The Google logo is displayed outside the company offices in New York, US, June 4, 2019 ReutersAlphabet’s shares closed up more than 9% after the Friday announcement by the presidentAlphabet’s Google (GOOGL.O) said that it was working with the US government to develop a nationwide website that would help Americans with questions about coronavirus symptoms, risk factors and testing. President Donald Trump had thanked Google on Friday for developing a website that he said would help people determine whether they needed a coronavirus test, saying that 1,700 engineers were working on it. Like Google, Verily is a subsidiary of Alphabet, which is based in Mountain View, California. Additionally, Trump has accused Google of skewing its search results to portray him negatively. The company has also attracted the administration’s ire for not renewing a contract to provide its artificial intelligence technologies for a military drone program.

Source: Dhaka Tribune March 15, 2020 01:30 UTC