Top Google searches of 2024

Take a look at some of the topics people searched for the most on Google in 2024.

DOJ is considering breaking up Google: Report

The Justice Department is looking into dismantling Google following a judge’s ruling last week that Google had an illegal monopoly on the online search market.

Federal judge rules Google violated antitrust law

The judge's ruling sets up a second trial that will cover potential remedies for Google's search monopoly.

Google rolls out School time for parents

As the new school year approaches, Google has launched "School time," a feature aimed at helping parents manage their children's device usage during school hours.

Google fires 28 workers after anti-Israel protests at company offices

The fired Google employees were protesting Project Nimbus, a $1.2 billion joint contract to provide cloud services for the Israeli government.

Google to delete billions of 'Incognito' browsing data after lawsuit

Google has committed to deleting billions of records containing personal information gathered from over 136 million internet users in the United States who browse through its Chrome web browser.

Gmail revolutionized email 20 years ago, people thought it was Google’s April Fools’ Day joke

Besides the quantum leap in storage, Gmail also came equipped with Google’s search technology so users could quickly retrieve a tidbit from an old email, photo or other personal information stored on the service.

Google's AI Gemini could be coming to your iPhone

Apple and Google are in talks to bring the Gemini AI feature to iPhones, here's what you need to know.

Chinese citizen, Google employee arrested for stealing trade secrets

A Chinese citizen living in Newark was arrested and charged on Wednesday morning with stealing confidential artificial intelligence (AI) files from Google while he was employed as a software engineer. 

25 years of Google: The most searched people, places and things of all time

Know what the most searched haircut of all time is? Or the most searched athlete? Google’s letting us know in celebration of their 25th birthday.

These 5 news stories topped Google search this year

Severe weather dominated what people were searching about most in the news cycle this year, but didn’t take the top two spots.