Wants to get into the fitness tracker business

Google owner Alphabet Inc has made an offer to acquire US wearable device maker Fitbit as part of a cunning plan to get into the market for fitness trackers and smartwatches.

Turns out they now have a manager who helped Trump "separate families"

Google executives are in trouble with their staff after misleading them over the role of a former top Department of Homeland Security official who had recently joined the company was "not involved in the family separation policy".

Thinks getting eviler

Google employees are accusing the company's leadership of developing an internal surveillance tool that they believe will be used to monitor workers' attempts to organize protests and discuss labour rights.

IBM disputes Google claims

IBM is disputing the much-vaunted claim that Google has hit a new milestone with its quantum computing.

Face-unlock security fix months away

The Pixel 4 is shipping with a face-unlock security issue that's not expected to get fixed for quite some time.

It turns out people didn't want to record things in that much detail

Google is discontinuing its AI-powered Google Clips, a small camera designed to use technology to capture and preserve life's most memorable moments automatically.

13.3-inch FHD or 4K screen and Intel's 8th-gen CPUs

In addition to the Google Pixel 4 smartphones, Google has also unveiled the new Pixelbook Go Chromebook, describing it as a "more affordable and portable" Chromebook, which is not a surprise since it is quite thin and light, as well as having prices start at $649.

Pre-orders to ship out soon

Google has officially announced that Stadia, its own game streaming platform, will launch on November 19th, while pre-orders of Founder's Edition and Premiere Edition will start shipping soon.

A chocolate teapot for customers and more for PR

Google's new privacy tools do very little to protect user privacy, even if they make the search engine outfit look good in the eyes of regulators.

90Hz OLED screen, new telephoto camera system, gestures and more

Google has now officially unveiled its new Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL smartphones, both coming with Snapdragon 855 SoC, new 90Hz OLED screen, new rear camera system backed by the Google Pixel Neural Core, as well as hand gestures backed by Soli radar.