Jonathan Kanter, tapped to lead the DOJ’s antitrust division, has represented Google’s competitors.
The cases likely won’t hold up in court, but that doesn’t really matter.
But that’s not the point.
It’s up to users to find out if Google is prioritizing wrong information about them in search results.
The company is notifying people when they search for rapidly evolving topics.
A heat wave in Texas is leading to some unexpected changes in AC settings.
Some find it comforting, some find it creepy.
Industry groups are ramping up their fight against regulation.
The bills have the beginnings of bipartisan support, but will likely need even more to actually pass.
The NLRB is expanding its complaint against Google.
Six months after Timnit Gebru left, Google’s ethical artificial intelligence team is still in a state of upheaval.
Google is once again playing catch-up with Apple.
Google announces new search features every year, but this time feels different.
In the season finale of Land of the Giants: The Google Empire, we explore the antitrust scrutiny focused on the search giant.
During a hearing with tech CEOs, Rep. Peter Welch asked if they’d be open to a new federal agency focused on social media platforms.
A third-party cookie ban won’t hurt the search giant’s healthy first-party data ad business.
Google’s video site has room for everything, from everyone. Is that a feature or a bug?
A law that would require some tech companies to pay news publishers is making waves around the world.
Google can’t stop trackers in its apps from selling location data to the government. Maybe the government can.
The story of Toolbar, Chrome, and Android — three attempts by Google to survive in a rapidly changing world.
The inside story behind Google’s famous mantra, according to a key former executive.
The story of Google’s journey to become one of the most powerful companies in the world.
With one big exception.
Breaking up companies like Amazon and Facebook has rare bipartisan support but different rationale.
The full pardon of Anthony Levandowski came out of nowhere.
“Hey Google, don’t save any of my interactions with you.”
The new Alphabet Workers Union is an important step forward, but it has a long road ahead.
The search giant is facing lawsuits from attorneys general in most US states and the DOJ.
Timnit Gebru says she was pushed out of the company; now some are worried it will have a chilling effect on academics in tech.
What you can do to minimize what Amazon and Google hear.
Eric Schmidt is effectively buying a passport that he can use to enter the European Union.
Videos questioning the election results are racking up hundreds of thousands of views.
Despite antitrust investigations and a recession, Big Tech is doing great.
We took a closer look at the unproven claims lawmakers made about Facebook, Google, and Twitter.
In the end, the Section 230 hearing didn’t have much to do with Section 230.
A new browser setting will do what Do Not Track didn’t, but you could switch to a more private browser right now.
The Department of Justice says the company’s anti-competitive business practices harm Americans.
The Massachusetts senator wants the attorney general to resign. She also wants him to sue Google.
There’s a new way to listen to Vox stories and podcasts: “Your News Update” on the Google Assistant.
The report scrutinizes the ways the four biggest tech companies have amassed enormous market power.