission opens non-compliance investigations against Alphabet, Apple and Meta(ec.europa.eu)
512 points by impish9208 | 522 comments
European Commission press release announcing non-compliance investigations under the Digital Markets Act into Alphabet, Apple and Meta practices.
Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions(nytimes.com)
765 points by gumby | 894 comments
New York Times article reporting that Google laid off hundreds of employees in engineering and other divisions as part of cost-cutting.
Alphabet selling Google Domains assets to Squarespace(bloomberg.com)
401 points by brycewray | 171 comments
Bloomberg news article reporting that Alphabet is selling its Google Domains business assets to Squarespace.
Sundar Pichai received $226M compensation, boosted by a triennial stock grant(bloomberg.com)
367 points by sine_break | 375 comments
Bloomberg article reporting Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai's 2022 pay rose to $226 million due to a triennial stock award; page shows a bot-check captcha.