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## Google


* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3a356fd6f430e515/6a0df68dec2f8b9da191c1ff/GettyImages-2276602257.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
May 20, 2026  
## [Google Shifts to AI Search, Heralding Major Change in How People Use the Internet](https://time.com/article/2026/05/20/google-search-ai-internet/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Rebecca Schneid
* ![Hundreds of protestors gather outside Google's offices in San Francisco for Palestine](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt678cf737b9d70c9c/698a55c0d0753356a3e70ae5/Google-Fires-Employees-Israel-Protest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 18, 2024  
## [Google Fires 28 Workers After Anti-Israel Protests](https://time.com/6968385/google-fires-workers-protesting-israeli-contract-project-nimbus/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Hundreds of protestors gather outside Google's offices in San Francisco for Palestine](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1a3b76b451b8b42f/698a55a286f68e25326f5029/project-nimbus-google.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 12, 2024  
## [Exclusive: Google Contract Shows Deal With Israel Defense Ministry](https://time.com/6966102/google-contract-israel-defense-ministry-gaza-war/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Billy Perrigo
* ![TOPSHOT-US-IT-LIFESTYLE-GAMES-GOOGLE](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7394b9ede5676f3b/698a0c4b656a3f6c28bd9e40/google-data-center.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Apr 2, 2020  
## [Secret Cost of Google's Data Centers: Billions of Gallons of Water](https://time.com/5814276/google-data-centers-water/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Google Fitbit](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4b6f4d01af87c214/698a054cb3fce315ca0c5c8c/google-fitbit.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 4, 2019  
## [The Real Reason Google Is Buying Fitbit](https://time.com/5717726/google-fitbit/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Patrick Lucas Austin  
* ![Fitbit Launches Alta HR](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3aaa5da73e9ebfb7/698a053822fb8541d8e2a13b/google-buying-fitbit-scaled-2560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Nov 1, 2019  
## [Google Is Buying Fitbit in a $2.1 Billion Deal to Fight Against the Apple Watch](https://time.com/5716260/google-buying-fitbit/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Bloomberg
* ![Google celebrates Halloween 2019 with a new doodle.](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt764f562074554879/698a052009208f721f415c64/screenshot-2019-10-31-at-12.37.25.png?branch=production&width=480&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 31, 2019  
## [Google's 2019 Halloween Doodle Will Teach You All Kinds of Spooky Facts About Animals](https://time.com/5714993/google-doodle-halloween-2019/)  
by Rachael Bunyan
* ![](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt32047ea1e3082b51/698a051897cdff03736b9c26/small-family-shot-pixelbook-go-scaled-2560.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 30, 2019  
## [Google's Pixelbook Go Is the Best-Looking Chromebook Out There — But There Are Better Options for the Money](https://time.com/5714099/pixelbook-go-review/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Patrick Lucas Austin
* ![Annie Leibovitz Face Forward Google Pixel](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt0677ffaf81bbeb37/698a04bce76ad251a4636ab6/annie-leibovitz-face-forward-google-pixel-1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 22, 2019  
## [Annie Leibovitz on the Democratization of Photography, Her Influences and Her Google Pixel Campaign](https://time.com/5706141/annie-leibovitz-google-pixel-4/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Anna Purna Kambhampaty
* ![Google Unveils New Pixel 4 Smart Phone](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8c83d13661d1a645/698a044b8fd2ee448d3603e7/google-pixel4.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 15, 2019  
## [Google Just Unveiled a New Pixel Smartphone, an AirPod Rival and More. Here's What to Know](https://time.com/5700968/google-pixel-event/)  
[BUSINESS](/section/business/)  
by Patrick Lucas Austin  
* ![Dr. Kleber](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt81a8a65af2c71ef9/698a03a501168253be97e4c6/celebrating-dr-herbert-kleber-6753651837108229-2x.png?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Oct 1, 2019  
## [Google Honors Pioneering Psychiatrist Herb Kleber, Who Treated Addiction as a Disease, Not a Moral Failing](https://time.com/5689919/herb-kleber-google-doodle/)  
[HEALTH](/section/health/)  
by Gina Martinez
* ![The first Doodle, circa 1998. ](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt78c425824986030e/698a0318929fad12a4bf4edd/burning_man_high-res.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 26, 2019  
## [The First Google Doodle in 1998 Was a 'Bit of a Joke.' Here's the Story Behind the Design That Started it All](https://time.com/5679093/first-google-doodle/)  
by Rachel E. Greenspan
* ![Google Doodle celebrating the Rugby World Cup 2019 Opening Day](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt34ca7443d1ec76eb/698a033d8fd2ee1b1a360234/rugby-world-cup-2019-opening-day-6753651837108235-2x.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Sep 20, 2019  
## [Google celebrates the 2019 Rugby World Cup today](https://time.com/5682034/google-doodle-rugby-world-cup/)  
[WORLD](/section/world/)  
by Rachael Bunyan
* ![Google Doodle Ignacio Anaya García](https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt836db2091572321b/698a0169096a94ed466a6ce6/screen-shot-2019-08-15-at-12.53.31.png?branch=production&width=750&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1:1)  
Aug 15, 2019  
## [Nacho Average Doodle! Google Celebrates Ignacio Anaya García, the Creator of Nachos](https://time.com/5652911/google-doodle-nachos-ignacio-anaya-garcia/)  
by Julia Webster
* ![The iconic red rectangular TIME logo with the word 'TIME' in white, bold, uppercase serif letters.](/images/missing-image-1x1.svg)  
Jul 19, 2019  
## [Google Celebrates 50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing With a Doodle](https://time.com/5630299/google-doodle-moon-landing/)  
[SCIENCE](/section/science/)  
by Julia Webster

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