Leaked Documents Reveal How Google Search Gatekeeps the Internet
Google Search is often referred to as the doorstep to the internet—it’s the first stop on most people’s journey to information online. However, Google doesn’t say much about how it…
Google Fires More Workers Behind Israel Sit-Ins as War Protests Spread Across the Nation
Google fired at least 20 more employees on Monday evening related to the April 16 sit-in protests of the company’s cloud computing contracts with Israel, No Tech For Apartheid organizers…
Google Fires 28 Workers Who Protested its Contracts With Israel
Google says it terminated 28 employees associated with protests of the company’s $1.2 billion cloud computing contracts with the Israeli government on Wednesday. The firings follow the arrests of nine…
‘Googlers Against Genocide’: Tech Workers Protest AI and Cloud Contracts With Israel
More than 10 workers held a sit-in on the 10th floor of Google’s New York City headquarters on Tuesday to protest Google’s ties to Israel, organizers from “No Tech for…
Unionized YouTube Workers Lose Their Jobs During Live City Council Stream
For the past year, contractors associated with Google’s YouTube Music Content Operations Team have been attempting to collectively bargain with the tech giant. Those workers won the right to unionize…
Google Caves, Agrees to Pay News Companies for Content in Canada
Google’s office in Kitchener, Ontario.Photo: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) Google reached a deal with the Canadian government over a controversial new law that will force tech companies to pay news…
Google Sues Hackers Exploiting AI Hype With Alleged Bard Scams
Ads for fake versions of Google’s generative AI tool, Bard, are showing up on Facebook to steal social media accounts of U.S. small businesses, according to a lawsuit from Google…
Sundar Pichai Defends Google Paying Billions to Remain Top Search Engine
Google CEO Sundar Pichai upheld the company’s decision to pay out billions of dollars to remain the top global search engine at the U.S. anti-trust trial on Monday, according to…
Google Says It Would Rather Shut Off Canadian News Links Than Pay Publishers
Google says it plans to remove Canadian news links from its search results and other major products once Canada’s hotly contested Online News Act takes effect in the coming months.…