Google fires four employees over alleged data-security issues
Tensions continue to rise between Google and its employees.
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Google changes political ad policies
In announcing new limits on political advertising Wednesday, Google took aim at an issue that a growing cross-section of business leaders, government officials and researchers say is a threat to democracy.
Sacha Cohen: Social media 'greatest propaganda machine in history'
Sacha Baron Cohen has had it with social media.
Democrats blast Google's new rules for political ads
The three major Democratic committees blasted Google on Friday for an ad policy that will allow politicians to run false ads across its platforms, including YouTube, in the run-up to the 2020 election. The Democrats also took aim at Twitter, without actually naming it, for banning all ads fr
Google Stadia customers say Chromecasts are overheating
Google's new Stadia gaming service is hot — in more ways than one.
Huawei will soon be able to buy from some US suppliers again
Huawei suppliers in the United States are about to find out whether they can restart sales to the beleaguered Chinese company.
Updated Google ad policy to still allow politicians to run false ads
Google announced updates to its political ad policy on Wednesday, but made no apparent changes to how it will treat lies pushed by candidates. The most significant change is that it will restrict how political ads can be targeted on its platforms.
Google Stadia is here, but there are still huge issues
Just days before Google launched its long-awaited video game service, the company announced it would nearly double the number of titles available to play on day one. But even that last-minute move won't be enough to guarantee it succeeds in the increasingly competitive gaming market.
Google requests trove of documents from antitrust probe
Google is calling on Texas's attorney general to hand over a vast trove of internal documents and communications related to a multi-state antitrust probe of the tech giant, including any information supplied to regulators by Texas's outside consultants and Google's chief critics and rivals.
Flat earth conspiracy spreads globally
"I don't want to be a flat Earther," David Weiss says, his voice weary as he reflects on his personal awakening. "Would you wake up in the morning and want everyone to think you're an idiot?"
Google Stadia launches this week
Google is about to take a big step into the video game market with a service that some have likened to a Netflix for games.
Google targets women with new gaming service
Google wants to break into the hyper-competitive gaming industry in part by targeting an audience sometimes overlooked by rivals: women.
What Apple Watch can teach you about your heart
The results of what researchers are calling the first "virtual study of its kind" were published in the New England Journal of Medicine Wednesday, the product of a collaboration between Apple Watch and Stanford Medical Center.
Google's 'Project Nightingale' center of federal inquiry
A federal inquiry has been opened into Google's efforts to collect health data on millions of Americans through its "Project Nightingale" program.
Google to offer checking accounts
Silicon Valley continues to invade your wallet.
Greta Thunberg hitches ride on Australian YouTubers' sailing boat
Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg has found a ride back across the Atlantic to attend the COP25 environmental summit in Madrid, thanks to a pair of Australian vloggers.
Google Doodle celebrates basketball's legendary Edmonton Grads
Google scored a winner on Saturday when it celebrated the Edmonton Grads in a doodle to honor the Canadian basketball legends.
Apple redesigns its privacy pages
Apple redesigned the web pages of its privacy policies Wednesday, its latest effort to distinguish itself from its personal data-selling competitors.
Researchers use laser to hack Alexa, other voice assistants
Usually you have to talk to voice assistants to get them to do what you want. But a group of researchers determined they can also command them by shining a laser at smart speakers and other gadgets that house virtual helpers such as Amazon's Alexa, Apple's Siri and Google's Assistant.
Workers pen open letter to Google demanding climate action
Googlers are calling on the company to address specific climate demands.
One year after Google walkout, key organizers reflect on career risks
One year ago on November 1, tens of thousands of Google workers spilled out of their offices around the world, protesting sexual harassment, misconduct and a lack of transparency at one of the most powerful tech companies in the world.
FTC chair won't release report on its Google antitrust probe to Congress
Joseph Simons, the chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, says he will withhold from Congress a 2012 staff report that could shed light on the FTC's now-closed investigation of Google's search and advertising business.
Google to buy Fitbit in $2.1 billion deal
Google announced plans on Friday to acquire Fitbit, the world's leading maker of wearable fitness activity trackers.
Alphabet scales back its smart city project in Toronto after backlash
Google's parent company has scaled back its plans for developing a Toronto neighborhood to potentially get approval from local officials following a backlash that put the project's future in doubt.
