Here’s how to get money from Google’s $135M Android settlement

Millions of Android users could get paid in a $135M Google settlement. Here’s who qualifies and how much you might receive.

2026 streaming price hikes: Netflix, Spotify, YouTube & more [See the List]

For millions of people who stream their favorite shows, the price of doing so just keeps getting higher and higher. On Friday, YouTube became the latest major streamer to hike its prices. But the company is by no means the only one that has done so recently.

Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial

Meta and YouTube were found liable in a landmark Los Angeles lawsuit for "engineered addiction" and harming a child's mental health through negligent platform design.

Three engineers charged with allegedly stealing Google trade secrets and sending them to Iran

The engineers allegedly stole confidential information, including Google trade secrets and transferred the sensitive data to Iran and other places, according to the Department of Justice.

Social media ban in Australia starts for children under 16: Here's how it works

Hundreds of thousands of social media accounts are being deactivated as the world’s first social media ban goes into effect now in Australia for kids under 16. Here’s how it will work.

What the world searched on Google in 2025: Trends, tech and tragedy

Google’s top trending searches of 2025 reveal a year shaped by political shock, pop-culture sensations and major tech news.

Man wins payout after Google photographs him in the nude in his yard

An Argentine court has ordered Google to pay a man who was photographed completely naked in his backyard by a Google Street View car.

YouTube raising minimum age for live streaming to 16

Starting July 22, YouTube will require users to be at least 16 years old to live stream on their own, tightening safety restrictions for teen creators.

Google offering buyouts to employees across the company

The tech giant is offering the buyouts in several key divisions of the company as part of a cost savings effort.

184M passwords for Google, Apple and more exposed in major data breach

The login information and passwords included Google, Apple, Microsoft products, Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat, Roblox, and “many more.”

YouTube to start showing ads after ‘peak’ moments in videos

YouTube introduces “Peak Points,” an AI-driven ad format that inserts ads after emotionally charged moments in videos, aiming to boost viewer engagement and ad recall.