How to track down the rat who’s selling your Gmail address to spammers
Few people like to receive an onslaught of deals, newsletters, and the like. Here's how to figure out who's selling your address to a third-party company.
You can join Waze’s new carpooling program if you meet some very specific criteria
Google-owned navigation app Waze is launching a pilot carpooling program in San Francisco. It's partnering with a select number of companies, to start.
Google code hints of RAW+JPEG photo capture support in Android camera app
A few lines of code in Google Camera's APK shows Nexus devices might soon have the ability to capture RAW+JPEG photos inside stock photo app.
Google’s Spaces chat app hopes to avoid the fate of Google+ and Buzz
Google's unveiled a new chat app, Spaces, that's designed to make sharing web content among groups of people easier. It's available for Android and iOS.
The EU could slap Google with a record $3 billion antitrust fine
Google now faces a record antitrust fine of 3 billion euros, which translates to $3.4 billion, with the possibility for more.
Google unlocks dialer app for non-Nexus devices, then locks it tighter than ever
Fans were delighted to find Google's dialer app unlocked for non-Nexus phones running Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Their excitement was short-lived, however.
Philadelphia police used a ‘Google Maps’ SUV to read license plates
A police SUV was spotted in Philadelphia with Google Maps decals and two license plate surveillance cameras. The police said the decals would be removed.
Get ready for Android VR: Google may unveil a stand-alone VR headset at I/O 2016
Google's may be poised to unveil a stand-alone VR headset at its upcoming 2016 I/O developer conference.
Interested in a $20-an-hour job ‘driving’ a Google self-driving car?
Google is hiring driverless car drivers. The firm is looking for "vehicle safety specialists" as part of its self-driving car testing in Chandler, Arizona.
Google open-sources Parsey McParseface, its tool for understanding English
Understanding language is a big part of how computers communicate with humans. Google understands this, and has open-sourced SyntaxNet, its sentence parser.
Google's planning a big expansion of its Project Tango mapping tech
Google's planning a big expansion of its Project Tango mapping tech, according to reports. It'll reportedly announce the details at its 2016 I/O conference.
Android's answer to 3D Touch may not debut with Android N after all
Google is working on its own version of Apple's 3D Touch, but it may not debut with the upcoming Android N operating system update.
Google’s new iOS keyboard is the only one you’ll ever need to download
Google wants you to search on Google more. That's why the company has unveiled Gboard, an iOS keyboard that lets you run Google searches.
The FTC may once again go after Google for abusing search dominance
A recent report suggests that the FTC may be looking to reopen an antitrust case into Google Search, after having closed a similar case back in 2013.
Google Photos will now suggest photos you might want to add to a shared album
Google has finally added a feature that competing services have had for a while -- the ability to comment on shared albums and photos.
Over one million VR adventurers used Samsung’s Gear VR headset in April
Oculus VR says that over one million Samsung Gear VR owners used the headset in the month of April. It can also be used to view Facebook's 360 images in VR.
The Google Cardboard VR viewer is now available outside of the US
Those outside the U.S. can finally experience VR at a low price. Google has started selling Cardboard in the U.K., France, Germany, and Canada.
Google bans payday loan ads on its search engine
Payday loans with very high interest rates and quick repayment periods are going to be blocked from advertising on Google from July.
Google is testing this significant change to how it presents its search results
Google's iconic search results page may soon get a pretty significant facelift -- the company is testing using black links instead of the well-loved blue.
New Google News feature aims to ensure that you never miss a local story
Local articles sometimes get buried by content from national papers, but Google's launching new tags in Google News to ensure that doesn't happen.
Hidden code in the Google Play Music app points to fully featured voice control
Hidden code in the latest version of the Google Play Music app for Android points to the possibility of built-in voice commands for playback control.
Meet the real people who inspired Silicon Valley’s most eccentric characters
The HBO show Silicon Valley is fiction, but many of the characters seem to draw inspiration from real-life tech entrepreneurs. Here are six examples.
Fiat Chrysler spurns solo path with autonomous cars, seeks partners
Even though Fiat Chrysler is supplying Pacificas to Google for autonomous car testing, it's not sure that the relationship will deepen.
What happens to your social media accounts after you die?
Legislation just out of committee in California may finally put some structure on how social media accounts are handled when a user dies.
Learn to keep your Calendar organized with our best Google-fu
Google Calendar is as convenient as it is intuitive, especially if you know what you're doing. Here are some of our favorite pointers for the service.
Heads up! More Android One devices incoming
Google's Android One program is a part of its "broader hardware strategy," according to Google executive Mike Hayes.
Why are the major tech and car companies looking for land around San Francisco?
Major car manufacturers, as well as Google and Apple, are looking for northern California real estate. Driverless car development in the area is the reason.
Google bolsters encryption for Blogspot domain residents with HTTPS rollout
Google is rolling out HTTPS encryption to all Blogspot residents. However, the feature doesn't support top-level domains or subdomains -- at least for now.
Google’s AI has been reading a lot of soft-core erotica lately
For the last several months, Google has been doing some pretty interesting reading, devouring erotica in order to improve its own language skills.
Google, Chrysler team up to create the ultimate self-driving… minivan?
If you think about it, there’s really no car out there that could better benefit from self-driving tech than the lowly minivan.
A Russian hacker has 272 million stolen Gmail, Yahoo, and Hotmail passwords
A Russian hacker, dubbed 'the Collector,' has been trading around 272.3 million email account credentials in Russia's criminal underground.