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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

Timeline

Start with the latest. Scroll back through time, or zoom in for more.

Year by yearUp to 5 stories per year
2026477 stories
When did Google get so weird?↗ sancho.bearblog.dev · HN · 935 comments · 1702 points · Sep 27, 2026
Fired by Google for creating the Google workspace CLI↗ twitter.com · HN · 431 comments · 730 points · Jun 23, 2026
German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews↗ the-decoder.com · HN · 552 comments · 1021 points · Jun 10, 2026
Googlebook↗ googlebook.google · HN · 1571 comments · 932 points · May 12, 2026
Lessons from 14 years at Google↗ addyosmani.com · HN · 687 comments · 1678 points · Jan 04, 2026
2025545 stories
Google is dead. Where do we go now?↗ circusscientist.com · HN · 838 comments · 1046 points · Dec 29, 2025
Google can keep its Chrome browser but will be barred from exclusive contracts↗ cnbc.com · HN · 632 comments · 864 points · Sep 02, 2025
Googler... ex-Googler↗ nerdy.dev · HN · 989 comments · 1114 points · Apr 11, 2025
Google will let companies run Gemini models in their own data centers↗ cnbc.com · HN · 182 comments · 509 points · Apr 09, 2025
Google to buy Wiz for $32B↗ reuters.com · HN · 845 comments · 608 points · Mar 18, 2025
2024695 stories
The Google Willow Thing↗ scottaaronson.blog · HN · 458 comments · 763 points · Dec 10, 2024
Google is the only search engine that works on Reddit now, thanks to AI deal↗ 404media.co · HN · 356 comments · 515 points · Jul 24, 2024
The man who killed Google Search?↗ wheresyoured.at · HN · 878 comments · 1884 points · Apr 23, 2024
Culture Change at Google↗ social.clawhammer.net · HN · 483 comments · 573 points · Jan 19, 2024
Mourning Google↗ tbray.org · HN · 471 comments · 548 points · Jan 19, 2024
2023786 stories
Google Makes over $92B per Year by Owning Android↗ interestingcontent.substack.com · HN · 105 comments · 118 points · Dec 21, 2023
Gemini: Google's most capable AI model yet↗ blog.google · HN · 48 comments · 157 points · Dec 06, 2023
Reflecting on 18 Years at Google↗ ln.hixie.ch · HN · 37 comments · 124 points · Nov 22, 2023
Google's 2023 Shutdown Spree: 6 Products Pulled in Just 4 Months↗ toolhub.tech · HN · 81 comments · 90 points · Apr 13, 2023
Google Stopping Coding Competitions↗ developers.googleblog.com · HN · 51 comments · 84 points · Feb 22, 2023
2022686 stories
Two weeks of dealing with Google as a developer↗ danfitdegree.hashnode.dev · HN · 330 comments · 913 points · Nov 16, 2022
Stadia died because no one trusts Google↗ techcrunch.com · HN · 611 comments · 724 points · Oct 02, 2022
Google is shutting down Stadia↗ theverge.com · HN · 1712 comments · 2090 points · Sep 29, 2022
Why is it so hard to give Google money?↗ paulbutler.org · HN · 404 comments · 696 points · Jul 26, 2022
The next Google↗ dkb.io · HN · 542 comments · 691 points · Apr 05, 2022
2021756 stories
Google's infamous internal 2010 “I just want to serve 5TB” video now public↗ youtube.com · HN · 513 comments · 1130 points · Nov 02, 2021
Google has a secret deal with FB called “Jedi Blue” that they knew was illegal↗ twitter.com · HN · 405 comments · 1417 points · Oct 24, 2021
Google’s copying of the Java SE API was fair use [pdf]↗ supremecourt.gov · HN · 932 comments · 4103 points · Apr 05, 2021
Why did I leave Google or, why did I stay so long?↗ paygo.media · HN · 806 comments · 825 points · Feb 17, 2021
A group of Google workers have announced plans to unionize↗ theverge.com · HN · 1344 comments · 1643 points · Jan 04, 2021
2020842 stories
I Have Resigned from the Google AMP Advisory Committee↗ shkspr.mobi · HN · 314 comments · 745 points · Dec 18, 2020
Forget Google, time to end the Visa-MasterCard duopoly↗ medium.com · HN · 523 comments · 1100 points · Jun 29, 2020
Google Blew a Ten-Year Lead↗ secondbreakfast.co · HN · 550 comments · 857 points · Jun 24, 2020
An Update on Bradfitz: Leaving Google↗ bradfitz.com · HN · 271 comments · 1012 points · Jan 27, 2020
I Was Google’s Head of International Relations↗ medium.com · HN · 297 comments · 815 points · Jan 02, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

When did Google get so weird?↗ sancho.bearblog.dev · HN · 935 comments · 1702 points · Sep 27, 2026
AX – Google’s Open Agentic Orchestrator↗ agentexecutor.io · HN · 299 comments · 666 points · Sep 20, 2026
Goodbye Google↗ robert.ocallahan.org · HN · 325 comments · 260 points · Sep 25, 2026
Gemini Hacked Three Companies in First Known Breakout by Google's AI↗ wsj.com · HN · 36 comments · 43 points · Sep 18, 2026
Google is making private AI practical with homomorphic encryption↗ blog.google · HN · 290 comments · 498 points · Aug 14, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

When did Google get so weird?↗ sancho.bearblog.dev · HN · 935 comments · 1702 points · Sep 27, 2026
AX – Google’s Open Agentic Orchestrator↗ agentexecutor.io · HN · 299 comments · 666 points · Sep 20, 2026
Goodbye Google↗ robert.ocallahan.org · HN · 325 comments · 260 points · Sep 25, 2026
Gemini Hacked Three Companies in First Known Breakout by Google's AI↗ wsj.com · HN · 36 comments · 43 points · Sep 18, 2026
Cert/CC covers up Google's data retention fraud↗ medium.com · HN · 2 comments · 33 points · Sep 17, 2026
Google's Gemini AI hacked three companies in security test↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 13 comments · 27 points · Sep 19, 2026
Ask HN: Did Google kill its enterprise workhorse model?↗ news.ycombinator.com · HN · 18 comments · 27 points · Sep 12, 2026
From Lisp at JPL to Building AdWords at Google↗ corecursive.com · HN · 0 comments · 27 points · Sep 11, 2026
Inside Google’s $200bn Wall Street finance machine for Anthropic↗ ft.com · HN · 2 comments · 19 points · Sep 03, 2026
Show HN: I built my first MCP to manage Google Ads↗ adchestra.com · HN · 15 comments · 15 points · Sep 03, 2026

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