CEO Sundar Pichai told a US congressional panel that Google is not planning to relaunch a search engine in China.

Google will shut down its Google+ social media service in April, four months ahead of schedule.

CEO Sundar Pichai said he led the company 'without political bias'.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission recommends a new regulatory body to check the dominance of Facebook and Google in the online advertising and news markets.

The Internet giant will change the way it handles sexual harassment claims, after 20 000 of its workers held protests around the world.

Google will allocate $25 million globally to humanitarian and environmental projects seeking to use AI to speed up and grow their efforts.

The smart speaker could help Facebook stop users from flocking to rival chat and video apps when making video calls.

Google will shut down the consumer version of its social network Google+ after announcing data from up to 500 000 users may have been exposed to external developers.

Alphabet's Google stops short of fully addressing questions from US senators about developers who break its e-mail-scanning rules.

The tech giant will let artificial intelligence make autonomous data centre cooling decisions in its centres around the globe.

Ongoing momentum in its ad businesses sees Alphabet deliver stronger-than-expected quarterly earnings, as it outlines big plans for artificial intelligence.

Remote and rural areas in Kenya will be able to connect to high-speed Internet next year, thanks to Loon's balloons.