
On Monday, Ahmed Mohamed, the freshman from MacArthur High School in Texas who was arrested after bringing a clock that looked like a bomb to school, was fêted at the science fair at the Google campus in Mountain View.
by William Bigelow22 Sep 2015, 7:53 AM PST0

On Tuesday, Google announced a donation-matching campaign to raise $11 million for humanitarian organizations aiding refugees arriving in Europe from areas including the Middle East, Africa and Afghanistan.
by William Bigelow16 Sep 2015, 3:23 PM PST0

What was initially thought to be a weather balloon was actually a giant Google balloon that crash-landed in southern California’s Chino Hills neighborhood Saturday morning. No neighborhood residents were injured when the Google Loon project balloon landed in a palm
by Michelle Moons14 Sep 2015, 10:56 AM PST0

California Governor Jerry Brown vetoed legislation last week aimed at protecting privacy by banning drones from flying within 350 feet above a property without the owner’s consent.
by Chriss W. Street13 Sep 2015, 12:17 AM PST0

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh has approved a $415 million settlement offer by Apple, Google, Adobe and Intel in a Silicon Valley class-action lawsuit alleging that 64,000 tech workers were defrauded by the tech giants conspiring in secret “no-poaching” agreements to suppress tech workers’ wages in “The Valley.”
by Chriss W. Street3 Sep 2015, 3:00 PM PST0

(Ferenstein Wire) – A European agency has taken the “Right to Be Forgotten” to the next level: Google may be forced to remove links to news reports on why the search giant had to remove the links in the first place. Europe has pioneered a new legal concept that permits individuals to force search engines to remove links to information about themselves that they find incriminating or embarrassing.
by Ferenstein Wire22 Aug 2015, 1:18 PM PST0

The New York Times caused a stir in Silicon Valley with a viral article claiming that Amazon.com brutally exploits its white collar workers with unforgiving management practices. The investigation caused such an outcry that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos personally responded with an email to employees assuring them that “callous” management practices wouldn’t be tolerated.
by Ferenstein Wire17 Aug 2015, 4:33 PM PST0

Silicon Valley often gets knocked for a lack of diversity, but historically excluded groups are making an impressive showing at the top spot of the most valuable companies. Just looking at the top ten companies based in Silicon Valley by NASDAQ market cap, 40% are run by someone who is a woman, an immigrant, or non-white. By individual demographics, 20% are women, and 30% are foreign-born.
by Ferenstein Wire15 Aug 2015, 1:41 PM PST0

The new company will be called “Alphabet,” Google CEO and co-founder Larry Page announced Monday.
by Breitbart News10 Aug 2015, 10:47 PM PST0

On Monday, the Congressional Black Caucus sent members to Silicon Valley to bully high-tech companies into hiring more blacks as part of their Tech 2020 Initiative.
by William Bigelow5 Aug 2015, 11:42 AM PST0

Real-estate mogul Donald Trump is crushing his GOP presidential rivals — both in polls and when it comes to Google searches.
by Breitbart News5 Aug 2015, 6:54 AM PST0

Google’s 60-year lease to co-locate with NASA’s Ames Research Center at Moffett Field in Mountain View, California, which was signed in November 2014, appears to be paving the way for the formation of a partnership between NASA, Google and Amazon to develop and roll out an automated national air traffic control system for drone flights.
by Chriss W. Street30 Jul 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

It’s been compared to the huge “Heartbleed” bug that panicked the Internet last year. It could prove to be an even worse problem than Heartbleed was, because while devising and distributing fixes for that problem was hardly an easy task, it wasn’t as difficult as updating the operating system on some 950 million cell phones from various providers.
by John Hayward29 Jul 2015, 2:14 PM PST0

Google has released its Google Cardboard viewer, a cheap alternative to the Oculus Rift in the virtual reality market. Interested consumers can purchase a Cardboard from these retailers or make their own.
by Robert Shimshock22 Jul 2015, 8:53 AM PST0

(Ferenstein Wire) — Self-driving cars will save the average driver about $1,000 annually, or cost $250 a year total, according to estimates from auto insurance startup Metromile.
by Ferenstein Wire19 Jul 2015, 6:11 PM PST0

Just 3 minutes after the Supreme Court declared gay marriage legal nationwide, much of America shifted its attention to learn more.
by Ferenstein Wire28 Jun 2015, 8:41 PM PST0

The Internet’s biggest companies celebrated Saturday after the U.S. Supreme Court handed down a landmark ruling Friday making same-sex marriage legal in all 50 states.
by Daniel Nussbaum27 Jun 2015, 12:41 PM PST0

“Live under the stars in the great outdoors of Silicon Valley for a mere $900 a month.” A Mountain View, California man is renting out a tent in his backyard.
by Michelle Moons27 Jun 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

The future has arrived in the Bay Area city of Mountain View, where Google’s self-driving bubble cars, which drive themselves, are plugging along city streets.
by William Bigelow26 Jun 2015, 8:50 AM PST0

Gmail officially added the ability to temporarily un-send an email, promoting an experimental feature long popular with power users. The “undo” feature pairs delightfully well with the favorite email strategy of Google Executive Eric Schmidt: replying to important messages immediately and constantly throughout the day.
by Ferenstein Wire24 Jun 2015, 6:38 AM PST0

On the heels of Apple Music’s $9.99 streaming service getting the bodyslam from a 99-pounder named Taylor Swift, Google has just rolled out “Play Music,” which will offer a free, ad-supported streaming music service. Combined with their “All Access” subscription product released in May, Google appears positioned to crush both Spotify and Apple Music.
by Chriss W. Street24 Jun 2015, 5:10 AM PST0

According to Trump’s campaign, “3.4 million Facebook users in the US generated 6.4 million interactions regarding the launch of his campaign, the highest by far, among all 2016 GOP candidates.”
by Alex Swoyer17 Jun 2015, 1:59 PM PST0

What if your driverless car decides that your life is expendable in order to save a school bus full of children?
by Warner Todd Huston17 Jun 2015, 1:37 PM PST0

After top tech talent from Silicon Valley helped rescue President Obama’s disastrous healthcare website launch, he decided that there was much more the brightest in Silicon Valley could do for the federal government. According to an interview with Fast Company, the President has been personally recruiting top talent from the likes of Google and Facebook to build next-generation government services.
by Ferenstein Wire17 Jun 2015, 5:34 AM PST0

Google announced Friday it will debut a video live streaming service in Summer 2015 dedicated to broadcasting video games to compete with streaming service Twitch.tv.
by Noah Dulis12 Jun 2015, 4:24 PM PST0