Joe Pesci celebrates the acting of Joe Pesci in new Google ad
Joe Pesci’s popped up in a few projects since “retiring” from acting in 1999—a Snickers commercial here, a Good Shepherd
Google embraces inclusivity by making its salad emoji egg-free, "vegan"
There’s a whole branch of linguistic theory that suggests that the words we know (and the languages we learn them in)…
Google wants to let you know just how bad your state is at spelling
Google is no longer content to be one of the most successful corporations in world history. It isn’t enough, anymore,…
Hackers can apparently hijack smart devices with undetectable music now
Just in case the lesson from every Black Mirror episode hasn’t sunk in just yet, here it is again: All technology is…
Get Involved, Internet: Tell Amazon (and Roku, and Apple, and Google) to dump NRATV
The fight to finally bring about sensible gun control in the United States is just beginning, and is a multi-pronged…
The Google anti-diversity guy is suing the company for supposedly discriminating against conservative white dudes
You might remember an incident from a few months back, when Google engineer James Damore transformed himself into…
Google hires 30 people to take back "Gbikes" local residents keep stealing
Down in Mountain View, California, the idyllic West Coast community that harbors Google corporate headquarters, two…
Google is once again trying to smash its way into the music streaming business
There are few aspects of online life that Google hasn’t managed to smash its way into over the years, buying up…
If you don’t read this roundup of Russian troll ads, Satan wins
Yesterday, as part of an ongoing Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on the way Russian troll farms influenced the…
Google pledges to fix its garbage cheeseburger emoji
Google has identified the most pressing issue facing its company and, to its credit, is moving quickly to address a…
Wonder Woman reigns supreme in Google's annual Halloween costume rankings
Every year, Google releases a list of the top Halloween costume searches, giving us a quick, festive window into the…
Turns out Russia was buying Google ads, too
Last week, the Senate Intelligence Committee confirmed Russia had interfered with the 2016 election through various…
Google, Amazon, and more are doing donation matching for Hurricane Harvey relief
Hurricane Harvey has produced a lot of asshole behavior so far, largely from people who aren’t being directly affected…
Google can now help you find out if you have depression
Machines, particularly ones made by Google, are often concerned with defeating humans at complicated games or learning…
More streaming services pledge to give Nazi bands the boot
Following in the footsteps of Spotify—and iTunes, which made a move to clear its catalog of “hate rock” bands three…
The Daily Stormer moves its neo-Nazi rubbish to the darknet
White supremacists, white nationalists, and neo-Nazis (the AP is very clear on them not being the same thing, though…
Google won’t host the neo-Nazis at The Daily Stormer either
The lack of tolerance for intolerance trend continues apace this morning—not long after Donald Trump finally managed to…
Google cancels diversity meeting amid threats
The last few days have been pretty harrowing for people who believe in the basic good stuff that America is supposed to…
Anti-diversity advocates are organizing a “march on Google”
In what we can only assume is great news for AltaVista and Ask Jeeves, anti-diversity advocates and the “PC…
UPDATE: Here’s that anti-diversity memo Google is attacking itself over
We tend to think of Google as a cheerfully smiling monolith, an integrated, synergistic team of people working in…