Last week, Google admitted that their Street View cars scooped up emails and passwords from Wi Fi networks as they cruised around. The company is "mortified," and has implemented changes it says will improve data security among its employees.

The tax-dodging plutocrats at Google, anticipating a change of power, donated more to Republicans than Democrats last quarter.

Google shaved $3.1 billion off its taxes the past three years with elaborate overseas tax shelters known as "the Double Irish" and "the Dutch Sandwich." That might sound kinky, but a tax professor says it's serious business: "They're perpetuating evil."

Gay Googlers have added their voices to the "It Gets Better" campaign against teen suicide. This is a rich and well edited collection of stories, and it's heartening to realize the participants landed at a company as selective as Google.

There are lots of somewhat disturbing studies out about children's online presence, and the adult creepiness that inevitably follows. Like this guy, and this guy, and this guy. Are oversharing parents endangering their children? Taiwan's Next Media Animation finds out!

A former model who sued Google to reveal the identity of nasty YouTube commenters has won. Truly, the anonymous Internet is dead when you can't even call someone a 'whore' in YouTube comments without being outed.

We're all familiar with Google Map's cool/creepy satellite imagery, great for spotting airplanes and busting illegal backyard pools. The technology has received a significant boost recently. (Though not, as some conspiracy theorists believe, thanks to drone technology.)

Ray Wert (of Jalopnik) is the latest Gawker Media All-Star to cross over into reality. Is Google's fleet of Decepticons destined to destroy us all?

AT&T is taking some of the money from your iPhone bill and using it to intercept your complaints to the federal government. How? By become the biggest advertiser on Google, that's how.

GMA got a look at the self-driving Google car and decided to test the vehicle's impact response by jumping in front of it while it was moving. The results are intriguing, but could this be the origin of Skynet?

Earlier today, YouTube founder and CEO Chad Hurley accepted a Facebook friend request—from Google CEO Eric Schmidt. The email address was legit, so the account must've been too, right? Nope: "Schmidt" was actually TechCrunch editor Michael Arrington.

Yesterday, Google revealed that for months it's been testing a secret fleet of computer-driven cars by cruising them around California. Now, video has surfaced of these self-piloting Priuses.

In a blog post, Google has revealed that seven retrofitted Priuses have been cruising around California without any drivers. Well, Google employees are behind the wheel in case something goes wrong. But these cars drive themselves! Google owns the future.

In honor of what would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday, Google UK created a video to the tune of "Imagine." While Lennon probably never thought his song would be used as a corporate advertisement, it is a lovely gesture.

Blogger Mike Blumenthal reports the Better Business Bureau gave Google a 'C-' because of its unresponsiveness to customer complaints. This would be embarrassing if Better Business Bureau grades actually meant anything.

Sending robots to the moon. Beekeeping. Genetic testing. A bicycle monorail. Google's investments sometimes lend the impression the company doesn't know what to do with all its free cash. Business Insider's Jay Yarow details the company's most bizarre investments below.

Google's new "instant" search results turn into a blank screen when you enter certain forbidden terms. But why are terms like "lesbian" and "Latina" given this treatment? A Google employee has shed a little light on the situation.

Google's instant search feature seems targeted at digital crackheads, and that makes perfect sense: It turns out Google users are, in fact, pretty cracky. They punished the company hard for slowing down by just one tenth of one second.

Facebook's revenue has grown astronomically in the last couple years. This is largely attributable to the business savvy of its superstar chief operating officer, ex-Googler Sheryl Sandberg. But don't expect her to give a shit about user privacy.

What does one insanely rich tech guy give another insanely rich tech guy as a wedding present? If you're a Google founder, the answer is reportedly "a party jet."