Mark Bergen Shelly Banjo Bloomberg

Timnit Gebru, a co-leader of the Ethical Artificial Intelligence team at Google, said she was fired for sending an email that management deemed “inconsistent with the expectations of a Google manager.”

Google staff awoke on Wednesday to surprising news: Their company is working on a search app tailored, and censored, for China.

Google staff awoke on Wednesday to surprising news: Their company is working on a search app tailored, and censored, for China. The project, kept secret from all but select teams and leaders, sparked a furious internal debate.

Google officially closed its $1.1 billion deal with HTC, adding more than 2,000 smartphone specialists in Taiwan to help the search giant chase Apple.

Timnit Gebru, a co-leader of the Ethical Artificial Intelligence team at Google, said she was fired for sending an email that management deemed “inconsistent with the expectations of a Google manager.”

Google staff awoke on Wednesday to surprising news: Their company is working on a search app tailored, and censored, for China.

Google staff awoke on Wednesday to surprising news: Their company is working on a search app tailored, and censored, for China. The project, kept secret from all but select teams and leaders, sparked a furious internal debate.

Google officially closed its $1.1 billion deal with HTC, adding more than 2,000 smartphone specialists in Taiwan to help the search giant chase Apple.