Surfers who are concerned about being potentially morally and spiritually contaminated by Google’s search results now have some “holier” alternatives.

Recent actions by Google seem to fly in the face of their slogan.

Sites like Facebook and Google exert massive control over what we read and see. Maybe it’s time to start bypassing them.

Google’s popular email service gets its first major redesign since 2011.

Also: Artificial intelligence and “gaydar,” popular Star Trek episodes, Hollywood’s decline, Asian shoegaze, and imagining aliens.

Also: Netflix and Facebook know a lot about you, revisiting U2’s POP, finding God in the eclipse, Trump’s effect on American Christianity, and nostalgic web design.

If you miss the way Rdio’s queue worked, Google Play Music has you covered.

Also: Christmas music, the Internet and our own sinfulness, Guardians of the Galaxy, and real life superheroes.

A situation that reveals just how little accountability Google has to us, their users.

Google Reader has always had a small, but pretty vocal group of supporters, and I’m one of them.

We need to start teaching students how to better use the technology at their fingertips.

Google wants to educate you about how the web works, and they’ve created something really special to do so.