Google canceled April Fools' pranks on Thursday, stating that the reason was to honor all those who have been affected by COVID-19. An internal memo sent by Google Vice President of Global Marketing Marvin Chow obtained by Business Insider states that “much of the world” is still dealing with “serious challenges.” Google April Fools' Day pranks historically have become the stuff of tech legends, reports Business Insider. One year the company reported a plan for a human settlement on Mars, and in another it reported a treasure-hunt option on Google Maps.

Trinity College Researcher Douglas Leith told Ars Technica that Android and iOS transmit telemetry data to their motherships even when a user hasn’t logged in or has explicitly configured privacy settings to opt out. Both operating systems send data to Apple and Google when a user does simple things like insert a SIM card or browse the handset settings screen. Each device connects to its back-end server on average every 4.5 minutes.

Asked for lessons learned since taking over the helm at Google, CEO Sundar Pichai's response involves making major decisions, but the biggest lesson is leaning how to move the needle. "There are very few decisions that are extremely high stakes, where mistakes are going to have major consequences," he told Inc. "It's the incremental decisions that lead to progress."