TBT: 3 years of misery inside Google, the happiest company in tech

PLUS: The best WIRED stories from this month a year ago. View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions 08.13.20 Google has long proclaimed itself to be the "happiest company in tech." But in the Trump era, the nearly $800 billion tech giant has found itself seemingly powerless against fractious groups of employees. Last year, Nitasha Tiku told the powerful inside story of the three-year stretch that eroded Silicon Valley's most idealistic company. Read all about Google's three years of misery, plus the best WIRED stories from this month last year below.   Three Years of Misery Inside Google, the Happiest Company in Tech Sexual harassment. Hate speech. Employee walkouts. The Silicon Valley giant is trapped in a war against itself. And there's no end in sight. The Best Stories From This Month, Last Year How a 6,000-Year-Old Dog Cancer Spread Around the World A massive collection of dog tumor samples is revealing the secrets of a contagious, parasite-like cancer that could help explain human cancers too. You Are Already Having Sex With Robots Sex robots are here, and their AI-enabled pseudosexuality isn't long behind. The Biomechanical Perfection of Simone Biles in Flight Behold the triple double: The gymnast's precise control of her body as she moves through space sets her apart. Add tremendous strength and speed, and you've got a champion. For Young Female Coders, Internship Interviews Can Be Toxic In a survey conducted by Girls Who Code, teen female engineers report that even their very first encounters with tech companies raised red flags. Actually, Gender-Neutral Pronouns Can Change a Culture In 2012 a nongendered pronoun dropped into Swedish discourse. Today it's widely used—and it's nudging people to see the world a little differently. How Facebook Catches Bugs in Its 100 Million Lines of Code Since 2015, Facebook has quietly used a homegrown tool called Zoncolan to find bugs in its massive codebase.     This e-mail was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions