Posts tagged with "Google"
Google Employees Walkout in Protest of Sexual Harassment Scandal
Google employees all over the world participated in a walkout on November 1 to protest the company's poor handling of sexual harassment.
R.I.P. Google Plus, Google's Most Apparent Failure
Google Plus has officially been put on a doomsday clock. After a data breach, Google decided to shut down the platform over a 10-month period.
What We Searched For in 2017
No matter where you stand, 2017 has been a wild year. From overwhelming highs to near-crippling lows, 2017 has run many of us through the wringer. This year saw the incredibly rare eclipse that brought so many people to Wyoming that they nearly doubled the state's population. But, this year also brought a shooting in Las Vegas that...
From Bubble Letters to Masterpieces: The Best of Nearly 20 Years of Google Doodles
Google has come a long way since its original bubble-letter insignia. The search engine has long been famous for their "Google Doodles," the first of which came in 1998 when creators Larry Page and Sergey Brin went to Burning Man. At the time, they needed a way to inform users that they would be out of the office, so they placed the...
Google's self-driving car project gets its own name
"For nearly eight years, we've been working towards a future without the tired, drunk or distracted driving that contributes to 1.2 million lives lost on roads every year," writes John Krafcik, CEO of Google Self-Driving Cars, on a recent post on Medium. "Since 2009, our prototypes have spent the equivalent of 300 years of driving time...
The Captivating Creativity Of Google Doodles
Essentially the portal to the rest of the internet, Google has seen plenty of change over time. From the omission of the exclamation point at the end of its title to its recent font change, we've seen the website grow quite a bit over its eighteen year history. And one change in particular that has developed greatly over time while...
Why Are We So Cynical About New Tech?
Growth in technology is absolutely necessary to keep moving towards the future. Otherwise we'd all be using flip phones and Walkmen. And not in a cool hipster way.And yet we hear it time and time again. "I hate this new update." "This new phone's a huge pain compared to my old one." "I'm switching to...
WaveNet: Human speech, synthesized
In 2014, Google acquired DeepMind Technologies, a U.K.-based artificial intelligence (AI) company that has developed am advanced neural network -- what is essentially the precursor to AI that can truly mimic humans. While neural networks themselves are immensely complex, the basic goal is to create a machine that can learn in a way...
Google Just Banned Payday Loan Ads. What Should They Ban Next?
Google has just announced that it will be banning payday loans from its ads systems. No doubt a response to much of the public backlash spawned by increased media exposure, this move situates Google as a more ethically involved corporate entity -- one that's not afraid to censor potential sponsors and leave ill-gained loot behind. The...
Google's Battle for Micro-Moments
You may have noticed Google added a new feature for mobile devices making it easier to buy things. You know how sometimes when you Google something, a sub category of search results called "Shop on Google" will show up? Well, according to Google, 1 in 5 people swipe through the options, indicating a possible desire to buy. As of...
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