Kitty Hawk grounds its flying-raft project and ‘doubles down’ on Heaviside air vehicle California-based Kitty Hawk, the flying-car venture backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, says it’s winding down its Flyer project, which… Read More
Alphabet execs Larry Page and Sergey Brin step down; Google CEO Sundar Pichai takes over Larry Page and Sergey Brin announced Tuesday that they are stepping down from their roles as CEO and president, respectively,… Read More
Gates Foundation launches $12M Grand Challenge for universal flu vaccine, as Bill Gates urges world to prepare for war on pandemics One hundred years ago, an aggressive flu virus killed 675,000 Americans in just 3 weeks. The virus, known as Spanish… Read More
Even after firing an engineer, Google faces an existential and cultural crisis Google is one of the most amazing tech companies to emerge from the rubble of the first dot-com bust —… Read More
Report: Google in talks to invest in SpaceX, boosting Seattle-based satellite initiative Google is close to making an investment in Elon Musk’s SpaceX, with the intent of supporting the commercial space company’s… Read More
News Brief Google donates $10M to fight Ebola, launches public fundraising campaign Google today announced a $10 million donation to non-profits that are helping fight Ebola, the deadly disease that’s killed nearly… Read More
Google CEO Larry Page: Tech protestors should blame government for gentrification San Francisco’s real estate and rental markets are going through tumultuous times, with landlords raising rents and evicting tenants in… Read More
Map: These billionaires could buy every single home in these 10 U.S. cities Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates could buy all of the homes in Boston. Amazon.com CEO could do the same in Napa,… Read More
Apple vs. Microsoft, Google and Amazon: Why the future of ‘computing’ is a free-for-all Talking about Apple’s new Mac lineup yesterday, CEO Tim Cook had this to say about the unnamed “competition.” “They’re confused,”… Read More
Larry Page: Google should spend more money on crazy long-term projects, not less Every time you turn around, it seems there’s another seemingly wild Google project in the news, from the company’s self-driving cars… Read More
Google CEO Larry Page talks driverless cars, avocados and the Moto X Well, that was probably the first and last time we’ll ever hear a tech exec talk about avocados on an… Read More
What Google’s Larry Page really said about Microsoft There were so many zingers and (and cease-and-desist orders) flying around between Microsoft and Google yesterday that it might have… Read More
New Google Glass how-to video shows off functionality, integration of Google+ Google’s geeky googles are only available to a few early adopters and developers, but that isn’t stopping the company from… Read More
Google CEO Larry Page: Google Glass ‘gives me chills’ Larry Page is excited about the potential of Google Glass — so much so that he gets the chills when… Read More
Maybe Google’s Larry Page needs Microsoft Word, after all We hesitate to bring this up, having made more than our share of grammatical mistakes and typos over the years.… Read More
Gates, Jobs, Google or Dorsey: Which of these comic books about tech CEOs would you want to read? Blue Water Productions is rolling out a new comic book line, featuring the of legends of the tech industry. The… Read More
State AGs sound alarm over Google privacy changes In a letter today to Google CEO Larry Page, attorneys general from dozens of states question the company’s plan to… Read More
Google CEO Larry Page pledges to keep innovating (just in fewer buckets) Google is doubling down on some of its most important products as it starts the new year, with CEO Larry… Read More
