Nick Bastone

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Nick Bastone was a reporter for The Information covering Google and its parent company, Alphabet. Previously, he wrote for Business Insider where he covered Google/Alphabet and other various startups. Nick started his career on the business team at Square. He is currently based in San Francisco.

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Robinhood Outage Lasts Entire U.S. Trading Day

The outage came as U.S. stocks rebounded in a big way from last weeks’ beating amid investor fears over the coronavirus.

Google’s Stadia Struggles to Attract Indie Game Developers

Some developers said Google hasn’t provided enough financial incentives, and they don't have faith that the company will remain committed to gaming.

Google Announces $10 Billion in U.S. Investments in 2020

The investments should be a bright spot for Google as it works with U.S. state and federal regulators over concerns that the company has grown too big.

Google and State AGs Settle on Use of Consultants in Antitrust Probe

Google had raised concerns over two of consultants for the state AGs who had worked for competitors and been outspoken about the search giant in the past.

To Avoid Bias, Google AI Tool Will No Longer Assign Gender Labels

Instead of labeling someone as a “female” or “male,” the tool—known as Google’s Cloud Vision API—will now provide non-gendered labels like, “person.”