Google open sources Cardboard
Recycling
Search engine Google is open-sourcing its Cardboard viewers to make sure that the “no-frills, accessible-to-everyone” VR project does not go to waste.
One final software update for Pixel
Then life support will be cut off
Google will release "one final software update" next month for the original Google Pixel and Pixel XL, despite releasing nothing during its November security update for all the other Pixel phones.
Google work slaves revolt over big oil
I'm Spartacus
Activists inside Google are calling on management to ditch deals with oil and gas companies, the latest flare-up inside the technology giant.
Google buys Fitbit for $2.1 billion
Will take on Apple and Samsung
Google has written a $2.1 billion cheque to buy exercise outfit Fitbit as part of a cunning plan to take on Apple and Samsung in the crowded market for fitness trackers and smartwatches.
Google makes an offer for Fitbit
Wants to get into the fitness tracker business
Google owner Alphabet Inc has made an offer to acquire US wearable device maker Fitbit as part of a cunning plan to get into the market for fitness trackers and smartwatches.
Google in hot water with staff again
Turns out they now have a manager who helped Trump "separate families"
Google executives are in trouble with their staff after misleading them over the role of a former top Department of Homeland Security official who had recently joined the company was "not involved in the family separation policy".
Google accused of spying on workers
Thinks getting eviler
Google employees are accusing the company's leadership of developing an internal surveillance tool that they believe will be used to monitor workers' attempts to organize protests and discuss labour rights.
Google's quantum computer claims neither dead nor alive
IBM disputes Google claims
IBM is disputing the much-vaunted claim that Google has hit a new milestone with its quantum computing.
Google in no rush to fix Pixel 4
Face-unlock security fix months away
The Pixel 4 is shipping with a face-unlock security issue that's not expected to get fixed for quite some time.
AI-powered Google Clips scrapped
It turns out people didn't want to record things in that much detail
Google is discontinuing its AI-powered Google Clips, a small camera designed to use technology to capture and preserve life's most memorable moments automatically.