December 13, 2017 Google reveals Matt Lauer and Hurricane Irma are 2017's top searches Google revealed Wednesday that the search engine’s top searches in 2017 included Hurricane Irma, Matt Lauer and Meghan Markle all topped the list.
December 12, 2017 Former Facebook exec won't let own kids use social media, says it's 'destroying how society works' Chamath Palihapitiya, a former Facebook executive and the CEO of venture capital firm Social Capital, said in a November interview that social media is damaging society and voiced concerns about its impact on his own children.
December 7, 2017 Tech titans voice concerns over California wildfires Two of the biggest titans of the tech industry, Apple CEO Tim Cook and Google CEO Sundar Pichai both weighed in with concerns over the southern California wildfires, which have wreaked havoc on the lower part of the state.
December 7, 2017 Google is helping turn Christmas Island into the next Galapagos Island Forty-five million Christmas Island red crabs are on the move for their once-a-year migration to breed — and so to is the Indian Ocean settlement that still calls Australia home despite sitting just 350 kilometers south of Java.
December 7, 2017 Google scores a win in gender discrimination lawsuit A California state judge sided with Google, for now, by dismissing class action claims that accused the company of paying female employees less than men and giving them fewer opportunities for promotion.
December 5, 2017 As outrage intensifies, Google highlights new ways to clean up YouTube Fleeing advertisers over videos of exploited children. Concerns that Russian operatives used the platform in an attempt to alter the results of the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Cries from content creators that its revamped ad policies are hurting the ones who made it famous. Accusations that it is censoring demonetized videos, keeping people from finding out information such as mental health issues or other sensitive content. 2017 has not been kind to Google-owned YouTube, to say the least.
December 1, 2017 iPhone X, Bitcoin, WannaCry and more: Biggest tech stories of 2017 As in previous years, 2017 was a huge year across the technology landscape. New products were announced, backlash against the tech sector became more pronounced than it has been in years and concerns about how technology is being used for nefarious reasons popped up seemingly daily.
November 30, 2017 Former Google exec takes leave from startup after report of inappropriate relationship at tech giant Andy Rubin, a former Google executive and the creator of the Android operating system, is taking a leave of absence from his new start-up after reports surfaced about an "improper relationship" while he was still at the tech giant.
November 29, 2017 Snapchat CEO: Social media fueled the rise of ‘fake news’ In his first editorial ever, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel has pulled no punches on his social media brethren, saying the rise of social media begat the rise of "fake news."
November 28, 2017 Google questioned by UK election watchdog over Russian meddling in Brexit The U.K.’s election watchdog has asked Google for information related to Russia’s alleged meddling in Brexit and the broader problem of fake news.