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Data & Recovery

How Google Has Changed the World

An early employee remembers the sense of purpose in its democratization of access to information.

Business News

Alphabet's Nest Said to Face Restructuring Months After Co-Founder's Departure

Tony Fadell left Nest earlier this summer, the latest in a stream of workers to reportedly leave the company.

Business News

Google Executive Quits Self-Driving Car Project

Chris Urmson, in a blog post late Friday, said he was 'ready for a fresh challenge.'

Business News

Google to Test Project Wing Drone Delivery Service in the U.S.

The Project Wing team will test its delivery service 'in a safe testing environment,' the White House said.

Business News

Alphabet Posts Strong Revenue on Video Market, Stock Surges

Google's parent on Thursday revealed that efforts to push its vast advertising business toward mobile is paying off as second quarter earnings handily beat Wall Street's expectations.

Business News

Google's Diversity Efforts Show Scant Progress

The company released its diversity figures for the first time in 2014 and sparked a conversation among Silicon Valley tech companies that led many of its closest competitors to follow suit.

Social Media

5 Years Later, Google+ Is a Forgettable Product Worth Remembering

It's a major milestone today for a Google product that never lived up to its hype.

Business News

Alphabet Proposes Scrapping Buses in Favor of Ubers

According to proposals for Columbus, Ohio, public transportation subsidies would instead be handed to ride-sharing services.

Leadership

Alphabet's Eric Schmidt: Entrepreneurs Risk It All to Change the World for the Better

Tired of complacency, the chairman emphasized the importance of invention and collaboration to solve society's challenges at Google's first stockholders meeting as Alphabet.

Business News

Larry Page Spars With Oracle Attorney at Android Trial

In a retrial at San Francisco federal court, Oracle Corp. has claimed Google's Android smartphone operating system violated its copyright on parts of Java, a development platform. Alphabet Inc.'s Google unit said it should be able to use Java without paying a fee under the fair-use provision of copyright law.

Business News

Google Is Playing Defense Instead of Setting the Agenda

This year's crop of products at the I/O conference have a decidedly déjà vu feeling to them.

Business News

Google, Oracle Compete for Innovation Label in Android Retrial

Oracle claims Google's Android smartphone operating system violated its copyright on parts of the Java programming language, while Alphabet Inc.'s Google says it should be able to use Java without paying a fee under the fair-use provision of copyright law.

Business News

The 6 Most Important Tech Trends, According to Eric Schmidt

Alphabet's executive chairman laid out the game-changing technologies, or moonshots, as he called them, that he says will improve important parts of society.

Technology

10 Things To Expect At Google's City Of The Future: Project Sidewalk

Sidewalk Labs, the Alphabet company of 100 people that is taking on this project, was built with the aim of improving city life using Google's technology research.

Business News

Google Glass-Based Startup Raises $17 Million in Funding

Augmendix, based in San Francisco, has raised $40 million so far.