Gmail didn’t get off to a good start on the security and privacy front, but it’s much better now and its new upgrades make it an account worth keeping. But only if you use the new security upgrades and common sense to ensure you don’t lose your Gmail account (and those it leads to) to hackers or simply through lack of use.

Google launched Chromium alongside its Chrome web browser in 2008. It’s the open-source infrastructure that powers Chrome and many other browsers built on it, including Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Brave.

Organizations backing Google in an antitrust case brought by “Fortnite” maker Epic Games should not be allowed to obscure their financial ties to the Alphabet unit, the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals heard this week.

A federal judge this week rejected Google's motion to throw out a class-action lawsuit alleging that it invaded the privacy of users who opted out of functionality that records a users' web and app activities. A jury trial is scheduled for August 2025 in US District Court in San Francisco.

You don't have to empty your coffers for this phone deal.

Microsoft Corp., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, and Adobe Inc. are each donating $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund, joining the roster of technology companies shelling out to back the incoming US president’s festivities later this month.

Google is turning your Discover and Search history into a personalized bite-sized podcast.

US aviation giant Boeing has told BBC News it is donating $1m (£812,600) to an inauguration fund for President-elect Donald Trump. Google has also confirmed that it has made a similar donation as the two firms join a growing list of major American companies contributing to the fund.

Google and the Linux Foundation are teaming up on a new initiative aimed at funding and supporting the open-source Chromium ecosystem. Meta, Microsoft, and Opera will also take part in the project.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says Google will drive new AI features in 2025 across Search, YouTube, Pixel, and more