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Has Google or YouTube asked you recently for your birth date? You’re probably not the only one

Has Google or YouTube asked you recently for your birth date? You’re probably not the only one. Google is not necessarily trying to invade your privacy, but more so trying to protect certain age groups. In 2019, Google broke COPPA, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, and had to pay a record $170 million in fines. Part of the agreement required Google to verify the age of the users on their site. “If you were to go in and for example lie about your birth… Source link

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Google Pixel Buds A: release date, price, design leaks and news

There’s no shortage of wireless earbuds around at the moment, and Google is about to add another pair to the fray. Its next pair is said to be called the Google Pixel Buds A, and could launch very soon indeed. So what can we expect? Can they beat the likes of the Sony WF-1000XM3 and Cambridge Audio Melomania 1? And will they cost less than the Apple AirPods? Let’s delve into the rumour mill and see what’s what. Google Pixel Buds A: release date It’s been a year since Google launched its

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Google flags its iOS apps as “out of date” after two months of neglect

Enlarge / The current state of Google’s iOS app lineup. Aurich Lawson Google’s major iOS apps have been seeing serious neglect for the past few months. On December 8, Apple’s App Store started requiring all apps to show privacy “nutrition labels” in their app store listing, where developers self-report what data an app uses for tracking and how that data is linked to a user. Coincidentally, a lot of Google’s apps, especially the most popular… Source link

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‘Devastating’ diagnosis after little girl’s beach play date

A normal day playing with friends at the beach ended with a life-changing diagnosis for one Queensland family. Scout Pedersen was just three years old when she was diagnosed on December 3 with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, her mum, Noelle Pedersen, told Yahoo News Australia. She had shown no signs of being ill and was as active as ever, even attending a gymnastics session and a play date at the beach just hours before doctors rushed her to the hospital. Mrs Pedersen said she had noticed more… Source link

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