YouTube YouTube last week released its annual “Rewind” video, which features more than 100 YouTube stars and celebrities. Appearances included Will Smith, Marques Brownlee, Tyler “Ninja” Blevins, John Oliver, and many more. In the course of five days, YouTube Rewind 2018 has become the second-most disliked video in YouTube history. As of Monday morning, it […]
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More than 500,000 people downloaded games on the Google Play Store that were infected with nasty malware — here are the 13 apps affected (GOOG, GOOGL)
Antonio Villas-Boas/Business Insider Google has removed several games from its Play Store for containing malware. The games, which were all driving simulators, required users to download an extra app that could then gain full network access to a user’s device. If you’ve downloaded one of the apps, your best bet is to factory reset your […]
The 14 biggest product flops in Google history (GOOGL, GOOG)
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images When a company tried as many crazy new ideas as Google, there are bound to be a few epic fails along the way. From Google Offers to Google Answers, we’ve compiled the 14 biggest product flops in Google history. No company has a perfect track record when it comes to product launches. But […]
This video perfectly demonstrates how much worse even the best smartphone cameras are compared to traditional cameras (GOOG, GOOGL)
Hollis Johnson/Business Insider Google’s Pixel 3 smartphone has one of the best cameras on any smartphone. It takes gorgeous photos, just like its iPhone equivalent. But even the Pixel 3 still struggles to keep up with a traditional camera. Google’s new Pixel 3 smartphone is an excellent device in lots of ways. It’s got sharp […]
These founders left Google to chase a vision of healthier screen time for their kids — and their flagship product has become a hit in classrooms and homes (GOOGL, GOOG)
Osmo Pramod Sharma worked at Google in Sunnyvale, California and noticed when he dropped off his daughter at the company’s daycare facility, there were no tech products allowed. Sharma and his co-founder Jerome Scholler created Osmo in 2013 to create a positive and educational screen time experience for kids. Osmo’s magic lies in its proprietary […]
Google’s famous Googleplex headquarters was the epicenter for its worldwide walkout over gender discrimination — here’s what it was like on the scene (GOOGL, GOOG)
Troy Wolverton/Business Insider Hundreds of Google employees took part in a walkout at the company’s Mountain View, California headquarters Thursday to protest sexual harassment and gender discrimination. Protestors shouted things such as, “time’s up!” and “enough is enough.” Organizers have issued a list of demands, including that the company put together and share with the […]
Tech’s biggest CEOs and founders lost $61 billion during the stock market’s plunge in October — here’s who got hit hard (FB, AMZN, AAPL, NFLX, GOOG, BIDU, BABA)
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images October was a rough month for billionaires in the tech sector, who saw their net worth plummet as stocks took a hammering. According to Bloomberg data, the CEOs and founders of the most popular tech companies “FAANG+BAT” lost $ 61 billion in October. The tech-heavy Nasdaq index plunged 9.2%, posting its worst […]
Electronic Arts is getting in on the next big thing in video games with ‘Project Atlas,’ a cloud gaming service to take on Google and Microsoft (EA, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT)
EA DICE Electronic Arts, the largest video game developer in the world, is the latest company to reveal plans for a cloud gaming platform. EA’s Chief Technology Officer Ken Moss announced the new platform, Project Atlas, in a blog post on Medium. With a stable internet connection, Project Atlas will be able to stream full […]
Google drops out of contention for a $10 billion defense contract because it could conflict with its corporate values (GOOG, GOOGL)
Kim White/MSNBC Google has dropped out of a bidding war with Amazon and other cloud computing companies for Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI), a $ 10 billion contract from the Pentagon. Google chose to withdraw because the contract may conflict with its corporate values, and its principles over the ethical use of AI. This decision […]
A controversy over Chrome’s new login requirements forces Google to make changes (GOOG, GOOGL)
REUTERS/Stephen Lam Google recently decided to log Chrome users in automatically, a move that some researchers said risked users privacy. The search company was heavily criticized after a security researcher discovered the change and the fact that Google hadn’t notified users about the switch. On Tuesday, Google provided more ways that Chrome users can protect […]