
Google employees discover censored search project
Despite management assurances, they didn't kill the dragonfly
Google employees have found out that despite the company’s assurances it is developing a plan to launch a censored search engine in China.

Google rolls back ad-blocker autocracy
Backtracking in the face of evidence
Google has rolled back plans to ban rival ad-blocking extensions from its Chrome software after it was revealed that its claims that they were a network hit proved bogus.

Germany looks at Google tax
Just for foreigners
Germany’s finance ministry is looking at a 15 percent special tax on online advertising revenue collected by foreign internet companies such as Google or Facebook.

Google pays EU more in fines than in tax
Must be cheaper not to pay
Search engine Google is paying the EU more in fines than it does in tax.

Google plans to bump off the URL
And make a fortune
Search engine outfit Google's plan to make a fortune increase security by bumping off the URL is gathering pace.

France orders Google to surrender $57 million
First head rolls under GDPR rules
French regulators have fined Google nearly $57 million for violating Europe’s strict new data privacy rules.

Fossil Group flogs smartwatch tech to Google
Banks $40 million
Fossil Group is flogging its intellectual property related to a smartwatch technology currently under development to Google for $40 million.

Google can limit Europe's right to be forgotten law
Top EU court advisor says
US Google has had a stroke of luck over its moves to limit Europe's right to be forgotten law.

Google bows to Turkish pressure
Why did Greater Kurdistan map get the works?
Google has removed a map outlining the geographical extent of the Greater Kurdistan at the Turkish state’s insistence.

Chrome UI is a colossal miss
Users fume
Google's new Chrome UI appears to be a colossal miss and users are fuming.