The US state of California allows autonomous car tests by easing its rules for testing of vehicles in which there is no human driver.

CNET refers Check Point website for checking if any account is hacked. As soon as user enters email address, it will immediately let him/her know if the account has been breached.

Google sends out invitations to an October 4 event, hinting that the Internet titan will show off a new smartphone powered by its Android mobile software.

Indonesia plans to pursue Alphabet Inc's (GOOGL.O) Google for five years of back taxes, and the search giant could face a bill of more than $400 million for 2015 alone if it is found to have avoided payments.

Facebook, Google and Microsoft will provide information related to any “unexpected incidents” within 48 hours after the government request.

Axl Rose wants Google to take down several unflattering images of him used in memes to mock his appearance.

Google wins a major US court battle with software firm Oracle after a jury ruled it did not unfairly appropriate parts of the Java programming language.

French finance officials have raided the Paris offices of US internet giant Google as part of a tax fraud investigation.

Amazon challenges YouTube by adding a platform to its video service that lets "storytellers and creators" share works online and generate revenue.

Google celebrates the 46th Earth Day with its doodles showing five different biomes across the world.

Formal antitrust charges are issued against Google over claims that it abuses the dominant position of its Android operating system.

Self-driving cars are more likely to hurt than help public safety because of unsolved technical issues, engineers and safety advocates told the government Friday, countering a push by innovators to speed government approval.

Google removes an April Fool's Gmail button, which sent a comical animation to recipients, after reports of people getting into trouble at work.

One little dog who encounters a robodog that's a lot bigger. The robot canine is Spot. It was created by Boston Dynamics, a company owned by Google, reports CNET.

Tech giant Google says it will hide content removed under the “right to be forgotten” from all versions of the search engine when viewed from countries where removal was approved.

The chief executive of Google, Sundar Pichai, is awarded $199m (£138m) in shares, making him the highest-paid chief executive in the US.

A Google artificial intelligence program has beaten the European champion of the board game Go.

US Internet giant Google pays Apple a billion dollars in 2014 to be the go-to search tool on iPhones, Bloomberg reported, citing court documents.

Google revealed on Thursday that it sidelined more than 780 million ads deemed rude, dishonest or dangerous in 2015 in a leap from the 524 million targeted a year earlier.

Google search became as popular as it is now due in large part to its simplicity, and the service remains wonderfully simple to this day.