Paramount Skydance is bringing on a former Big Tech executive to take its technology to the next level. Loading audio narration… Hugh Williams, a former Google VP credited with helping invent the “infinite scroll” feature, is joining David Ellison’s Paramount to bolster the company’s advertising tech and product.Williams, who’s been called “the…
I threw out the Google Home device we kept in the kitchen on a whim. It was simply an off day. I was trying to get dinner going, and I kept asking Google to turn the volume down. But when it was unresponsive too many times, it went straight to…
Meta and Google were found negligent in a social media addiction trial in Los Angeles on Wednesday, potentially setting the stage for dozens of similar lawsuits that have been brought against Big Tech companies. Loading audio narration… The case centered on a 20-year-old woman, identified as KGM, who said her…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Marie Pabelonio, a 38-year-old editorial lead at Google, based in the Bay Area. This story has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been at Google since 2019, and as a writer, I knew AI would affect my role.Looking back on my…
Google told employees that it was confident its work with the Department of Defense aligned with the company’s AI principles — and that it was “leaning more” into securing national security work with governments, Business Insider has learned.In a Google DeepMind town hall in January, leaders including CEO Demis Hassabis…
Vibe coding took the AI community by storm in 2025. Now, Google is trying to start a new trend: “vibe designing.” Loading audio narration… Google Labs introduced the term on Wednesday while unveiling several new updates to Stitch, an AI-powered tool that uses simple prompts to generate “high-fidelity” UI design…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ganesh Karthik Sankar, a 29-year-old UX designer at Google who previously worked at Amazon as a product designer. He lives in Seattle. The following has been edited for length and clarity.During my last job search, I had the opportunity to interview…
Lots of publishers are freaked out about “Google Zero” — the notion that one day, Google will stop sending them any traffic at all.That’s more or less already happened at People Inc., says CEO Neil Vogel: Vogel says Google referrals used to account for 70% of his properties’ traffic, but…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Pratiksha Patnaik, a 30-year-old cloud infrastructure engineer at Google Cloud Consulting, based in Seattle. Her identity and employment have been verified by Business Insider. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been with Google for around three years and…
When Elon Musk committed big money to start OpenAI in late 2015, he wanted to create another AI company to stop Google from dominating this important field.While a lot has changed since then, the reason OpenAI exists still holds: Google has been working toward this AI moment for over 25…
