Justices express skepticism at holding Google liable for content
In Gonzalez v. Google, the Supreme Court reacted skeptically in oral arguments over claims that Google is liable if its algorithms promote violence.
Bill Gates says AI poses threat to a popular search engine
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said on Sunday that artificial intelligence will likely come to threaten Alphabet Inc.-owned search engine giant Google.
Florida AG eyes making Google, Apple flag 'foreign-owned apps' for consumers before downloading
Republican Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody is sending letters to the CEOs of Apple and Google, calling for customers to be notified if an app is foreign-owned or developed.
Supreme Court to hear arguments on Google and Twitter’s liability for terrorists’ online postings
The Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a pair of cases about the legal liability of tech platforms like Google and Twitter for content posted by terrorists.
Tech giants’ cloud pains aren’t shared equally
Amazon’s CEO has cited reduced mortgage volume and cryptocurrency trading as factors affecting usage of the company’s AWS cloud service in the recent quarter.
Google vs. Microsoft in AI race
Google and Microsoft have announced new artificial intelligence (AI) applications this week as both technology companies spearhead innovations for search engines and the digital user experience.
Google opens testing of ChatGPT rival, as artificial intelligence war heats up
Google says its Bard service is based on its experimental artificial-intelligence program called LaMDA, which stands for Language Model for Dialogue Applications.
Google workers protesting in California and New York
Some Google workers recently demonstrated in California and New York. On Thursday, they protested in the Big Apple over the big round of layoffs that affected 12,000.
Google exec claims he was fired for not being 'inclusive,' denying Asian female colleague's sexual advances
Ryan Olohan, a married dad of seven, was fired from Google after 15 years allegedly for not being "inclusive" after a female exec retaliated against him for denying her sexual advances.
Potential Google killer could change US workforce as we know it
Microsoft's billion-dollar investment in OpenAI may pose challenges for white-collar workers in multiple industries
Paul Pelosi sold Google shares prior to DOJ antitrust suit
Paul Pelosi, the multimillionaire husband of former House Speaker and current Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., disclosed the sale of 30,000 shares of Google stock in December roughly one month prior to the Justice Department's antitrust lawsuit against the tech giant.
Yelp blasts Google for victimizing Americans with alleged anti-compete 'monopoly' agenda
Google was lambasted by Yelp over its alleged anti-compete practices which were subject to a lawsuit by the Department of Justice.
DOJ sues Google, alleging monopoly on online ads
The Justice Department filed an anti-trust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc.'s Google, alleging the company has an unfair dominance over digital advertising.
Google's Sundar Pichai reportedly says yearly bonuses of executives will see 'very significant' cuts
CEO Sundar Pichai has said the yearly bonuses of some higher-ups at tech giant Google will see "very significant" reductions, Business Insider reported.
Are tech layoffs the canary in the US jobs market?
The U.S. economy will probably see more job cuts in coming months after a wave of layoffs at Big Tech companies including Google, Microsoft and Twitter.
Google parent company Alphabet to eliminate 12,000 jobs
Google's parent company announced it will lay off 12,000 workers. Alphabet Inc. shared the news in a memo with staff letting them know the cuts are global.
Google says Supreme Court ruling could potentially upend the internet
Google filed a Supreme Court brief case hoping to keep a liability shield that would keep them immune from lawsuits if content they recommend causes harm.
Alphabet unit Verily to trim more than 200 jobs
Verily Life Sciences, formerly Google Life Sciences, a health care company and one of the largest under Google parent Alphabet's, umbrella, will lay off 15%.
Ninth Circuit breathes new life into children's class action lawsuit against Google for YouTube ad tracking
A panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed a lower court decision that dismissed a class action lawsuit brought by children whose private information was used for ad targeting without parental consent.
Big Tech challenges Texas social media law at Supreme Court
Two trade groups representing Facebook, Google and Twitter petitioned the Supreme Court over Texas and Florida anti-censorship laws, citing conflicting appeals rulings.

















