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Google outlines steps to tackle workplace harassment
Google will update its mandatory sexual harassment training, and require it annually instead of every two years as had been the case.
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Google touts progress in fight against piracy
Google boasted that it has been generating more money for those who create or own digital content while strengthening its arsenal and efforts to fight piracy.
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YouTube back up after widespread outage
The video streaming service earlier said it was looking into reports about access issues with YouTube, YouTube TV and YouTube Music.
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Senators asks Google to explain delay in disclosing vulnerability
The letters asked if the vulnerability was revealed previously to any federal agencies, including the Federal Trade Commission.
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Google unveils new Pixel phone, adds tablet in Apple challenge
The Pixel 3, priced at $799, and a larger Pixel 3 XL, priced at $899, mark Google’s latest entries for a phone lineup it hopes will someday be as popular as Apple Inc’s iPhone.
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Google challenges record $5bn EU antitrust fine
The European Commission in its July decision said Google had abused its market dominance since 2011.
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France asks Google to pull photos after helicopter jailbreak
Justice Minister Nicole Belloubet said she had written to the internet search engine to request the removal of sensitive photos, but no action had been taken.
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Google says social network bug exposed private data
The US internet giant said it will 'sunset' the Google+ social network for consumers that failed to gain meaningful traction after being launched in 2011 as a challenge to Facebook.
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Mass action against Google over iPhone data blocked by London court
The claimants had said Google had illegally accessed details of iPhone users’ internet browsing data by bypassing privacy settings on the Safari browser between June 2011 and February 2012.
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Google tells Congress it continues to allow developers to scan, share Gmail data
Google defended its privacy practices for Gmail, saying developers may share data as 'long as they are transparent' with users about how they are using data and get consent.
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Google fights French 'right to be forgotten' in EU court
Google and France are battling over a 2014 decision at the same court, that imposed a right for individuals, under certain conditions, to have references to them scrubbed from search engine results.
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Google sued for unwanted tracking of phone locations
The suit filed Friday by a California man seeks unspecified damages along with class-action status to represent all US iPhone or Android smartphone users who turned off location history in order not to have their movements logged by Google.
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Brazil may probe Google over its cell phone system - report
The reported comments by Alexandre Barreto come just weeks after European antitrust regulators fined Google a record €4.34 billion.
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Google launches free Wi-Fi hotspot network in Nigeria
The company said it aimed to collaborate with internet service providers to reach millions of Nigerians in 200 public spaces, across five cities by the end of 2019.
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Donald Trump tops Google image search result for 'idiot'
Protesters, activists and Internet users are seeking to influence Google’s algorithm so that when the term 'idiot' is searched for, images of Trump pop up on Google.
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Google hit with record €4.34 billion EU antitrust fine
The penalty is nearly double the previous record of €2.4 billion which the US tech company was ordered to pay last year over its online shopping search service.
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Google retires DoubleClick, AdWords brand names
Google executives said its fees are not changing, and no services are merging.
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Australia probes claim Google harvests data, consumers pay
The investigations stem from allegations made by Oracle Corp into the impact that Google and Facebook have on the advertising market.
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Google eases tech stress with app controls, table-booking assistant
The demonstrations at Google I/O showed how big technology companies are positioning themselves for a lucrative artificial intelligence revolution.
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Google launches 'Android Things' for appliances and other machines
‘Android Things’ could bring its Google Assistant virtual helper to refrigerators and robots and familiar designs to cash registers and vending machines.
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Beyonce expands scholarship programme
Beyonce has been able to add four more colleges to her scholarship programme after Google.org announced they will match the $100,000 fund.
