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According to Engadget, the NYPD is requesting that Google, the parent company of the crowdsourced traffic and map application Waze, remove any notice of their DUI checkpoints. To this end, they sent the tech giant a cease and desist letter, which has been obtained by CBS New York, stating that they believe this feature makes […]

According to CNBC, this week Google CEO Sundar Pichai faced three and a half hours of questions from the House Judiciary Committee about political bias on Google’s platforms, plans for a censored search app in China, and privacy practices. This marks Pichai’s first appearance before Congress as the tech giant refused to send him or Google co-founder […]

The fallout from allegations that Andy Rubin, co-founder of Android, Google’s flagship operating system, forced a woman to have oral sex with him in a hotel room continues. According to The Verge, Rubin received a compensatory package from Google worth about $90 million, which the company was not obligated to offer to him. He also […]

According to reports from the Smithsonian and Chicago magazine, Google Arts & Culture is collaborating with digital archivists from the Chicago Defender and other Black newspapers such as the Dallas Post-Tribune, the Washington Informer and the Baltimore Afro-American to digitize their archives and maintain their legacy. This effort began in earnest when Angela Ford was searching […]

Google is one of the most utilized brands in a technological age. Its search algorithms, availability, and ease of maps makes Google a must know staple of today. However, as Facebook and other big data companies are coming under public scrutiny for misuse of users’ personal data, Google may soon follow suit with increased scrutiny […]

While STEM fields and the jobs to which they connect remain some of society’s most coveted and compensated, these professions do not often represent the pluralistic world in which people live. Apparently, Google has come up with a plan that they hope might alleviate those concerns as they pertain to the technology company. As Essence […]

The journey to diversify the STEM industry has been long and hasn’t bore much fruit. Just a few weeks ago, Mark Zuckerberg spoke to students at an HBCU about how the responsibility to do so falls solely on the industry’s leaders themselves. Google has stepped up with a major investment into the future of engineering […]

Yuri Kochiyama’s work for reparations to Japanese-American WWII internees, Puerto Rican independence and alongside Malcolm X earned her the respect of activists across the globe and made her one of the most prominent Asian-American activists we’ve ever had up until her death in 2014. To honor Kochiyama’s legacy and 95th birthday, Google highlighted her with a […]

Back in February, Akilah Johnson was ”surprised and overwhelmed” when she found out that she was a national finalist in the “Doodle 4 Google” contest for elementary through high school students. Could you imagine how she feels now that she’s won? Johnson, a sophomore at Eastern Senior High School in the Northeast quadrant of Washington […]

Tomorrow, Google will announce a $190,000 donation to the nonprofit Black Girls Code. The money will be used to help 75 black and Latino girls learn how to make a mobile app in one day. The donation is part of an attempt to diversify the tech industry, which is largely male and white.

20-year-old Marques Brownlee is “the best technology reviewer on the planet.” It’s true. Especially when it comes to explaining new technologies to the average consumer. In fact, Brownlee’s reviews are so good that Google VP Vic Gundotra even recognized him. 

Ever since Google unveiled its numbers in terms of diversity regarding its work staff, the company has been making an effort to fix the lack of women and people of color in its offices. Just 17% of Google employees are women, but a new initiative is seeking to change that.