The company announced that its annual in-person I/O conference is being cancelled more than two months before it's slated to take place, as the global death toll from coronavirus ramps up.

As coronavirus continues to spread across the U.S. here are some answers to a handful of common - and not-so-common - questions about the virus which come up in Google's search engine.

An analytics firm that owns at least 20 apps on the App Store and Google Play Store has been harvesting millions of people's data, according to media reports.

A website that is very different to the one described at Trump's Friday press conference at the White House is being built by Verily, a healthcare tech company also owned by Alphabet.

Verily, Google's sister company, which was helping Americans living in the San Francisco Bay Area book appointments to get tested for coronavirus reached capacity one day after launching.

April Fool's Day has rolled around once again and a few Australian companies still got in on the shameless tricks.

According to 9to5Google, when users open up their Maps app they will now see shortcuts on the home screen that help them find restaurants that are relevant from a delivery standpoint.

'Adak National Forest' - which looks like a big bush from a distance - can be found on the remote Alaskan island of Adak, part of the volcanic Aleutian archipelago.

According to an email from the Google-owned home security company sent to users, it will lower users' cameras to their default settings automatically to 'conserve internet resources.'

Sydneysiders are not following social distancing measures as strictly as Melburnians, according to new data from Apple and Google.

According to a recent survey, three out of five Americans are either unable or unwilling to use contact tracing technology that uses a phone's Bluetooth signal to track the spread of COVID-19.

Underscoring the need for speed, the Oxford scientist said a fast turnaround could 'make the difference between an epidemic starting to resurge towards the second wave or not'.

Where better to test the iPhone 11 Pro than in Murmansk in December, when the sun never rises? That was the thinking behind Kiwi photographer Amos Chapple's odyssey to the Russian city.

Caroline Hawthorne, 42, spotted the bizarre formation from her kitchen window in Willenhall, West Midlands. Her friends and family members likened the eerie image to Jesus or an angel.

Tore Bempasciuto, from Ferndale in Perth, allegedly punched Saiful Nurokhim at a taxi rank outside the LXXY Bar in Kuta at 4.15am on Tuesday.

When it comes to a proper spa break, the challenge is finding the right retreat to deal with whatever is your issue. So, here is our guide to show you what's on offer around the world in 2020.

Apple's long-rumored iPhone SE, or iPhone 9, could launch this week, as an Urban Armor case was spotted at a Best Buy with packaging that says it is for the'New iPhone 4.7-inch 2020'.

Pictures, from frequent phone leaker Jon Prosser, show what appear to be official Apple schematics for its next flagship iPhone - specifically a reduced 'notch' that stores camera components.

Catherine Zeta-Jones has been enjoying plenty of makeup-free days since entering quarantine with husband Michael Douglas, 75.

Some of the taxes we currently pay and a number of the tax breaks we are given to encourage us to save for old age are either too onerous or far too complicated.

Smart meters are not as dangerous as hard shoulder-less smart motorways will ever be, but their creeping introduction has not been without buckets of controversy.

Although the powder-puff City regulator the FCA has launched an investigation into the demise of Woodford Investment Management, this probe seems to be progressing at a snail's pace.

Nero fiddled, while Rome burned. Or to put the expression in a modern day investment context, Christopher Hill (chief executive of Hargreaves Lansdown) fiddles while investors get burnt.

With the smell of a spring Budget in the air comes the rumour of yet more restrictions on the tax relief available to boost our pension saving. But how will Mr Sunak treat pension savers?

These are worrying times for readers with shares-based Isas and investments held inside self-invested personal pensions. But panicking out of investments not is not the right way forward.

These are difficult days. At times, it feels like the world is shuddering to a halt. There are fewer people as I wind my way to and from work every day and night on public transport.

I would put money on the Chancellor's Budget this Wednesday being radically different to the one Rishi Sunak envisaged just over three weeks ago when he stepped into Sajid Javid's shoes.

What a week. As a money commentator for more than 30 years standing, that was as disheartening as times go. But patient, long-term investing will win through in the end.

The UK stock market alone has fallen in value by 30 per cent since the start of the year. But if you hold these trusts for troubled times then things should look better.

Today, I was planning to drive up to see Mother in Birmingham and take her out for a slap-up Mother's Day meal at her favourite Miller & Carter steakhouse in Sutton Park.

What a week, what a month. Enough to turn many investors' hair grey (mine included) - with some no doubt wishing that commercial travel to the moon was a) available now; and b) affordable.

I trust that you are well and withstanding the turmoil brought to all our lives by this wicked coronavirus. In this time of great uncertainty, we need to look after each other like never before.

Holding businesses to ransom through the imposition of onerous interest charges on emergency loans is despicable. As is leaving customers hanging on the phone for hours.

Whenever I think of Honor Blackman, I will remember someone who in her 80s campaigned passionately for financial justice to be given to investors who lost money following the near collapse of Equitable Life.

Helpful staff in the ever-shrinking branch network are being rapidly replaced by automated 'contact' - usually in the form of texts. This is fine, but not if the robots do not know their left hands from their right.

What firmly sticks in my craw with regards to students is the appalling treatment many of them are receiving from landlords, says Jeff Prestridge.

The trend towards greater online banking and less reliance on hard cash is irrevocable. Indeed, Covid-19 has helped the banks in pursuing these dual goals.

Forget 'ghosting' and 'breadcrumbing' - 'jibing' is the latest dating term making waves across Australia.

A New York woman created an Instagram account dedicated to the strangest eBay ads out there, selling gum massagers shaped like fingers, woolen bodysuits, snow and ken dolls.

People on social media have been trying to practice their own prosperity theology and resell tickets for Kanye West's Sunday Service at Joel Osteen's Lakewood Church.

Australian parents are focused on toys that teach patience and responsibility this year, with the Owleez - the world's first interactive pet you can teach to fly - ranked the most popular kid's game of 2019.

OzBargain has listed all of the best birthday deals and freebies you can redeem on your birthday around Australia, from snacks and dinner to a whole new outfit.

Mohammed Rafiq, 58, from Manchester, who is now locally known as 'The King of Christmas,' started the company in 2012, when he saw the trend in Christmas jumpers emerge.

Amaan Zameer, 30, Mohammed Nadeem, 28, Nadeem Arshad, 42, (who admitted a lead role) and Zahir Hussain, 31, stole at least 117 vehicles from across England in burglaries and carjackings.

The guest (pictured) said what Tracy Brabin wore at the despatch box in the House of Commons 'looked like a disco outfit and not like a politician'.

Which? research showed that every smoke alarm, carbon monoxide alarm, teeth whitening kit and cycle helmet failed to meet basic safety standards.

Supermarket shelves across the UK have been stripped bare as shoppers react to the Coronavirus. Claudia Connell tested out hand sanitisers that promise to leave your hands feeling soft.

This is Money has put together the reward points cards with the steepest APRs, and how the card companies are making money off you even if you're clearing your balance each month.

The longest 0% balance transfer deal has been slashed below 30 months for the first time in more than five years, prompting further concerns that owners of such cards could end up in trouble.

Contactless technology already allows shoppers to spend up to £30 without having to enter their Pin. But, with NatWest's new card, there will be no need to enter a Pin at all.