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Google lays off hundreds of employees in its core engineering team, and others working on Google Assistant and Google's hardware products.
2024-01-11

Google announces that it is building the world's longest undersea cable that will run from the east coast of the United States to Las Toninas, Argentina, with additional connections in Praia Grande, Brazil, and Punta del Este, Uruguay. The cable will ensure fast, low-latency access to Google products, such as Search, Gmail and YouTube, as well as Google Cloud services.
2021-06-12

The Israel Antiquities Authority finds fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the Cave of Horror, believed to be hidden during a Jewish revolt against Rome 1,900 years ago. In addition, a 10,500-year-old weaving basket made of woven flowers is also found.
2021-03-16

European Union regulators fine Google €1.49 billion for bundling Google Custom Search with its AdSense program which the regulators find as illegal under EU antitrust rules.
2019-03-20

Some of the Dead Sea Scrolls are published online in a joint project between Israel's national museum and Google.
2011-09-26

Google announces plans to make the U.S. city of Kansas City, Kansas the first site in its ultra-high speed broadband network.
2011-03-30

At the 2010 United Nations Climate Change Conference, Google unveils an initiative using Google Earth allowing users to view the effects of deforestation, impacts and videos on global warming and climate change.
2010-12-1

The German government meets to discuss Google's Street View mapping service.
2010-09-20

Google ends a redirect to its Hong Kong site in China and provides a new method of reaching unfiltered results after the Chinese government threatened to end its Internet Content Provider license.
2010-06-29

Google says it may end its operations in China as it is no longer willing to continue censoring its search results.
2010-01-12