Google (GOOGL) will keep its Glass wearable computer effort — now called Project Aura — within its Google core and is hiring engineers from Amazon.com ‘s (AMZN) hush-hush Lab126 hardware R&D center for the project, according to a Business Insider report on Thursday. Lab126 makes consumer devices, including Amazon’s Kindle e-readers and TV streaming products. The lab had produced Amazon.com’s Fire smartphone, which never gained traction with
New Google (GOOGL) corporate parent Alphabet has snapped up the director of the U.S. National Institute of Mental Health, Thomas Insel, to lead a mental health effort at Alphabet’s Life Sciences group. Life Sciences, a Google-founded company that works on genetics, cancer, diabetes and other illnesses, falls under the control of its Alphabet parent. Insel served as director of the National Institute of Mental Health for 13 years. During his tenure
Global search leader Google (GOOGL) is abusing its dominant market position in Russia and could face penalties as a result, that country’s anti-monopoly agency said on Monday in response to a case launched earlier this year by Yandex (YNDX), Russia’s largest Internet search engine. Russia’s Federal Antimonopoly Service said that Google had violated the law by pre-installing certain applications on mobile devices. It could face penalties totaling