A Google search for the word "Jew" on Tuesday temporarily showed a definition for a verb it described as "offensive," before the search engine changed it to a noun.

The AI pioneer and founder of Google Brain dismissed the buzz around the phenomenon, bluntly referring to it with one word — “overhyped” — during a talk at Y Combinator. “For a long time, there'll be ...

While Google’s word definitions may literally be a little odd at times, the “define word” search command is incredibly convenient—and it’s now got a whole lot more useful, too.

Google records your queries when you use the "Hey Google," wake word with its speakers. But for voice search, it records way more, like everything Best tech deals 🛍️ $3,500 iPhone possible?

Word Coach was recently added to Google search exclusively on mobile. This game pops up whenever you look up dictionary definitions, or when you search “Google Word Coach” from your device.

Google today updated the menu structure of the word processor in Google Docs. Gone are the menus that change the toolbars underneath. Gone are the useful but unusual "revision" and "tag" items.

The word count is like a GPS for your writing journey — it'll tell you exactly where you're at and how far you've come, so let Google Docs do the word accounting while you focus on weaving wordy ...

You know the romantic cliche, “We’re so in love, we can finish each other’s sentences”? Last week, Google made a game just like that, except instead of being romantic, it’s a little creepy.

What follows is a look at Microsoft’s newest offering, Word Web App, which was introduced Monday with the kickoff of Office Web Apps. I’ll be comparing Microsoft’s Word Web App to Google’s ...