Google is making it easier for people to find their misplaced devices, including Android phones. The Alphabet-owned search giant on Monday released a new version of its “Find My Device” feature that integrates a new, crowdsourced network of over 1 billion Android devices, according to Google. It’s Google’s equivalent of Apple’s popular “Find My” feature […]
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Google will destroy a vast trove of data as part of a settlement over a lawsuit that accused the search giant of tracking consumers even when they were browsing the web using “incognito” mode, which ostensibly keeps people’s online activity private. The details of the settlement were disclosed Monday in San Francisco federal court, with
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A completely free email service offering 1 GB of storage, integrated search capabilities, and automatic message threading? Too good to be true. At least, that’s what many people thought 20 years ago today, when Google announced Gmail’s debut. To be fair, it’s easy to see why some AP News readers wrote letters claiming the outlet’s
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London — European Union regulators opened investigations into Apple, Google and Meta on Monday, the first cases under a sweeping new law designed to stop Big Tech companies from cornering digital markets. The European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s executive arm, said it was investigating the companies for “non-compliance” with the Digital Markets Act. The Digital Markets
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Image courtesy of Dado Ruvic/Reuters TikTok is having its “crocodile tears” moment. TikTok is showing insincere concern and “sorrow” as a response to the criticism and challenges it currently faces, especially regarding the issues of content moderation, data privacy, and the platform’s impact on youth and political discourse. This article pertains to the ethics of
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Google CEO Sundar Pichai is putting heat on the internet company’s engineers to fix its Gemini AI app pronto, calling some of the tool’s responses “completely unacceptable.” The new search tool, which the company has touted as revolutionary, came under fire after some users asked it to generate images of people drawn from history, such as German
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Less than 4,500 tigers remain in the world, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Habitat loss continues to pose an immense existential threat to the planet’s largest cat species—a problem compounded due to the animals residing in some of Earth’s most ecologically at-risk regions and landscapes. To better monitor the
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Wayfair said Friday it is laying off 13% of its workforce, the online furniture seller’s third round layoffs over the last 18 months as it seeks to cut costs and boost its financial results. In a letter to employees, Wayfair CEO Niraj Shah said the company plans to eliminate 1,650 jobs, noting that it expanded too
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