Pichai: Google will add GPT-style conversational AI to searchThe move could have a large impact on traditional internet search.By S. Dent, 04.06.2023
Google Bard is switching to a more 'capable' language model, CEO confirmsUpdates will come as soon as next week.By S. Fielding, 03.31.2023
Google Search saw its highest traffic ever during the World Cup 2022 FinalIt became a hub for the most popular sporting final on the planet. By S. Dent, 12.19.2022
Google slows hiring and says the company needs to be 'more entrepreneurial'Microsoft has also announced a 'structural adjustment' in its workforce.By S. Dent, 07.13.2022
US Justice Department says Google misuses attorney-client privilege to hide documentsThe DOJ filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google in 2020 over having an 'unfair monopoly over search.'By M. Moon, 03.22.2022
Google will require coronavirus vaccines for returning office employeesThe company has also extended its work-from-home-policy through to October 18th.By I. Bonifacic, 07.28.2021
Sundar Pichai lays out Google's new 'hybrid' workplace planEmployees will have more flexibility over where they work. By I. Bonifacic, 05.05.2021
No one agrees on how to fix Big TechThere's not even consensus on what's broken.By D. Cooper, 03.26.2021
Congress questioned Big Tech CEOs for 5 hours without getting any good answersCongress is ready to regulate Big Tech. They just have to agree on how.By K. Bell, 03.25.2021
Watch Congress grill Facebook, Twitter and Google’s CEOs at 12PM ETThe CEOs will have to answer for their handling of the election and the pandemic.By K. Bell, 03.25.2021
Mark Zuckerberg proposes a 'thoughtful reform' of Section 230He said platforms should have to prove they have systems in place to identify and remove unlawful content.By K. Holt, 03.24.2021
House Democrats ask YouTube to explain extremism policies‘More advertising revenue cannot come at the expense of our national security,’ they wrote.By K. Bell, 03.03.2021
Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOs agree to testify about misinformationCongress will grill the CEOs on their handling of vaccine misinformation and the election.By K. Bell, 02.18.2021
Google is investigating an AI researcher over the handling of sensitive dataAnother AI ethics researcher left Google last month under disputed circumstances.By K. Holt, 01.20.2021
Google AI team demands changes after Dr. Timnit Gebru's departureThey say the company should apologize to the researcher and rehire her. By I. Bonifacic, 12.17.2020
Google won't reopen its offices until September 2021It will try flexible work weeks when it comes back, too.By J. Fingas, 12.15.2020
Google will investigate the controversial exit of a top AI ethicistCEO Sundar Pichai apologized for how the company handled Dr. Timnit Gebru's departure. By K. Holt, 12.09.2020
The Senate's section 230 hearing was partisan and predictableOnly six days until the election.By C. Ip, 10.28.2020
The Department of Justice sues Google over antitrust concernsGoogle is accused of "unlawfully maintaining monopolies" around search and search-related advertising.By N. Summers, 10.20.2020
Senate committee votes to subpoena Facebook, Google and Twitter CEOsMembers plan to grill Zuckerberg, Pichai and Dorsey over Section 230 protections. By K. Holt, 10.01.2020