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The family of a North Carolina man who died after driving his car off a collapsed bridge while following Google Maps directions is suing the technology giant for negligence, claiming it had been informed of the collapse but failed to update its navigation system.

The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google nearly three years ago.

Google will confront a threat to its dominant search engine beginning Tuesday when federal regulators launch an attempt to dismantle its internet empire in the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century.

All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant’s alleged monopolistic control of the distribution of apps for the software that runs most of the world’s cellphones.

Ethan Nguonly could afford a pretty luxurious life on his nearly $200,000 income. But here’s why he tries to live ‘as frugally as possible.’

One of Google’s AI units, DeepMind, is reportedly using generative AI to develop at least 21 different tools for life advice, planning and tutoring.

Google has announced its Inactive Google Account Policy, which looks to remove accounts that have been inactive for two or more years.

Companies that offer student loan assistance on top of remote work may be especially appealing to some people.

Google’s latest pitch to lure employees back to the office is offering its workers discounted nightly stays at a hotel.

The Robotics Transformer 2 (RT-2) is a vision-language-action model trained on information on the web that can be translated into actions for the robot.

Called “Bubble Characters,” the mobile app engaged in conversations with young users and even offered advice.

You could be owed some cash if you are a U.S. resident who used Google search between Oct. 26, 2006 and Sept. 30, 2013.

A Canadian bill that will require Google and Meta to pay media outlets for news content that they share or otherwise repurpose on their platforms is set to become law.

Police say a 12-year-old girl and two adult women were injured when the man drove onto the sidewalk and crashed his Ford Fusion into a building in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood just after 6 p.m. Tuesday.

See how you can get $7 richer from Google’s class action settlement — a lawsuit filed in 2010.

After initially embracing long-term work from home, many tech companies have started urging employees to come back to the office, sometime with employees pushing back.

Utah had more searches for “Am I gay” than any other state, while Oklahoma topped the list for “How to come out” queries.

The researchers also created accounts mimicking 14-year-old boys who liked video games; those accounts also received similar levels of gun- and violence-related content.

The tech giant says accounts that haven’t been used for a certain extended period of time are more likely to be compromised, or at-risk.

Most Democrats and Republicans agree that the federal government should better regulate the biggest technology companies, but there is very little consensus on how.