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Google this week introduced new features for its Chrome and Android operating systems that will change or improve many of the tech gadgets you use every day. At its annual I/O developer’s conference, Google CEO Sundar Pichai introduced several Google employees and developers who discussed changes with Google Photos, Pixel phones, Google Maps, Google Lens, and privacy. Even with all of those products, it was a new virtual video call that stole the show. Source link

Google is testing a new feature for its Chrome browser on Android that lets users “follow” sites to create an updating list of new content they publish. The feature is based on RSS, an open web standard that’s been the backbone of many popular web aggregation tools in the past. That includes Google’s own, much beloved (and now defunct) Google Reader. The test is small-scale: following sites will only be an option for some US users of Chrome Canary (the bleeding-edge version of… Source link

Bloomberg ByteDance Founder Steps Down as CEO Ahead of Mega IPO (Bloomberg) — ByteDance Ltd. founder Zhang Yiming will cede the reins of TikTok’s owner to an old college roommate and lieutenant, stepping back from running the world’s most valuable startup ahead of its highly anticipated market debut.Zhang will hand off the chief executive officer role at TikTok’s owner to human resources chief Rubo Liang, he announced in an internal memo posted online Thursday. The billionaire… Source link

Chrome is testing a Follow feature similar to Google Reader. James Martin/CNET Google is testing a new experimental Source link

Parts of Google’s I/O developer conference Tuesday could have been downloaded from an Apple event. Speakers touted such privacy features as on-device processing of sensitive data, browser blocking of web tracking, and alerts of smartphone apps using the camera or microphone. “We strictly uphold responsible data practices so every product we build is private by design,” said Google CEO Sundar Pichai in the opening keynote. “And we create easy-to-use privacy and security settings, so you… Source link

Bloomberg Central Banks Snuff Out Classic Rate Bets as Commodities Surge (Bloomberg) — Sign up for the New Economy Daily newsletter, follow us @economics and subscribe to our podcast.The surge in commodities prices is failing to trigger some of the traditional responses in bonds and currencies.Unlike recent commodities rallies in 2008 and 2011, yields on Treasuries and currencies of major exporters like Australia have barely budged. Likewise, the Federal Reserve’s favored measure of… Source link

Stephen Shankland/CNET It’s standard for web browsers to warn you when they discover one of your… Source link

Google Google is trying to shake up how the advertising industry (and others) track people online. At the heart of the changes is a feature in Google Chrome called “Privacy Sandbox,” which Google started rolling out in early 2021. Privacy Sandbox Is FLoC Federated Learning of Cohorts, or FLoC for short, is a cornerstone of the “privacy-first future for web advertising” that Google laid out in a blog post in January of 2021. Google is an advertising company first and foremost. By… Source link

Google dominates the browser market with Chrome—most of you will use it on at least one of your devices. And so the shocking new warnings about Chrome’s “creepy” new tracking should give you serious reason for concern. It might be time for you to quit. The headlines this week have been dominated by Apple’s iOS 14.5. Finally we have the long-awaited crackdown on Facebook-style tracking. But while we’ve been distracted by Tim Cook versus Mark Zuckerberg, Google has quietly been… Source link

Google has now begun trialling its plans to shift to a “privacy first” web – which sounds like great news. But as they end support for third-party cookies, they’re creating a new way to track people. And while the shift could benefit advertisers who want to target LGBTQ people, the change could create a whole set of new privacy issues for all minority groups. Participant wearing the glasses while google during the Tokyo Rainbow Pride in Tokyo, Japan, 06 May … [+] 2018…. Source link