Landing top talent is getting so tough in Silicon Valley that tech companies are trying anything for an edge, including hiring interns out of high school and boosting their perks.

Google, once boastful that it was the leading defender of a free and open Internet, has gone into the shadows.

In the pervasively connected world of the 21st century, creating and sharing knowledge has never been easier. But the fact remains that many people still lack the skills required to access this information and an inequity gap is growing.

Google has been accused of misinterpreting a European court's "right to be forgotten" ruling by deleting links to apparently harmless news articles in a bid to whip up anger against "censorship".

Google have bolstered their presence in the cloud storage space with an industrial strength version of Google Drive aimed at business users.

Public bodies and private corporations including internet giant Google are flouting the public's right to access personal data being held on them.

Google's wearable computer prototype Google Glass will go on sale this week to all British residents over the age of 18.

Google Inc is paying more tax in New Zealand than previously but its $227,074 tax bill in 2013 isn't likely to stress a company with US$15.42 billion of revenue globally in the quarter ended March 31, 2014.

A study shows that women and girls are half as likely to be encouraged to go into computer science fields as men and boys are.

The EU has to rely on antitrust and privacy rules to curb Google's search-engine dominance and can't just break up the company, German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere said.

A group of economists have issued a study with a startling conclusion: for a large, well-known brand, search ads are worthless.

Google Maps has changed the way we navigate and poked its cameras into our lives. Meet the geography fanatic who is the tech giant's mapping evangelist.

Amazon.com CEO Jeff Bezos wants control of the smartphone home screen so he can put more of the firm's services in front of consumers.

Following Google's $500m acquisition of Skybox Imaging, Slate's Will Oremus looks into the scope of Google's future.

Google's decision to lay bare its lack of diversity ramps up the pressure on other Silicon Valley companies to increase the number of women and minorities among technology workers.

A Google Earth image of an axe-weilding man standing over a prone 'victim' was the work of two pranksters, a police investigation has discovered.

Hundreds of millions of people across Europe will be forced to change the way they use the internet, a key Google adviser says.

The dedication and stamina of the worker ant were celebrated in Aesop's Fables - in contrast to the lazy, singing grasshopper.

T-Mobile, Wal-Mart, Google and a host of other retail, tech and telecom companies are now operating like banks and they are piquing the interest of young people.

Google caused a flurry of excitement by unveiling an all-new self-driving car that takes its array of add-on sensors and integrates them into a vehicle that looks like a cross between a Smart car and a Cozy Coupe.

Illinois legislators have introduced a bill that would ban the use of Google Glass on the road, describing the technology as a potentially deadly disruption.

Google has warned that its wearable Glass device may cause headaches if used for long periods, following complaints from several users.

A survey has found Google now beats talking to friends for young Kiwis wanting to know about sex, drugs, alcohol, depression, stress or their health.

Editorial: Do people have a right to expunge their personal internet record of references to things they regret? In real life this is not possible.