Google’s Plan to DRM the Web Goes Against Everything Google Once Stood For(techdirt.com)

887 points by g0xA52A2A 3 years ago | 296 comments

Techdirt opinion piece by Mike Masnick criticizing Google's Web Environment Integrity proposal as DRM for the web and a betrayal of its open-web values.

Techdirt has been deleted from Bing and DuckDuckGo [fixed](techdirt.com)

189 points by lehi 3 years ago | 142 comments

Jim Larkin, Backpage Exec, Dies by Suicide a Week Before His Trial(techdirt.com)

85 points by mreome 3 years ago | 32 comments

Comcast, CenturyLink fail to derail Utah community-owned gigabit fiber network(techdirt.com)

761 points by rntn 3 years ago | 243 comments

Techdirt article on Bountiful, Utah's community-owned open-access gigabit fiber network surviving opposition from Comcast and CenturyLink.

Judge Rejects Google's Attempt to DMCA Its Way Out of Being Scraped(techdirt.com)

309 points by cdrnsf 3 months ago | 118 comments

Senator Wyden Letter Confirms NSA Is Buying US Persons' Data from Data Brokers(techdirt.com)

366 points by rntn 2 years ago | 167 comments

Techdirt article on Senator Ron Wyden's letter revealing that the NSA buys Americans' data, including location data, from commercial data brokers.

Google Cuts Jobs in Engineering and Other Divisions(nytimes.com)

765 points by gumby 2 years ago | 894 comments

New York Times article reporting that Google laid off hundreds of employees in engineering and other divisions as part of cost-cutting.

Google no longer automatically indexes websites?(natehoffelder.com)

532 points by c5karl 3 years ago | 447 comments

Blog post by Nate Hoffelder complaining that Google no longer automatically indexes websites, requiring manual submission.

Google doesn’t want employees working remotely anymore(theverge.com)

549 points by dlb007 3 years ago | 961 comments

A short Verge post quoting an internal Google memo saying new remote work requests will be approved only by exception and office attendance affects reviews.

German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews(the-decoder.com)

893 points by ahlCVA 4 months ago | 489 comments

The Decoder article reporting on a German court ruling that treats Google's AI Overviews as Google's own statements, making it liable for false answers.

Google has eliminated 35% of managers overseeing small teams in past year(cnbc.com)

503 points by frays 1 year ago | 235 comments

CNBC article reporting that Google has cut 35% of managers overseeing small teams over the past year, per a company executive.

The Tragedy of Google Books (2017)(theatlantic.com)

456 points by lispybanana 2 years ago | 175 comments

A 2017 Atlantic article by James Somers about how Google scanned millions of books but its plan for a universal digital library was stalled by a failed copyright settlement.