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How does the Google Image search algorithm work – and is it racist?

Kiri Rupiah explains how the Google Image search algorithm works to filter image results – and how these results come to reflect white supremacy.

Google chief to face competition chief in antitrust inquiry

Google chief to face competition chief in antitrust inquiry

Google’s Eric Schmidt is to meet the European Commission’s antitrust chief amid signs that the search giant will be accused of abusing its position.

Google Plus forces us to discuss identity

Google’s Real Name policy embodies a theory that states the way to maximise civility is to abolish anonymity.

Google seeks integration with Twitter and Facebook

Google may cooperate more closely with Facebook and Twitter and believes there is room for multiple social networks.

Google’s Schmidt sees room for several social networks

Google’s Schmidt sees room for several social networks

Google is leaving open the door to more cooperation with social media giants Facebook and Twitter and says there is room for several social networks.

‘What the world needs now… is free broadband for all’

‘What the world needs now… is free broadband for all’

Internet giants, including the bosses of Facebook and Google, have called on countries at the G8 to guarantee free Internet access to their citizens.

Google shuffle: Why Eric Schmidt had to be pushed

After slip-ups with search, Street View and Android, it’s clear that Google needs control at the top — and Eris Schmidt is not the man for the job.

Google’s Eric Schmidt resigns from Apple board

Eric Schmidt, Google’s chief executive, has resigned from the board of Apple with immediate effect due to increasing conflicts of interest.

Google has ‘moral imperative’ to assist newspapers

Google’s chief executive said this week that the internet search leader hopes its recently acquired advertising service will aid newspapers.

Google makes gains during credit crunch

The internet company Google has defied predictions of economic doom by delivering a 31% surge in quarterly profits, which appeared to vindicate the company’s claims that people…

Google has DoubleClick in the bag

Google expanded its power in online advertising on Tuesday when it completed its takeover of DoubleClick, a move that increases the pressure on rival Microsoft to win its hostile…

Google health service won’t be ad-supported

Google will not use advertising to support its new internet health service, CEO Eric Schmidt said recently in the search company’s first detailed public comments about a venture…

Google’s Android debuts in Barcelona

The first cellphones fitted with Google’s Android software platform made their debut at an industry trade show on Monday, a milestone for the internet giant as it looks to…

China’s mobile network a surveillance tool?

Serious concerns were raised in Davos last week about the ability of the Chinese government to spy on the country’s 500-million cellphone users. China’s biggest cellphone company…

At Google, Obama talks of shared experience

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told Google employees on Wednesday his meteoric rise in politics mirrored the company’s emergence as the lifeblood of the internet…

Buying ads is not Google’s cup of tea

Like a gourmet chef who rarely eats out, Google feeds advertising services to hordes of other businesses while skimping on its own marketing. The recipe has been extremely…