China New censored google search engine for China The mobile search app will block some websites and search terms according to two sources. It's after it abandoned the market 8 years ago on censorship concerns 02/08/2018
brussels bureau EU slaps record €4.3bn fine on Google Consumer groups say it will help create variety in the search engine market. 18/07/2018
World As it happened: Wednesday, July 18 This is how we covered the news on Wednesday, July 18. 17/07/2018
Cult New collection of Frida Kahlo's work The collection intends to portray a more private side of the artist with works rarely found on public display, 24/05/2018
USA Google's new human-voiced assistant raises ethics issues Alphabet's developers have given Google a powerful new feature to offer users, but critics warn about the blurring of lines between humans and artificial intelligence. Do we need to know when we are talking to a robot, or not? 10/05/2018
World Meet the artist raising awareness about Google's carbon footprint Ever wondered how bad your Googling is for the environment? 08/05/2018
Business Google employees in stand against Pentagon The employees were outraged Google's technology could be used by the Pentagon's Project Maven to better identify both targets and civilians 05/04/2018
France France to sue Google and Apple for 'unfair business practices' French Economy Minister Bruno Le Maire says it's "unacceptable" that Google and Apple unilaterally impose prices and other contractual terms on software developers, and that this is hurting France's startups. 14/03/2018
Life The man behind Google’s new campus Thomas Heatherwick reflects on cityscape architecture and how it should “lift up and nourish” urban living. 29/12/2017
USA First alien star system with as many planets as our own discovered A joint effort between NASA scientists and Google artificial intelligence specialist has led to the discovery of a star system with as many worlds as our own. 15/12/2017
USA Russia, the US election and the tech companies: What we know so far What Facebook, Twitter and Google have revealed about the extent of Russian meddling in the US election 31/10/2017
brussels bureau Europe's finance ministers plot course for tax harmonisation France is leading the push for reform with the so-called equalisation tax and it has companies such as Amazon and Google and Apple its crosshairs 15/09/2017
France How did the Internet react to Juncker's State of the Union speech? Google searches, tweets and controversy. 13/09/2017
world news EU studies proposed compliance plan from Google Internet giant was fined record 2.4 billion euros in June over claims it breached anti-trust rules and was told to come up with a solution 30/08/2017
USA Wal-Mart and Google team up to take on Amazon To beat the world's largest online retailer at its own game, it takes an internet giant and a retail giant to team up 23/08/2017
USA The Google diversity memo: key arguments and reactions Google memo: What exactly does it say and how has the tech industry reacted? 08/08/2017
USA Google fires employee James Damore for 'gender stereotypes' memo James Damore says he was sacked for claiming that gender imbalance in the tech industry was 'in part due to biological causes'. 08/08/2017
