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The Department of Labor is suing Google to obtain payroll data to determine whether the company is complying with equal opportunity laws. Google's lawyer has called the lawsuit a "fishing expedition."

Google Accused Of Underpaying Female Employees

The U.S. Department of Labor is investigating Google for what an official called "systemic compensation disparities" between men and women. The government is suing the company to release its records.

Waymo alleges that in early 2016, Anthony Levandowski downloaded 14,000 files related to autonomous vehicle design before leaving to found his own self-driving truck startup with several Google engineers.

Battle Over Self-Driving Cars Goes To Court In Case Between Google's Waymo And Uber

At issue is whether Uber stole intellectual property when it hired Waymo's star engineer, Anthony Levandowski. Waymo alleges he downloaded files related to autonomous vehicle design before leaving.

Facebook's chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, was interviewed at the company's offices in Menlo Park, Calif. She faces questions from Congress about combating foreign interference.

WATCH LIVE: Senate Committee Vents About Hijacking Of Big Tech For Information War

The Senate intelligence committee gets an update from Big Tech about how companies are fighting "active measures" like those waged against the U.S. in 2016.

5 Radical Schooling Ideas For An Uncertain Fall And Beyond

American education is full of innovators practicing alternatives to the mainstream. Now, some of those alternatives are proving their mettle.

Google launched its first servers in Cuba this week. Above, people use public Wi-Fi to connect their devices on a Havana street in October 2016.

Google Spins Up Its First Servers In Cuba

The company can speed up delivery of high-bandwidth content like YouTube videos because the servers will now store data locally. But accessing the Internet in Cuba remains difficult and expensive.

DoorDash's delivery restaurant in Redwood City, near San Francisco, is among an increasing number of "ghost kitchens" and menus that exist solely in smartphone apps.

Delivery Only: The Rise Of Restaurants With No Diners As Apps Take Orders

Restaurants without diners are popping up all over the place. "Ghost kitchens" and menus that exist solely in smartphone apps such as DoorDash and Uber Eats seek to feed diners' appetite for delivery.

Anne Wojcicki, chief executive officer and co-founder of 23andMe, speaks during the TechCrunch Disrupt 2018 summit in San Francisco in September 2018.

Female CEOs Blast 'Forbes' List Of Innovative Leaders That Includes Only One Woman

The sole woman, Barbara Rentler of Ross Stores, clocked in at No. 75. Dozens of female CEOs have signed a letter demanding Forbes do better. Anne Wojcicki of DNA testing company 23andMe is among them.

Workers are seen outside a city building in Milwaukee, which set up drive-up early voting for the state's April 7 election in response to the coronavirus outbreak.

'It's Madness.' Wisconsin's Election Amid Coronavirus Sparks Anger

Despite the pandemic, the state is forging ahead with its election on Tuesday. But many voters, poll workers and local officials are quite upset.

Earlier this week, Disney, Nestle and Epic Games — which makes Fortnite — pulled their ads from YouTube, which is owned by Google.

Advertisers Abandon YouTube Over Concerns That Pedophiles Lurk In Comments Section

Hasbro, Disney, Nestle and others have suspended their ads on the online video site. YouTube has responded by disabling comments on millions of videos.

Left: Volunteers take part in a "mapathon" organized by the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team. Right: OpenStreetMap contributors pinpoint dump sites along rivers and waterways in Dar es Salaam in an effort to predict and prevent flooding in the Tanzanian city.

After Hurricane Dorian, The 'Wikipedia Of Maps' Came To The Rescue

Humanitarians are using crowdsourcing software to fill in blank spots on maps of disaster-prone countries.

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