Google services down for users around the world
Frustrated customers complained online of the outage and tracking website DownDetector reported Google services were down in every continent.
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Google unveils cheaper Pixel smartphone, teases 5G
The Pixel 4a boasts core features popular that made its top-of-the-line predecessor popular, like a sophisticated camera system.
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Google faces lawsuit over tracking in apps even when users opted out
The data privacy lawsuit is the second filed in as many months against Google by the law firm Boies Schiller Flexner on behalf a handful of individual consumers. The firm’s clients also have included Google competitors such as Facebook Inc and Oracle Corp.
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Google says it will pay publishers for news content
In a blog post the firm said they would launch "a licensing program to pay publishers for high-quality content for a new news experience" due to launch later this year.
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Google loses appeal against 50 mln euro fine France
The fine was imposed in 2019 by France's data watchdog, the CNIL when it found at the time that Google made it too difficult for users to understand and manage preferences on how their personal information is used.
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Massive spying on users of Google's Chrome shows new security weakness
Alphabet Inc’s Google said it removed more than 70 of the malicious add-ons from its official Chrome Web Store after being alerted by the researchers last month.
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Australia's competition watchdog suggests a news boycott of Google, Facebook
Facebook and Google are the digital platforms currently benefitting from a significant imbalance in bargaining power.
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In U-turn, Germany backs Google and Apple on virus app
The rollout of an app that would use bluetooth to alert smartphone users when they have been in contact with someone infected with the virus is considered crucial in the fight against the pandemic.
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Australia to force Google, Facebook to pay for news content
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said a mandatory code of conduct - to be fully unveiled by July and made law soon after - will require the US-based firms to reimburse Australian media companies for using their news and other content.
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Google launches coronavirus website in the United States
Google Chief Executive Sundar Pichai said in a blog post last Sunday that the search giant was partnering with the US government to create a website by 16 March.
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Google restricts visits to curb coronavirus risk
Google was already among technology companies including Facebook, Microsoft and Amazon that have given employees the option of working from home instead of going to the office.
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Google drops plan to buy into largest African wind farm
The 310 megawatt (MW) Lake Turkana wind farm in Kenya was initially set for completion 2017, after which Google had committed to buy the stake from Vestas.
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Google Maps marks 15-year milestone with new features
Google has dominated the market for navigation apps in recent years but the latest updates appear aimed at staying ahead of challengers including from Apple.
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Google says glitch sent people's videos to strangers
Google was notifying those who may have been affected.
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HIV/Aids activist Nkosi Johnson honoured with Google Doodle
Today’s doodle honours the life and legacy of a voice of change heard by millions around the world.
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Study finds Google system could improve breast cancer detection
Radiologists miss about 20% of breast cancers in mammograms, the American Cancer Society says, and half of all women who get the screenings over a 10-year period have a false positive result.
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Top 2019 Google searches feature load shedding, RWC and drawing eyebrows
From the Rugby World Cup to Bosasa, Google has announced its annual year in search lists, revealing who and what South Africans looked up this year.
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Web inventor Berners-Lee launches plan to stop internet abuse
Credited with laying the groundwork for the web - the universe of multimedia webpages accessible via the internet - in 1989, the computer scientist has since last year been developing the so-called Contract for the Web.
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Amnesty Int. SA report accuses Facebook, Google of pervasive surveillance
In a new report titled Surveillance Giants", the non-governmental organisation says the companies need to change their business model and stop their reliance on people's data.
