Scammers Used Gemini AI to Help Build Spam Messages, Google Says June 12, 2026 By Lorelei Smillie Alphabet Inc.’s Google filed a lawsuit against a suspected Chinese cybercrime operation, alleging that the group used artificial intelligence to...
Google and Meta Denied New Trial in Youth Social Media Addiction Case June 11, 2026 By Jody Godoy A state court judge has denied motions by Meta Platforms and Google’s YouTube seeking a new trial after a jury...
Google Engineer Charged With Insider Trading on Polymarket May 29, 2026 By Chris Dolmetsch A Google software engineer was charged with insider trading on Polymarket, where he allegedly made more than $1 million betting...
Google Settles Racial Discrimination Lawsuit for $50 Million May 13, 2026 By Barbara Ortutay Google has settled with Black employees who alleged systemic racial disparities in hiring, pay, and advancement in a lawsuit filed...
Investors Press Amazon, Microsoft and Google on Water, Power Use in Data Centers April 8, 2026 By Simon Jessop, Valerie Volcovici and Supantha Mukherjee Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet’s Google have each recently abandoned construction of multibillion-dollar data centers over community opposition and now the...
Google Adds Mental Health Tools to Gemini Chatbot After Lawsuit April 7, 2026 By Mark Bergen Alphabet Inc.’s Google plans to introduce new mental health support features for its Gemini chatbot as the company and rivals,...
Perplexity AI Machine Accused of Sharing Data With Meta, Google April 2, 2026 By Robert Burnson Perplexity AI Inc. was accused in a lawsuit of surreptitiously sharing the personal information of its users with Meta Platforms...
US Jury Verdicts Against Meta, Google Tee Up Fight Over Tech Liability Shield March 26, 2026 By Diana Novak Jones Jurors in the first two trials in the U.S. from a growing wave of lawsuits targeting social media firms over...
Meta, Google Lose Case Over Social Media Harm to Kids March 26, 2026 By Dawn Chmielewski, Courtney Rozen and Jody Godoy A Los Angeles jury on Wednesday found Meta and Alphabet’s Google negligent for designing social media platforms that are harmful...
Google to Pay $135 Million to Settle Android Data Transfer Lawsuit January 28, 2026 By Jonathan Stempel Google will pay $135 million to settle a proposed class action by smartphone users who accused Google of programming its...