October 5, 2018 White House slams Google, calls on it to abandon China search project Vice President Mike Pence slammed Google and called on it to abandon its controversial Project Dragonfly search initiative, which would see the company potentially re-enter China. Pence said the move would “strengthen Communist Party censorship and compromise the privacy of Chinese customers.”
October 4, 2018 Google competitor emerges as worries about bias grow An alternative search engine is seeing growth as Google faces questions about its practices and alleged bias against conservatives.
October 4, 2018 Feds might investigate Google over Android operating system Alphabet’s Google may soon have more federal regulators breathing down its neck.
October 1, 2018 Is Big Tech harming innovation? Antitrust chief wonders if there’s ‘credible evidence’
October 1, 2018 Google faces Belgium lawsuit for not blurring military sites, nuclear plants on maps Belgium plans to sue Google over the tech behemoth’s refusal to blur sensitive military sites and nuclear power plants, a military spokesman confirmed on Friday.
October 1, 2018 Google can sweet-talk Republican lawmakers all it wants -- its political bias remains a concern We’ve seen this movie before.
September 30, 2018 How to beat Google's personalized ads Google has created its own universe. If you wanted to, you could use nothing but Google products, and you could live a very fruitful digital life. You could buy a Chromebook, use Gmail and G Suite, post your videos to YouTube, and save every last bit of data on Google Drive.
September 28, 2018 GOP lawmakers have 'positive' meeting with Google CEO Sundar Pichai Google CEO Sundar Pichai met privately with GOP lawmakers on Capitol Hill Friday amid allegations of anti-conservative bias at the tech giant and concerns about the privacy issues and the firm’s re-entry into China.
September 28, 2018 Google CEO to meet GOP lawmakers regarding alleged bias against conservatives Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai will finally meet with Republican lawmakers on Friday to discuss allegations of bias against conservatives, privacy and controversial business practices in China.
September 25, 2018 Google uses AI to improve Google Images, video search and AMP Stories Google, which already uses artificial intelligence to power its search, video and news offerings, unveiled three new AI-enhanced offerings at a Monday event, commemorating its twentieth anniversary.