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Google settles a $5 billion privacy lawsuit alleging that it spied on users using "incognito" mode in its Chrome browser, misleading users by implying their internet activities would not be tracked, while advertising technologies continued to collect information.
2023-12-30

Google removes major Australian news sites from some of its search results in an "experiment" in reaction to the Australian government's calls for Google to pay these sites for their content.
2021-01-28

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin announce they are stepping down as CEO and president respectively from the company. Sundar Pichai will become the new CEO of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc. effective immediately.
2019-12-3

The European Union accuses Google of abusing the dominance of its Android by preloading its own apps.
2016-04-20

Chinese technology company Lenovo buys Motorola Mobility from Google for $3 billion to create its own mobile device unit.
2014-01-30

Marissa Mayer, who was a top executive at Google for the past 13 years, is appointed Yahoo! Inc.'s CEO.
2012-07-17

Apple's chief patent lawyer is leaving the company, Reuters reports, amidst a slew of patent-related conflicts with Google, Samsung, Nokia, others.
2011-07-12

After being released by the authorities, Google executive Wael Ghonim addresses the crowds in Tahrir Square.
2011-02-9

Amazon.com cuts off its access to the WikiLeaks website following "heavy political pressure" applied by Joe Lieberman, a senator in the United States. The move is compared to the censorship of Google by China.
2010-12-2

The Chinese government denies state involvement in the cyber attacks on Google, while the state-run "China Daily" newspaper accuses the United States of hypocrisy.
2010-01-24