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Google Maps features allow commuters to travel safely amid COVID-19 pandemic

Google's map features allow commuters to travel safely amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

July 5, 2020 1:43pm CDT

Google workers question police department ties

Thousands of employees are asking the company to stop selling tech to law enforcement.

June 23, 2020 12:53pm CDT

Google, Apple release coronavirus contact-tracing technology for apps

Apple and Google on Wednesday released long-awaited smartphone technology to automatically notify people if they might have been exposed to the coronavirus.

May 20, 2020 3:06pm CDT

Google commits $100k to local COVID-19 relief fund

Google employees and Google.org, the philanthropic arm of the tech giant, is supporting GiveDirectly's campaign to raise relief funds for families through the Austin area.

May 6, 2020 11:24am CDT

Apple, Google to harness phones for virus infection tracking

The idea is to help national governments roll out apps for so-called “contact tracing” that will run on iPhones and Android phones alike.

April 10, 2020 2:13pm CDT

Google to provide high quality internet access, chromebooks as California schools remain closed

Students in California won’t be returning to school this academic year due to the coronavirus pandemic. But students will continue with their classwork from home, according to Gov. Gavin Newsom.

April 1, 2020 3:11pm CDT

Google showcases African American achievements with ‘most searched’ for Black History Month

Google celebrated the achievements of black Americans with a commercial and website highlighting who and what was "the most searched."

January 30, 2020 8:10pm CST

Google co-founders Larry Page, Sergey Brin step down as execs of parent Alphabet

The co-founders of Google are stepping down as executives of its parent company, Alphabet.

December 3, 2019 4:04pm CST

As feds loom, states hit Facebook, Google with new probes

Two bipartisan groups of state attorneys general are launching separate antitrust investigations into Facebook and Google, adding to regulatory scrutiny of two of the world's largest and most ubiquitous tech companies.

September 6, 2019 10:06am CDT