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Menlo Park suburb looking out to Palo Alto in Silicon Valle

Technology

How a flawed mentality led to Silicon Valley’s meteoric rise

In the memoir Uncanny Valley, Anna Wiener examines the collective hyperconfidence that has enabled the tech sector’s meteoric growth

Nest Hello Smart Doorbell

Humans

Smart doorbells may be fun, but we don’t know who is using your face

woman sitting at desk with computer screens

Humans

Firms and governments use the internet to spy on us. Should we care?

Dan Russell

Technology

Google scientist has a surprising tip to improve any search

computer in snow

Technology

Will Google bail if its quantum computer doesn’t turn a quick profit?

Google AI

Technology

Quantum supremacy has arrived – what happens to computing now?

Musgrove Park Hospital

Health

Google gets green light to access five years of NHS patient data

Two Accident and Emergency doctors discuss a case UK

Health

Google is taking over DeepMind’s NHS contracts – should we be worried?

Mark Zukerberg

Technology

Taking on tech giants: Can anyone stop Facebook, Amazon and Google?

Google headquarters Madrid

Comment

Let’s cheer workers at Google who are holding their bosses to account

Staff at Google, Amazon and Microsoft are using walkouts, work slowdowns and refusals to build to hold the tech giants to their proclaimed ethics

Technology

Google’s takeover of health app appears to renege on DeepMind promises

Technology

Google+ to shut down after 500,000 people’s personal details exposed

Technology

Google tracks your location even if you switch off location tracking

Physics

Google just made it much harder to build a serious quantum computer