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Here comes the Android December security update. If youre the proud owner of a Pixel phone, its time to check and see if you can grab the latest fixes, patches, and features for your device. But remember: Google is rolling the update out, as always, so its po…

These are Connect Direct reps rather than Google staff, and they'll only be available Monday through Friday between 11AM and 8PM Eastern. Nonetheless, this should make it considerably easier to get help without having to rely on text-based support or someone …

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Lyrics website Genius is suing Google, saying the company continues to knowingly copy its song lyrics and use them in search results. Genius also alleges that Google’s practices are anticompetitive, and it’s asking for …

Google Photos adds a chat feature to its app

A better, faster way to share from your Photos library Photo by Vjeran Pavic / The Verge Google is finally acknowledging that photos nowadays are as much about communication as they are form of memory collection. For years, the only way to share photos thro…

The four claim that Google fired them, in part, to send a message to other employees not to take part in labor organizing. "It's about trying to stop all workplace organizing," their letter states. Google previously claimed that the former employees had "cle…

Googles Nest Hello doorbells can now ring with a little seasonal cheer, thanks to new holiday-themed doorbell chimes. There are currently four doorbell themes to pick from in the Nest app: Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years Eve, and Winter. Each of the four theme…

When you have Mike Bloomberg money, there is no shortage of ways to spend it. And running for president opens up a whole new world of blowing through cash. Bloomberg announced he was seeking the Democratic nomination for president earlier this week along wit…

The Daily Crunch is TechCrunch’s roundup of our biggest and most important stories. If you’d like to get this delivered to your inbox every day at around 9am Pacific, you can subscribe here. 1. Google employee activist says shes been fired Employee activist…

November 22 Another one for the Google graveyard November 6 Maybe the last nail in the coffin for phone-based VR October 4 It honestly deserves a full-on crypt August 28 The recruitin…