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Do Spouses of Deceased Google Employees Collect Half Their Salary?

And do the former tech workers' children receive $1,000 monthly?

France Fines Google $268M for Unfair Online Ads Treatment

Practices used by Google “are particularly serious because they penalize Google’s competitors” in certain markets...

Was ‘How To Hit a Woman So No One Knows’ Googled 163M Times in 2020?

A researcher looking into the trend said the purported findings shocked her.

Will Google Maps Stop Showing Fastest Routes by Default?

Google Maps will be adding a new feature, but things won't be dramatically changing in...

Lawmakers Call YouTube Kids a ‘Wasteland of Vapid’ Content

A House subcommittee says the Google-owned video service feeds children inappropriate material so it can...

Google Reins in Political Advertising

Google is making political ads harder to target at specific types of people.

Apple Commits $2.5B to Combat California Housing Crisis

The sum from Apple eclipses pledges by fellow Silicon Valley giants Google and Facebook for...

Big Tech Faces a New Set of Foes: Nearly All 50 US States

In a rare show of bipartisan force, attorneys general from 48 states along with Puerto...

Facebook, Google Face Antitrust Scrutiny from States

Two bipartisan groups of state attorneys general are launching separate antitrust investigations into Facebook and...

Human Workers Can Listen to Google Assistant Recordings

Google says contractors listen to recordings to better understand language patterns and accents.

US Delay to Huawei Ban Gives Tech Sector Time to Adjust

The ban on selling technology to Huawei, the world's biggest maker of mobile network gear...

Facebook, Google Face Hearing on White Nationalism

Controversy over white nationalism and hate speech has dogged online platforms such as Facebook and...