Google CEO says company should be ‘trusted source’ in US election

Hello Googlers, Tomorrow is Election Day here and many across the United States will go to the polls to vote for everything from school boards to judges to Congress to the president. Teams at Google and YouTube have been working hard to ensure that our platforms provide voters with high-quality, reliable information, just as we … Read more

Google doesn’t sell headsets anymore — but its app store is getting ready for them

Will we soon see what Google has up its sleeve after its mysterious AR/VR deals with companies like Qualcomm and Samsung? Or could it finally bring its Google Play Store to Meta's Quest, as Meta once asked? In any case, Google appears to be preparing its Play Store for headsets, as evidenced by the App … Read more

Kids with Android phones will be able to use Google Wallet tap-to-pay soon

Kids will reportedly soon be able to download the Google Wallet app on their Android phone to make in-store purchases using Google's Tap-to-Pay feature 9to5Google. The news comes after Google first added the feature to its kid-focused Fitbit Ace LTE fitness tracker in August. In a statement to 9to5GoogleThe company said there will be ways … Read more

More than a quarter of new code at Google is generated by AI

Google develops a number of AI products and also frequently uses AI in the development of these products. “More than a quarter of all new code at Google is generated by AI, then reviewed and accepted by engineers,” CEO Sundar Pichai said on the company’s third-quarter 2024 earnings call. It's a big milestone that shows … Read more

Google accused of violating labor law for asking workers to ‘refrain’ from talking about antitrust case

The Alphabet Workers Union filed a lawsuit against Google with the National Labor Relations Board after Google management asked workers not to talk about the ongoing antitrust case against Search. According to a copy of the lawsuit filed and viewed in August, the union accuses Google of adopting an “overly broad policy” for discussing the … Read more