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 is partnering with The Linux Foundation to launch an initiative meant to “fund open development and enhance projects” in the Chromium ecosystem, according to an announcement on Thursday. The fund, called Supporters of Chromium-Based Browsers, is billed as a “neutral” space to support Chromium projects.

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.

Google is testing an experimental AI feature that creates a personalized podcast using your Search and Discover feed history. The Daily Listen feature in Google’s Search Labs is rolling out to Android and iOS users in the US according to 9to5Google, and works similarly to the Audio Overviews feature for Google’s NotebookLM project.

Google Tasks will start putting dates on completed tasks. You will start seeing the number of tasks in a specific list beside the list name at the top of the page. You can now sort tasks alphabetically and open a task by tapping on the arrow.

Google can create an AI replica of your decision-making style and personality after a two-hour interview, and that's absolutely terrifying.

Google CEO Sundar Pichai updated employees about new AI products set to launch soon, highlighting their importance and the company's innovative progress. He mentioned significant advancements, aligning with Google's annual I/O developer conference in May.

The issue exposed by the FBI’s warning was the lack of end-to-end encryption within the core RCS technology itself. Google solved this problem by wrapping full encryption around RCS messages sent between Google Messages users.