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 )

Google’s Threat to Democracy Hits AlterNet Hard

By Don Hazen / AlterNet Sep 29, 2017 The progressive website, along with other progressive sites, has experienced an unprecedented drop in traffic from Google search engines. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

NSA Built a Search Engine to Share 850 Billion Records, The Intercept Reports

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Aug 28, 2014 According to newly released documents from Edward Snowden's treasure trove, the National Security Agency not only gave domestic law enforcement entities access to private data, it made it as easy as possible. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google’s Latest Challenger: MC Hammer

Staff / Truthdig Oct 21, 2011 The year 1990 is calling with the exciting news that none other than MC Hammer has decided to reinvent himself as a Web entrepreneur (And we really hope he gives webinars) This story comes with the unexpected twist that instead of, say, making his distinctive mark in the domain of digital music (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google May Close Virtual Doors in China

Staff / Truthdig Mar 13, 2010 Google is "99.9 percent" certain it will shut down its search engine operation in China after the government in Beijing warned the company that it was flouting the country's censorship laws, which require limited access to content like "Tiananmen Square" and "democracy." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Might Not Be Sorely Missed in China

Staff / Truthdig Feb 2, 2010 It certainly did sound dramatic, the whole idea that execs at Google were throwing down the virtual gauntlet and threatening to pull out of China after clashing with the government over censorship, but it turns out that there hasn't exactly been an uproar among the Chinese about the possibility of losing Google's services. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Google Can Help Newspapers, Says Google CEO

Staff / Truthdig Dec 4, 2009 Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt has gazed into the future of the news business, and -- surprise! -- he sees Google playing a big, vital role. In his Wall Street Journal Op-Ed piece, Schmidt heralds the advent, in the not-so-distant future, of an era in which the Internet "will foster a new, digital business model." Hmmm! Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Murdoch, Microsoft May Team Up to Challenge Google

Staff / Truthdig Nov 24, 2009 Over the last decade, Google has ballooned into the many-headed online hydra we know it to be today, and despite grumblings about monopolies and a couple of legal tussles, the company's viselike grip has seemed assured for years to come However, News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch might be gearing up (continued) . Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Google Teams Up With Speedy Bookmaker

Staff / Truthdig Sep 18, 2009 Bibliophiles who can't warm up to the idea of curling up with an e-reader or a laptop instead of a bona fide book may be heartened to hear that Google just took a significant step in the direction of making more book titles available on short notice -- in the offline world. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Bush Uses ‘the Google’

Staff / Truthdig Oct 25, 2006 A CNBC host asked Bush whether he used the most popular search engine on Earth. His response betrayed an unfamiliarity with the Internet not seen in a politician since Sen. Ted "Series of Tubes" Stevens spoke out on the subject. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Judge Orders Google to Turn Over Some Data

Staff / Truthdig Mar 14, 2006 A federal judge says he will require the search engine company to provide the government with some search-query data in connection with the Justice Dept.'s attempts to revive an online child pornography law. It's unclear what kind of and how much data the judge will order turned over. That strange shifting underneath your feet? It's the slippery slope we're all sliding down, toward an Orwellian future. Truthdig's Google expert Mark Malseed has the skinny on the implications of this battle. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Forget What You Searched For? Google Didn’t

Staff / Truthdig Jan 22, 2006 A Google beta tester says that we're barely conscious of the level of privacy we're ceding to the search company. columnAlso, Maureen Dowd doesn't want Cheney ogling her Googling. column Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )