Google’s $68 Million Settlement: Who Qualifies and How to File a Claim

Google Assistant users and Google-made device buyers may qualify for money from a $68M settlement. Claims are due Aug. 27, ...

Google Search can now monitor the web for updates on things you care about

Google AI Mode now lets users create Search agents that keep tracking the web in the background and send updates when something changes.
Decrypt

Google Sues Chinese Crime Group for Allegedly Using Gemini AI for Mass Phishing Scams

Google alleges a Chinese network weaponized its Gemini AI to create phishing sites that stole millions of credit card numbers ...

Google sues Chinese cybercrime network that used Gemini to automate scams

Google loves telling us all the ways people are using its generative AI products to build new things, grow businesses, and ...

Google targets AI-powered phishing in New York lawsuit

Alphabet's Google on Friday sued the makers of software that allegedly enables criminals to conduct "phishing" attacks using ...
Android Authority

This new Chrome shortcut could be the fastest way to use Google search yet

Google is reportedly testing a floating Chrome search bar that can be summoned with a keyboard shortcut, letting users search the web without opening the browser first. The interface includes Google’s ...
Inc

Google’s AI-First Overhaul Annoys Users So Much They Are Actually Switching Search Engines

But as we all know, AI can get things wrong. When asked how to keep cheese from sliding off pizza, it suggested glue, a response that immediately went viral. (At least it recommended non-toxic glue.) ...
NBC News

Google engineer made $1.2M by placing bets on Polymarket using confidential info, prosecutors allege

A Google software engineer was accused Wednesday of using confidential company information to make over $1.2 million on Polymarket in the second significant criminal case tied to trades on the ...
The Washington Post

Google engineer charged with using inside information to win $1.2M on Polymarket

A software engineer at Google unlawfully used confidential company information to make a series of bets that won him about $1.2 million on the online prediction market Polymarket, the Justice ...
Forbes

Google Search AI Overhaul Leaves Publishers Bracing For ‘Google Zero’

Google CEO Sundar Pichai speaks during a keynote address at Google I/O on May 19, 2026, in Mountain View, California. Roger Lynch, the CEO of Vogue and Vanity Fair parent company Condé Nast, recently ...
CNET

Google Search Is Becoming Something Fundamentally Different. Here's What That Looks Like

From a reimagined search box to AI agents that hunt for apartments on your behalf, Google Search is being rebuilt with AI at its core. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...
AppleInsider

Google's $20B Safari search deal with Apple was 'fair and square'

The $20B search engine preference deal with Apple was "fair and square," Google insists in its antitrust appeal against the Department of Justice. On May 22, Google filed its appeal against federal ...