According to a former executive at Mozilla, and a current program manager for Firefox, Google deliberately tried to slow down YouTube on Firefox and Edge. If so, is there anything we can do about it?
Both Google and Facebook experienced lengthy outages this week, affecting their respective families of apps, including Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Google Drive and Gmail. How did this happen and who did it affect most?
Last week, Facebook announced plans to deprioritize anti-vaccination content on its platform. It's just the latest tech giant to address the misinformation that can spread easily across social networks including YouTube, Amazon, and Pinterest.
Australia's Civil Aviation Safety Authority has given Google's Alphabet the green light to start operating their drone delivery company Wing within Canberra, Australia. It's a big step for the drone delivery market.
Microsoft is revamping the Edge browser in hopes of making it competitive. Running Chromium, the new browser could be Microsoft's long awaited follow-up to the the formerly successful Internet Explorer.
Google accidentally leaked the budget-premium Pixel 3a and Pixel 3a XL phones on its own store over the weekend. We take a look at everything you need to know about the phones including prices, features and specs.
Google's Duplex AI-powered automated phone call system is coming to non-Google Pixel phones and iPhones. It now means that more people than ever can get digital assistants to do their boring phone calls for them, rather than speaking to another person themself.
Last week, Google announced that it had formed an AI Ethics committee to assist with the direction of its intelligent technology. This week came an update that few expected – the panel has already been dissolved. The move comes after public criticism of its member selection.
YouTube has just spoke out against its "dislike mobs." Here's our guide on what dislike spam really is, how YouTube aims to fight it, and what individual creators can do about it in the meantime.
YouTube has a announced a shake-up of the way that it promotes videos in its channels. The streaming site has promised to clamp down on unsolicited recommendations of conspiracy theory videos – deemed "borderline content" – citing concerns about the spread of false ...
In a major blow to Facebook's ambitions to more closely interknit its Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram apps, a German regulator has ruled that the social media giant must seek users' explicit consent before combining their data across its various apps.
This past Monday was Internet Safety Day, and to celebrate, Google is dedicating the week to producing a series of articles on its blog, aimed at protecting users with advice and tools. We check the advice Google gives for staying safe online and protecting your accounts
The French Council of the Muslim Faith (CFCM) has announced that it is suing both Facebook and YouTube, arguing that the social media platforms have incited violence by hosting streaming video footage of the Christchurch massacre in New Zealand.
Google has been slapped with a record €50 million fine by the French data protection watchdog, CNIL, for breaking the GDPR rules. Specifically, Google has been taken to task for failing to disclose how it used user data when selling personalized adverts.
The European Commission has slapped Google with a massive $1.7 billion fine for abusing the online ad market. Google's "abusive practices in online advertising" have been deemed a breach of EU antitrust rules. This is Google's third EU fine within the past two years.