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, Warren Buffett, and science on the fundamental algorithm of lifelong success and happiness. In the article The Surprising Value of Obvious Insights (which I’ve written about before), Adam Grant argues that unexpected insights often aren’t the most powerful.

Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people's cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking, paving the way for a possible August trial.

The legal battle could have far-reaching implications for enterprise data governance, particularly how companies handle user consent and transparency.

This week, Google announced it has added full local control of Matter devices to its Google Home Hubs by integrating Home Runtime. Now, Google Nest hubs and speakers, Chromecasts, Google TV devices on Android 14, and some LG TVs can connect to and control Matter devices locally.

Villagers in Cyffylliog in Denbighshire, said a stream of cars have recently come through the area and a milk tanker became stuck after Google Maps said Aldi had a store there. The village has a population of about 500 and while some residents acknowledged the funny side of the mishap, others said it was very "serious".

Eric Schmidt, the former chief executive officer of Google, has made a significant investment in 3D-printed rocket maker Relativity Space Inc., according to people with knowledge of the matter.

Get all the news that matters to you in one convenient summary with Google's new Daily Listen Search Labs experiment.

Google is quietly rolling out a new way to share files with Quick Share. Users can now use QR codes to start a file transfer.

Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via OpenAI’s o3 focuses on high-level reasoning, using a “private chain of thought” to solve problems. This approach allows it to perform well in physics, mathematics and science-related reasoning.