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Google is planning to reopen offices starting July 6, but many employees may continue working from home until September or next year as the coronavirus pandemic has necessitated social distancing.

The University of Alabama will require students and staff returning to its three campuses in the coming months to submit online health checks regularly and encourage them to download its contact tracing app, officials told Reuters on Thursday.

The software relies on Bluetooth wireless technology to detect when someone who downloaded the app has spent time near another app user who later tests positive for the virus.

Pichai said the company could see 60 percent of its employees coming in "once a week, or something like that."

Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet are known for explosive growth and market dominance.

Both the Justice Department and a group of state attorneys general are likely to file antitrust lawsuits against Alphabet Inc.'s Google -- and are well into planning for litigation, according to people familiar with the matter.

Twitter employees have the option to work from home "forever" as COVID-19 restrictions ease.

Amazon and Google are helping state governments implement new technology to help them grapple with coronavirus challenges.

The majority of Google employees are expected to work from home through the end of 2020.

The majority of Google employees will likely work from home until 2021.

Roku Inc posted a bigger net loss in the first quarter on Thursday, as the video streaming device maker spent more to attract subscribers to its free ad-supported channel, sending its shares down 7 percent early in extended trading.

Google's famous employee work perks apparently don't apply at home.

The show will also include a lineup of appearances by BTS, Alicia Keys, Kelly Rowland, Kerry Washington, and Zendaya.

App developers are creating coronavirus tracing tools, highlighting privacy and public health concerns.

Apple and Google have limited use of their coronavirus contact-tracing software to just one app per country

More people stayed home in Brazil, Japan and Singapore in April as those countries' novel coronavirus cases surged, while people in the United States and Australia returned to parks and jobs as infection rates flattened, data from Google show.

A number of big companies were caught allowing Google, Facebook and Twitter to collect email addresses for targeted ad purposes.

Facebook will allow users in the US and Canada to transfer photos onto Google Photos to give users more control of their data.

Controversy over a video removed by YouTube highlights the challenges in preventing the spread of misinformation related to the coronavirus.

Apple and Google on Wednesday released the first seeds of their coronavirus contact-tracing software to select app developers.