I grew up as a first-generation American living on welfare and food stamps with a single mother in Hell’s Kitchen, New York. For most of my life, college seemed out of reach—no one in my family or neighborhood had gone,Read more…

As many email users know, phishing attacks—or emails that impersonate a trusted source to trick users into sharing information—are a pervasive problem. If you use Gmail, you can rest assured that every day, millions of phishing emails are blocked fromRead more…

Email management, formatting documents, creating expense reports. These are just some of the time-sinks that can affect your productivity at work. At Google, this is referred to as “overhead”—time spent working on tasks that do not directly relate to creativeRead more…

Dear Mom, Becoming a parent has given me a new perspective on the important role you played in my life. As a small tribute to you, and all the other mothers out there, we’re launching Mother’s Day movies—a new featureRead more…

Step into a galaxy far, far away and celebrate May the Fourth with Google Play. We traveled back to Jakku to find the most popular Star Wars content of all time on Google Play, including the most downloaded film, TheRead more…

Everyone deserves a second chance. That’s what motivated Dan Meyer and Richard Palmer when they founded Nehemiah Manufacturing Company in 2009. They wanted to bring manufacturing into the inner city of their hometown of Cincinnati, OH, and their goal wasRead more…

Editor’s Note: With WebVR, you can access VR experiences through a compatible browser like Chrome and a compatible headset like Daydream View. We’re exploring some of the WebVR content that’s available now. Jono Brandel of Within explains the technical steps theyRead more…

Editor’s note: Last week, Google announced a grant to bring students to see “Hamilton.” We tagged along to get a firsthand glimpse at how the students reacted to this unique experience of American history. “I see him as the underdog,Read more…

The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is the most significant piece of European privacy legislation in the last twenty years.  It replaces the 1995 EU Data Protection Directive, strengthening the rights that EU individuals have over their data, seekingRead more…

Today, we’re thrilled to welcome more than 4,500 executives, developers, IT managers and partners to our largest European Cloud event, Google Cloud Next London. We started the Google Cloud business in Europe six years ago and it’s been an incredibleRead more…