Google is working with social scientists from Cambridge University, experimenting on a feature called 'pre-bunking'. As the name suggests, Google is attempting to get ahead of misleading narratives and debunk the lies before they can spread further.

After Twitter announced pre-bunking, Google starts experimenting with the same

According to information provided to Congress on Thursday by Google's top executive, medical facilities in the United States that provide abortions will be explicitly identified in search results and on Google Maps to prevent confusion with anti-abortion facilities.

Google will prominently label American medical facilities that perform abortion

Flights now appear to have much less impact on the environment than they did before due to change in the way Google calculates it. The tech giant, which is the world's biggest search engine, has taken a key driver of global warming out of its online carbon flight calculator.

Google's policy change slashes airline emissions’ real figures, veils climate impact

A revised version of a measure to make it simpler for news organisations to bargain collectively with platforms like Google and Facebook was released by a bipartisan group of US lawmakers on Monday.

Bill in US seeks to make it easier for news organisations to negotiate better deals with Google, Facebook

Can Artificial Intelligence ever truly replace human discretion? This question has for long been a topic of debate and now, an incident involving a parent, his child, and some photographs taken for medical reasons has once more brought the matter into focus.

Google accuses US father of 'child sex abuse' for clicking pictures of an infection on toddler's genitals

Google Maps users have spotted a spooky image of a downed passenger plane in the middle of the Australian rainforest. As per the reports by UK-based media outlet Metro, users have spotted the downed jetliner on the Cardwell Range, which is located between Townsville and Cairns.

Is that a 'downed' plane? Google Maps users spot spooky image in Australian rainforest

Following the US Supreme Court's verdict banning abortion in the country, online privacy has become a myth as Big Tech companies are collecting the personal details of their users for tracking and surveillance.

Why online privacy has become a myth in post-Roe world

On Monday, Google was unavailable to thousands of users, according to the outage monitoring website Downdetector.com. According to Downdetector, which analyses outages by compiling status updates from various sources including user-submitted faults on its platform, there were over 40,000 cases of users reporting problems with the largest search engine in the world owned by Alphabet Inc.

Google server down for thousands of users, more than 40K issues reported

Using an artificial intelligence (AI) network, an Alphabet-owned artificial intelligence research company has published the structures of nearly all proteins, the building blocks of life, of more than 200 million from bacteria to humans.

Major scientific breakthrough: Google’s AI firm releases 3D view of protein universe

People online are being inspired by the story of a man who never gave up and eventually landed a job at Google, his dream company. Tyler Cohen applied at the tech giant not once or twice, but a whopping 39 times.

Headstrong or crazy? Man lands his 'dream job' at Google in 40th attempt

On June 24th, 2022, American women not only lost their right to a safe abortion, many say they lost the autonomy they had on their own bodies. Since then, unfortunately, many disheartening news stories have come to light, like that of a 10 years old rape victim having to travel 385 kilometres (200+ miles) for an abortion.

Roe v. Wade: Google location history of women remains vulnerable; YouTube to censor false videos on abortion

In a move that experts have labelled as evasive, on Monday big-tech companies in New Zealand agreed to forego government regulation in favour of themselves reducing dangerous online content.

Big-tech companies agree to self-regulate harmful content in New Zealand, experts call it a 'weak attempt'

Leader of Russia-backed breakaway region in eastern Ukraine said that serach engine Google had been blocked in the region citing what he termed 'disinformation'.

Russian proxies in east Ukraine block Google

Google parent Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai has reportedly told its employees that the tech giant will be “slowing down the pace of hiring for the rest of the year”.

Google to slow down hiring, says Sundar Pichai in a memo to staff

From harassment to spying on rivals: Uber's litany of controversies

Our existence on this planet is inextricably linked to the millions of species that also call it home. Of them, there are many that made their way into our hearts as pets.

5 books animal lovers should absolutely not miss

Months before June, companies’ marketing calendars remind them to start working on their pride campaigns: the graphic design department decorates logos and slogans with colourful rainbows; the copywriting department writes jingles and puns with queer lingo, and the finance department estimates how much profit the campaign is forecasted to generate.

Enough with the rainbow washing

After facing calls to limit the amount of information it collects, tech giant Google has announced it would delete users' location history when they visit abortion clinics and domestic violence shelters.

Google announces deletion of user location history on US abortion clinic visits

Bisakh Mondal, a student from Jadavpur University in West Bengal state of India has bagged a lucrative offer from Facebook. Any job aspirant would be on cloud nine if he gets an offer from tech giant like Facebook.

This guy rejected Amazon, Google for mega pay package at Facebook

Demanding tech companies take action in the wake of America's revocation of abortion rights, privacy groups are warning that pregnancy-related information online might present a serious legal risk.

Roe v. Wade overturned: SCOTUS ruling spurs online data fears

Roe v Wade overturned: US Companies that have pledged support to its female employees

With the United States Supreme Court rolling back Roe v Wade in its recent Dobbs v. Jackson decision, many companies like Disney and Meta in the US have stepped forward seeking to help their female employees.

Following overturning of Roe v Wade, Google offers 'relocation' to its employees

Tech giant Google said an Italian vendor used a "combination of tactics, including drive-by downloads" to target mobile users on both iOS and Android devices in Italy and Kazakhstan.

Italian spyware targeted Apple, Android phones: Google

Joining Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos, Google co-founder Sergey Brin has filed for divorce from his wife Nicole Shanahan. Citing "irreconcilable differences", Brin has filed a petition for dissolution of his marriage, according to court documents.

Google co-founder Sergey Brin files for petition for dissolution of his marriage to Nicole Shanahan

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