Google’s shortened goo.gl links will stop working next month

Google to close Google+ after 7 years: A look back at the impact it once had on Google search

This should come as no surprise, Google is closing down Google+ over lack of use and security issues.

Google’s broken link to the web

With AI search results coming to the masses, the human-powered web recedes further into the background

Google’s new search redirects make links harder to check before you click

Google says its new opaque redirects tackle evolving abuse, but they also prevent users from checking a result’s destination by hovering over it.

OpenAI Might Be Making a Web Browser

Link to: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-considers-taking-on-google-with-browser

Google no longer developing Material Web Components

Google is "no longer actively staffing" Material Web Components (MWC) and has "reassigned the engineers working" on it...

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Google is on the Wrong Side of History

Google continues to show us why it chose to abandon its old motto of “Don’t Be Evil,” as it becomes more and more enmeshed with the military-industrial complex. Most recently, Google has removed four

Google Being Forced To Sell Chrome is Not Good for the Web

You’ve got a monopoly on lemonade because you pay all the grocery stores to be the default lemonade. So we’re going to force you sell your car. What’s with the weird redirect? If …

Google Just Ruined One of Its Most Important Tools

Google Earth was a boon for researchers—and then came the deepfakes.

Less than Half of Google Searches Now Result in a Click - SparkToro

We've passed a milestone in Google's evolution from search engine to walled-garden. In June of 2019, for the first time, a majority of all browser-based

What Happened to Google+? Why the Social Network Shut Down | EM360Tech

This article explores what happened to Google+, explaining why Google's infamous social Circles never took off in the golden age of online social media.

Lee Robinson on Twitter / X

Watch a timelapse of GPT-5.2 building a browser!Both websites start out barely working, and then after millions of lines of code, the browser actually works.Pretty cool experiment with long-running agents. https://t.co/KT6HgHEivA pic.twitter.com/8EPbyih8cU— Lee Robinson (@leerob) January 14, 2026