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YouTube’s weirdest channel keeps getting weirder

New evidence suggests that this weird YouTube channel may be connected to Google employees.

On May 16, 2014 by Brendan O'Connor

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There’s a lot of love inside of today’s Google Doodle

Finally, candy hearts are good for something. 

On Feb 14, 2014 by Audra Schroeder

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The Day We Fight Back: A lost battle, a new war

Google and the other tech giants who brought down SOPA haven't begun to fight the NSA with their full power.

On Feb 13, 2014 by Aaron Sankin

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Naming your kid ‘Facebook’ was just outlawed in this Mexican state

There goes that branding strategy.

On Feb 12, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Google gets behind USA Freedom Act on Day We Fight Back

On the occasion of a worldwide Web protest, the company plants its flag.

On Feb 11, 2014 by Miles Klee

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Here’s why the Google Doodle is full of gay pride today

Even the Guardian's "g" is decked out in rainbows.

On Feb 7, 2014 by Michelle Jaworski

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People want Google to tell them if their husbands are secretly gay

Is your husband gay? Ask him. Wait, better yet, ask Google. 

On Feb 6, 2014 by Jack Flanagan

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America’s largest patent troll tries to take on Google, gets a mistrial

Intellectual Ventures is now 0-for-1 in court battles.

On Feb 6, 2014 by Tim Sampson

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Twitter threatens to take government to court over NSA data

"We think the government’s restriction on our speech not only unfairly impacts our users’ privacy, but also violates our First Amendment right."

On Feb 6, 2014 by Kevin Collier

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How Facebook is crushing Google, in one chart

You know what's cool? Beating Google at its own game. And that game is traffic referrals. 

On Feb 5, 2014 by Tim Sampson

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Google continues to be a prude and bars porn from Chromecast apps

Sigh. You'll just have to stream porn the old-fashioned way. 

On Feb 4, 2014 by EJ Dickson

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Google reveals how often the FISA court orders it to turn over user data

For the first time, Google is (kind of, sort of) allowed to reveal how many PRISM requests it received.

On Feb 3, 2014 by Kevin Collier

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The trouble with marketing niche products to average consumers

Products designed to make technology more accessible are becoming socially disruptive in their own right.

On Jan 31, 2014 by L. Rhodes

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Is your state trying to ban Google Glass?

Legislators anticipate the device's more disastrous effects.

On Jan 30, 2014 by Miles Klee

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This angry cat knows exactly how you feel about junk mail

Nobody likes getting bills, it seems.

On Jan 29, 2014 by Miles Klee