Multiple cars stranded after Google Maps leads them 'straight into the desert with no road'
One driver said her car was damaged from driving on a dirt road in the desert and had to be towed after waiting for hours.
Google will start deleting unused accounts this week – here's how to save yours
This includes Gmail, as well as Google Docs, Drive, Meet, Calendar, YouTube and Google Photos.
More tech job layoffs announced at Google, Amazon, and Snap
Neither Google nor Amazon disclosed how many jobs were being cut this time.
Google faces 2nd antitrust trial, accused of monopolistic practices in play store
Google on Monday confronted the second major U.S. antitrust trial in two months to cast the internet powerhouse as a brazen bully that uses its immense wealth and people's dependence on one of its main products to stifle competition at consumers' expense.
1 hospitalized after Google bus collides with vehicles in San Francisco
An “electric” shuttle bus operated by Google collided with multiple vehicles in San Francisco on Monday morning, sending one person to a hospital.
Google sued by family of man who drove off collapsed bridge while following map
Philip Paxson, a medical device salesman and father of two, drowned last September after his Jeep Gladiator plunged into a creek.
El Salvador's president inks deal with Google for Central American tech hub
Nayib Bukele, president of El Salvador, recently traveled to the Bay Area to sign a deal with Google Cloud to open a technology hub in the Central American country.
Google's got you humming: New YouTube feature helps you find that song you can't name
Google is testing a new feature on YouTube to help users find songs they can't name by allowing them to hum or record the tune. This feature, currently in experimentation, is available only to select users globally on Android devices.
Calls mount for California to hit brakes on driverless vehicles
Waymo and Cruise may soon win approval to allow their self-driving taxis to rove San Francisco streets 24 hours a day.
Google's new feature helps remove private information from search results
This latest update offers more control for users to review and delete sensitive information from searches.
Google to add pre-written text prompts to suicide-related search results
When someone searches for suicide-related terms, they’ll see a prompt with conversation starters they can send via text in an effort to “reduce the stigma” of reaching out for help.
Jeffrey Epstein-related suit: Virgin Islands says it can’t find Google co-founder Larry Page
The U.S. Virgin Islands government says it's unable to locate Google co-founder Larry Page to serve him a subpoena in an ongoing lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase for allegedly enabling Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring, a new federal filing revealed.
Google Flight testing price guarantee, will refund if your air ticket gets cheaper
If you bought a flight ticket and the price dropped, air travelers could be eligible for a refund through Google’s new program.
Supreme Court seems to favor social media companies in terror case
During arguments, several justices underscored that there was no evidence linking Twitter, Facebook and Google directly to the 2017 attack on the Reina nightclub in Istanbul.
No Bay Area firm makes top 10 in Forbes' best U.S. large employer list, Google comes in 11th
With a workforce of more than 156,000 people, Mountain View-based Google ranked 11th best large employer in America, according to a new Forbes survey. No Bay Area company made the top ten.
GOP subpoenas Apple, Meta, other tech CEOs in censorship probe
Subpoenas have been sent to the chief executives of the five largest tech companies as congressional Republicans moved to investigate what they assert is widespread corporate censorship of conservative voices House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan issued the subpoenas Wednesday as the latest in a series of escalations by a party that has long promised to investigate Big Tech’s content moderation.
Heard of ChatGPT? Google just unveiled Bard, a rival to the popular AI chatbot
Google’s chatbot is supposed to be able to explain complex subjects such as outer space discoveries in terms simple enough for a child to understand.
Justice Dept. sues Google over digital advertising dominance
The Justice Department joined California and more than half a dozen other states to file a lawsuit against Mountain View-based Google on Tuesday, accusing the company of harming competition by dominating the online advertising market.
Google cutting 12,000 jobs as tech industry layoffs widen
Google has become the latest tech company to trim staff after rapid expansions during the COVID-19 pandemic have worn off.
Google apologizes for controversial definition of 'Jew' on search engine
Google apologized after the definition of 'Jew' that appeared first was listed as an offensive verb.