Overstock.com Is Getting Crushed By A Google Algorithm Update
"When Google sneezes, we catch pneumonia," said Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne.
Leticia Miranda
Here Are A Dozen Things We Learned At Google's Big Event
John Legend is living his best life inside a smart speaker, and other technological advances.
Alex Kantrowitz
Google, Amazon, And Apple Don’t Want You To Fear AI Anymore
Pop culture has done a great job of making us believe artificial intelligence will kill us. Now Google, Apple, and Amazon are trying to make us stop fearing voice AI.
Min Li Chan
Google's New AI Feature Sounds Like A Real Human And OMG Why Is The Future So Creepy?
Google just demoed a 100% natural-sounding AI that scheduled an appointment with a live human on the phone who didn't know she was talking to a machine.
Davey Alba
Google Wants To Help You With Your Phone Addiction
New features in Android will help users manage — and limit — their screen time.
Nicole Nguyen
Maybe Instead Of Celebrating Their Platforms, Google And Facebook Should Fix Them
EXCUSE ME SIR BUT YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE
John Paczkowski
Facebook, Google And Twitter's Other Election Problem Is Their Largest Market: India
The world's largest democracy is in danger of having its biggest elections influenced through the internet — but so far, US tech companies' efforts to fix ongoing problems have been limited.
Pranav Dixit
The FDA Is Warning Facebook, Google, And Twitter To Stop Illicit Opioid Sales
FDA chief Scott Gottlieb announced a meeting with the leaders of social media companies over how their platforms have facilitated the opioid overdose crisis.
Dan Vergano
Google's Waymo Just Unveiled An Electric, Completely Self-Driving Jaguar
Some 20,000 of the luxury cars are scheduled to be built by 2021.
Alex Kantrowitz
Google Will Ban All Cryptocurrency-Related Ads Starting June 2018
Both Facebook and Google, two of the world's largest players in online advertising, are working to ban ads promoting cryptocurrencies and initial coin offerings.
Pranav Dixit
Why Can Everyone Spot Fake News But YouTube, Facebook, And Google?
And beyond that, why is it — after multiple national tragedies politicized by hoaxes and misinformation — that such a question even needs to be asked?
Charlie Warzel
Asian People Are Not Impressed With Their Matches On Google's Museum Selfie Feature
A spokesperson for Google told BuzzFeed News they are always working to ensure their app includes as many different pieces of art as possible.
Rachael Krishna
Google Memo Author James Damore Sues Company For Discrimination Against White Males
"Damore, Gudeman, and other class members were ostracized, belittled, and punished for their heterodox political views, and for the added sin of their birth circumstances of being Caucasians and/or males."
Ryan Mac
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt Steps Down As Alphabet's Executive Chairman
On Thursday, the technology giant announced that Schmidt, who served as Google CEO from 2001 to 2011, would transition into a role as "technical advisor" to the company in January. He will remain on the company's board.
Ryan Mac
If AT&T; Is An Antitrust Target Of The Justice Department, Could Facebook And Google Be Next?
Is the Justice Department gonna start bustin' up things that it thinks have the whiff of a monopoly?
Matthew Zeitlin
Google Maps Lets You Review Some Members Of Congress And Boy Do People Have Opinions
"This guy is stupid!!!"
Lissandra Villa
Two Top Ex-Google Scientists Have Left A $1 Billion Cancer Startup
The departures come after Grail’s CEO and lead scientist stepped down.
Stephanie M. Lee
Two Google Execs Donated To Lawmakers On The Senate Intel Committee This Year
Alphabet executive chairman Eric Schmidt and Google general counsel Kent Walker have given to senators on one of the committees investigating Russian meddling during the election. Google confirmed that representatives for the company will testify on Capitol Hill in November.
Ryan Brooks
Google Maps Stopped Showing Distance As Calories And Cupcakes Because People Haaaated It
UPDATE: Google Maps is removing a feature that told you how many "mini cupcakes" you'd burn if you walked.
Katie Notopoulos
Google Photos Can Recognize Your Pets Now
If you have lots of pictures of your dog or cat, Google Photos will start sorting them into distinct groupings.
Mat Honan
Facebook, Twitter, And Google Face New Push In Congress Over Election Ads
At a news conference Wednesday, Sen. Mark Warner drew a legislative target on social media giants.
Kevin Collier
Google’s New Earbuds Can Translate 40 Languages
The search behemoth enters the increasingly crowded smart headphones market with a $159 pair of buds that can do something pretty close to real-time translation.
John Paczkowski
Google's New Camera "Clips" Uses AI To Automatically Get Great Shots
Designed for parents and pet owners, it's meant to help you capture candid moments.
Mat Honan
Google's New Pixel 2 Phones Ditch The Headphone Jack, Can Take Photos In Portrait Mode
The second-generation Pixels can be squeezed to activate Google Assistant, and are finally water- and dust-resistant. But RIP to the headphone jack.
Nicole Nguyen
Google Unveils Its $399 Home Max And $49 Home Mini Smart Speakers
Google's Echo competitors are powered by Google Assistant, a virtual, voice-activated bot.
Nicole Nguyen
Rupert Murdoch Is The Media’s Unlikely Hero In The War Against Facebook And Google
Murdoch's bare-knuckle tactics are familiar to his many media enemies. Now his sights are set on Silicon Valley, and fellow media executives are starting to think the billionaire villain behind Fox News isn't so bad.
Steven Perlberg
Facebook, Google, And Twitter Have Been Asked To Testify Publicly In The Senate’s Russia Investigation
The planned hearing comes as the Senate Intelligence Committee has increased its scrutiny of social media and search sites, following Facebook's disclosure that a Russian troll farm purchased $100,000 in ads on the site during the 2016 election.
Emma Loop
The Guy Who Wrote The Google Anti-Diversity Memo Did A Twitter Poll On "Cool" KKK Titles
"Can we admit that their internal title names are cool, e.g. 'Grand Wizard'?"
Blake Montgomery
Google’s New Payment App For India Transfers Money Via Ultrasound
Google Tez is a new way for users in India to send money to each other or to businesses — no personal information required.
Pranav Dixit
Rejoice And Praise, Google Chrome Will Mute Autoplay Videos
January can't come soon enough.
Blake Montgomery
