Russia blocks access to Google News after Wagner Group forces threaten to topple militaryAt least five ISPs have restricted access to the news aggregator. By I. Bonifacic, 06.24.2023
Google is making it easier to find search results from Reddit and other forumsGoogle will also highlight and automatically translate news stories from international sources. By K. Bell, 09.28.2022
Google News redesign puts a greater emphasis on local storiesYou'll also see expanded fact-checking.By J. Fingas, 06.22.2022
Google tweaks Search and News results to direct people to trusted sourcesNew labels will offer information literacy tips and highlight widely-cited sources.By K. Holt, 03.31.2022
Russia blocks Google NewsThe news aggregator is the latest service to go down in the country. By K. Bell, 03.23.2022
Google News returns to Spain after a seven-year absenceThe service was pulled in 2014 ahead of a change to the country's copyright law.By K. Holt, 11.03.2021
France fines Google $590 million in latest antitrust actionRegulators say the company offered publishers 'negligible' payments for using their news content.By K. Holt, 07.13.2021
Google-backed journalism study points to a local news resurgenceThe report shows a 50 percent rise in new local publishers in the past five years.By S. Shah, 03.16.2021
Google brings more context to major news stories in SearchThe Full Coverage feature has been available in Google News since 2018.By K. Holt, 03.08.2021
Google News Showcase launches in more countries, including the UK and ArgentinaIt now has articles from 450 publications.By S. Shah, 02.10.2021
Google applies its AI tech to reporting with 'Journalist Studio' toolsJournalist Studio is part of Google's $300 million investment in journalism projects.By K. Bell, 10.14.2020
Google News will direct users to local COVID-19 infoGoogle is partnering with local news publishers in the US and Canada.By C. Fisher, 06.29.2020
Google is killing digital magazines in NewsIt's also refunding current subscribers.By M. Moon, 01.03.2020
Google Assistant’s latest feature is a personalized audio news feedThe feature will pull stories from multiple publishers, and introduce them one by one.By I. Bonifacic, 11.19.2019
Google News dives deeper into stories with 'Beyond the Headlines'See editorials, explainers and more, including read times. By S. Dent, 11.15.2019
Google News can display stories in two languages in your feedYou don't have to pick one language if you're a polyglot.By J. Fingas, 11.04.2019
Google's search results will highlight original reportingThe algorithm update should prevent the source being buried under newer articles.By K. Holt, 09.12.2019
News Corp is apparently working on a news app called 'Knewz'A website and mobile app will rival similar services by Google, Apple and Facebook. By A. Khalid, 08.22.2019
Google aims for greater transparency on how it ranks newsIt has set up a new website to explain how it handles news.By K. Holt, 05.06.2019