Pushing Buttons: Why did Google Stadia fail?

Google Stadia had good tech but it’s become the latest casualty in the cloud-gaming realm. Plus, the creators of Monument Valley are back with a gorgeous game of feelings-dodgeball

Google UK staff earned average of more than £385,000 each in 18 months

Figures to end of December come as tech firm gave almost £1bn in share-based payments

Money isn’t important! Take it from Google’s multimillionaire CEO

What’s more annoying than a very rich boss cutting his staff’s benefits? A very rich boss announcing it shouldn’t stop them having fun

European telecoms chiefs call on tech firms to share internet network costs

Amazon, Netflix and other big generators of global traffic should help pay soaring infrastructure costs, telecoms firms say

New ‘Striketober’ looms as US walkouts increase amid surge in union activity

Support for unions is on the rise as workers take action to raise pay and conditions amid booming company profits

Ofcom to investigate tech giants’ dominance of cloud computing

Regulator’s inquiry will also focus on messaging and smart devices as three ‘hyperscalers’ face scrutiny

Will today’s tech giants reach a century? It’s all about the quality of the product

If you want to be an internet-age version of General Motors or IBM, you need to sell something people want and steer clear of political pitfalls

Google fails to overturn €4bn fine over Android bundling

Europe’s competition commission has imposed €8.25bn in antitrust fines on the company

Google faces €25bn lawsuit in UK and EU over digital advertising

Tech company accused of abusing its power in the ad tech market

Google’s image-scanning illustrates how tech firms can penalise the innocent

New technology helps to track child abuse images, but in the case of false positives, companies don’t always rescind suspensions

Google trials new payment options for Android users after pressure from regulators across world

Pilot to let some app developers offer options outside Google’s Play payment system in Australia, Europe, India, Indonesia and Japan

French tax officials use AI to spot 20,000 undeclared pools

Scheme to be extended across the country after trial in nine departments led to extra €10m in tax receipts

Google accused of airbrushing carbon emissions in flight search results

Tweak to search engine effectively halves the environmental impact stated for each trip

Google will modify search algorithms to tackle clickbait

Content written for the purposes of appearing high up on web search results will be targeted with new changes, the company says

Hundreds of Google workers demand abortion care protections

The petition by Alphabet Workers Union outlines measures to safeguard employee and user data in light of abortion prosecution