if the decisions companies are making now will really help the planet. this tech is making that a little bit less of a gamble. that was alasdair. now it is time for a look at this week's tech news. google has agreed to pay $400 billion to settle a privacy case. ——google has agreed to pay $400 million to settle a privacy case. it had been accused by a0 american states of misleading users into believing location tracking was switched off. the search engine it says the claim was based on policies that changed years ago. uber says it expects people to keep using it even as their budgets get squeezed. the firm is branching out to let users book trains and buses in the app but it also told us that more drivers have joined them. potentially we can serve those needs of customers who decide no longer to have their own car but to use us instead and in tough economic times, to me, that make total sense.