Artificial intelligence is being woven into an array of the company’s products. But the change — for now — is subtle.
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Another Firing Among Google’s A.I. Brain Trust, and More Discord
The researchers are considered a key to the company’s future. But they have had a hard time shaking infighting and controversy over a variety of issues.
Google Wants to Work With the Pentagon Again, Despite Employee Concerns
Three years ago, the company walked away from a Defense Department project after employees objected to it. Now the company is working on a new proposal for the Pentagon.
The Battle for Digital Privacy Is Reshaping the Internet
As Apple and Google enact privacy changes, businesses are grappling with the fallout, Madison Avenue is fighting back and Facebook has cried foul.
A Bailout Backlash Nears for Airlines
They, and other companies that took pandemic rescue money, face new demands in return for their rescues.
Sundar Pichai Faces Internal Criticism at Google
Despite record profits, a number of them are worried that the company is suffering from both its size and leadership from its C.E.O., Sundar Pichai.
The Googleplex of the Future Has Privacy Robots, Meeting Tents and Your Very Own Balloon Wall
The company that helped popularize open office plans and lavish employee perks is trying to reinvent office spaces to cope with workplace sensibilities changed by the pandemic.
Amy Klobuchar vs. Silicon Valley
The Minnesota senator presents her case for why regulating big tech is crucial for the future of our democracy.
Lawmakers Grill Tech C.E.O.s on Capitol Riot, Getting Few Direct Answers
The leaders of Google, Facebook and Twitter faced sharp questions about misinformation’s role in the attack and the mental health of children who use their products.
Hundreds of Google Employees Unionize, Culminating Years of Activism
The creation of the union, a rarity in Silicon Valley, follows years of increasing outspokenness by Google workers. Executives have struggled to handle the change.
Google Chief Apologizes for A.I. Researcher’s Dismissal
The researcher, one of the company’s best-known Black female employees, said she was fired last week.
Republicans Blast Social Media C.E.O.s While Democrats Deride Hearing
Republican senators accused the leaders of Twitter, Facebook and Google of censorship. Democrats denounced that as posturing.
Trump Allies Amp Up Fight Over Tech’s Legal Shield Before Election
Their animosity is likely to be on full display at a hearing on Wednesday with the leaders of Facebook, Google and Twitter.
Apple, Google and a Deal That Controls the Internet
In a landmark antitrust complaint, the Justice Department is targeting a secretive partnership that is worth billions of dollars to both companies.
Google Antitrust Fight Thrusts Low-Key C.E.O. Into the Line of Fire
Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google’s parent company for less than a year, already faces the internet giant’s biggest threat in its 22 years.
Google Employees Are Free to Speak Up. Except on Antitrust.
A company operating in the shadow of government regulators has some very particular rules about what workers can say about it.
C.E.O.s Pledge to Hire 100,000 Low-Income and Minority New Yorkers
A new nonprofit, the New York Jobs C.E.O. Council, will work with universities, the city and other groups to create new curriculums and apprenticeships over the next decade.
Big Tech Companies Report Big Profits
Big tech companies reported bumper profits in the shadow of congressional scrutiny over their outsize market power.
Grilled by Lawmakers, Big Tech Turns Up the Gaslight
It is less clear that tech executives’ strategy of evasive answers will continue to work now that lawmakers have begun doing their homework.
Lawmakers, United in Their Ire, Lash Out at Big Tech’s Leaders
The chiefs of Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook faced withering questions from Democrats about anti-competitive practices and from Republicans about anti-conservative bias.
Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon C.E.O.s Are Testifying Before Congress. Here’s What to Know.
The C.E.O.s are likely to argue before Congress that their companies aren’t anticompetitive. Here are the facts.
How to Hold Big Tech’s Feet to the Fire
Members of Congress will be able to grill tech C.E.O.s at a hearing. Let’s hope they don’t waste the opportunity.
Bezos, Cook, Pichai and Zuckerberg Prepare For Grilling
The bosses of four tech giants are preparing to defend themselves at a congressional hearing against claims of anti-competitive behavior.
Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google Prepare for Their ‘Big Tobacco Moment’
The tech C.E.O.s will appear together at a congressional hearing on Wednesday to argue that their companies do not stifle competition.
What Happens When Big Tech Appears Before Congress?
We’re about to find out. A gathering of the four horsemen of the Techopolypse could be an epic show.
Google Rescinds Offers to Thousands of Contract Workers
The company made the cost-cutting move as it navigates a slump in advertising created by the pandemic.