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Team Human vs. Team Posthuman—Which Side Are You On?

Émile P. Torres / Truthdig Apr 4, 2024 How Silicon Valley billionaires intentionally muddle public conversations around human extinction. Dig deeper ( 13 Min. Read )

Google Co-Founders Step Down From Management Roles

RACHEL LERMAN / The Associated Press Dec 3, 2019 Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who started the juggernaut in a garage in 1995, leave positions at Alphabet; Sundar Pichai takes on more duties. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Robert Reich: Elizabeth Warren Is Right About Big Tech

Robert Reich / Truthdig Mar 12, 2019 The senator aims to break up Google, Amazon and Facebook. If we are to dismantle our new Gilded Age, it's as good a place as any to start. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

In 2018, the U.S. Is Even More Gilded Than in 1918

Bob Lord / OtherWords Sep 27, 2018 Wealth is more concentrated now than it was in John D. Rockefeller's day. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Facebook, Twitter Vow to Combat Foreign Intrusion

MARY CLARE JALONICK and BARBARA ORTUTAY / The Associated Press Sep 5, 2018 Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter's Jack Dorsey tell a Senate panel that their platforms plan to use new technologies to combat abuses ahead of the November midterm elections. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Google Will Become ‘Alphabet’ in Biggest Change in the Company’s History

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Aug 11, 2015 "Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one," said co-founder Larry Page in Monday's surprise announcement. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Google’s Larry Page Says NSA Spying Threatens Democracy

Staff / Truthdig Mar 20, 2014 The Google co-founder condemned U.S. government snooping on the Internet as a threat to democracy Wednesday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ Slogan Is a Load of Hooey—or Is It?

Staff / Truthdig Oct 16, 2013 The Internet giant has had its hand in quite a few immoralities as of late, even though the company once claimed to be founded on the principle of "good" and the avoidance of "evil." Was it all just a lie, or does "evil" simply mean something entirely different to Google? Author and game designer Ian Bogost has some alarming ideas on the subject. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Tech Companies Deny Secret Collaboration With NSA

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 8, 2013 Google's CEO and its top lawyer wrote an open letter to the company's users vehemently denying, as previously reported, that the government has direct access to private data The post is called, "What the ?" and it echoes the sentiments of other tech giants accused of collaborating with the National Security Agency. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Google CEO to Step Down

Staff / Truthdig Jan 21, 2011 Eric Schmidt, who took Google from humble origins to one of the world's most successful and most talked-about companies, announced Thursday that he is handing his job over to co-founder Larry Page, who, Schmidt blogs, "is ready to lead." Schmidt will stick around with the hefty title of executive chairman. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )