Bloomberg Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai kicked off his first appearance before Congress refuting claims of bias, explaining the company’s privacy approach and stressing its American roots. As the hearing began, the heads of both political parties led with questions about Google’s data collection. Republican Bob Goodlatte asked how much personal information Google absorbs via its Android mobile software. ...

Bloomberg Cisco Systems Inc, the biggest maker of networking equipment, is in talks to purchase optical chip technology company Luxtera Inc, according to people familiar with the plans. A final price for the closely held company hasn’t been determined but a deal will likely value Luxtera in the hundreds of millions of dollars, said the people, who asked not to ...

Bloomberg Dell Technologies Inc won a shareholder vote to return to public markets, putting founder Michael Dell on the winning side of a transformative transaction that polarised investors for the second time in five years. Under terms of the deal, Dell will buy out shareholders of the stock that tracks Dell’s stake in software maker VMware Inc, known by its ...