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Google reaches $1.4B settlement with Texas over claims of tracking, collecting private data

Google will pay Texas $1.4 billion to settle a 2022 lawsuit that claims the company collected users' private data without permission.

May 10, 2025 8:41am CDT

Google’s online ad business found to be an illegal monopoly by federal judge

A federal judge ruled that Google illegally monopolized key parts of the digital ad market, marking the company’s second major antitrust loss in less than a year.

April 17, 2025 7:12pm CDT

Google Calendar update removes Black History Month, Pride Month

Google Calendar has removed references to Black History Month, Pride Month, saying the manual additions were not sustainable.

February 10, 2025 6:34pm CST

Google Maps renames Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' after Trump order

Google Maps has renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America following an order from President Donald Trump.

February 10, 2025 5:11pm CST

Google Maps will show 'Gulf of America,' 'Mount McKinley' after government updates

Google Maps will reflect President Trump’s changes in the United States and will show the Gulf of America and Mount McKinley. Here's what to know.

January 28, 2025 6:48am CST

One of the largest solar projects in the US opens in Texas, backed by Google

One of the largest solar projects in the U.S. opened in Texas on Friday, backed by what Google said is the largest solar electricity purchase it has ever made.

October 19, 2024 9:57am CDT

DOJ is considering breaking up Google: Report

The Justice Department is looking into dismantling Google following a judge’s ruling last week that Google had an illegal monopoly on the online search market.

August 13, 2024 5:02pm CDT

Google rolls out School time for parents

As the new school year approaches, Google has launched "School time," a feature aimed at helping parents manage their children's device usage during school hours.

August 3, 2024 7:44pm CDT

Midlothian ISD receives $150K grant from Google

The school district says the $150,000 grant will help fund three school programs.

May 15, 2024 1:33pm CDT

OpenAI to announce a search engine to rival Google: report

Google is the king among search engines, but OpenAI is reportedly looking to launch an AI-powered search engine to rival the platform where "google" became a verb.

May 13, 2024 11:00am CDT

Google fires 28 workers after anti-Israel protests at company offices

The fired Google employees were protesting Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract to provide cloud services for the Israeli government.

April 18, 2024 7:19am CDT

Google to delete billions of 'Incognito' browsing data after lawsuit

Google has committed to deleting billions of records containing personal information gathered from over 136 million internet users in the United States who browse through its Chrome web browser.

April 2, 2024 7:56am CDT

Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago, people thought it was Google’s April Fools’ Day joke

Besides the quantum leap in storage, Gmail also came equipped with Google’s search technology so users could quickly retrieve a tidbit from an old email, photo or other personal information stored on the service.

April 1, 2024 9:12am CDT

Chinese citizen, Google employee arrested for stealing trade secrets

A Chinese citizen living in Newark was arrested and charged on Wednesday morning with stealing confidential artificial intelligence (AI) files from Google while he was employed as a software engineer.

March 6, 2024 10:35pm CST