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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.
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Ad sales surge at Google parent Alphabet, but so do costs
Investors are uncertain about future profit at Alphabet as the company navigates the move to a phone-based computing world.
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Twitter to ban cryptocurrency ads from Tuesday as online crackdown widens
The prohibition will cover advertising of initial coin offerings - crowdfunding used to raise cash by creating new coins - as well as token sales.
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Google to ban ads on cryptocurrencies, related products
Under the new policy, the company will ban ads for unregulated or speculative financial products like binary options and cryptocurrency.
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Nonprofits scramble to comply with new Google ad policy
Google gives $10,000 in credits each to 35,000 nonprofits worldwide every month to buy ads on its search engine.
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EU piles pressure on internet giants to remove extremist content
Several governments have increased pressure on social media companies to do more to remove illegal content.
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Google’s Clips camera is latest effort to bring AI into home gadgets
The $249 device, which is designed to clip onto furniture or other fixed objects, automatically captures subjects that wander into its viewfinder.
