Tag Archives: Google

Google refreshed its most popular smart display in 2021 with even more neat features.  Chris Monroe/CNET … Source link

A new warning for Android users, as the staggering number of “creepy” trackers hidden in popular apps is suddenly exposed. Apple has already killed this spyware for iPhone users, and a free new app has just been launched to do the same on Android. Apple’s App Tracking Transparency has turned the digital advertising industry upside down this year, wiping billions of dollars from the revenue lines of Facebook and others. The brilliant innovation forces apps to ask iPhone users for… Source link

Editor’s note, Nov. 18: The combination of price, design, cameras, processor… Source link

According to a new report from 9to5Google, Google Messages may be receiving an update that will slightly enhance the messaging experience on the Android end. As per the outlet’s “APK Insight”, code has been found in the most recent version of Google Messages that would show iMessage ‘reactions’ as emoji’s within Google Messages. If an iPhone user sends a message to a phone number that’s on Android, the conversation will be carried on the SMS protocol since iOS doesn’t… Source link

Google asked the Justice Department on Friday to investigate whether its new top antitrust official, who has represented Google rivals, needs to step back from inquiries and lawsuits against the company. In a letter to Justice Department leaders, an outside lawyer for Google said the “reality, and the appearance, of partiality are fairly called into question” by Jonathan Kanter’s past work for the company’s critics. Google pointed to his work with Yelp and the News Media Alliance,… Source link

On November 19th, 2019, Google launched its Stadia cloud gaming service as a work in progress, and it’s arguably still one today. But one thing that’s consistently improved is the price of entry, and Google’s bringing it down even further to celebrate Stadia’s second birthday. You should now be able to purchase a Stadia Premiere Edition hardware kit with the Chromecast Ultra and Stadia Controller for just $22.22 or €22.22 in fourteen countries including the US and UK “while… Source link

Where you go, Google knows. Here’s how to stop it from knowing where you are all the time.  Getty Images … Source link

One of the latest chapters in the Facebook Files shows that despite large investments and improving technology, Facebook’s A.I. consistently fails to detect harmful content. Perhaps most strikingly, Facebook employees estimated that a whopping 99.4 percent of the content that violates the company’s policies against violence and incitement remains on the platform. The reason is that there is far too much to monitor by hand, so A.I. detection is essential—even though it… Source link

Despite more than a few issues with the preorder process and shipping, Google’s Pixel 6 and Pixel 6 Pro have made their way into the world, and now the company is ready to sell an upgraded version of its Pixel Stand for wireless charging on your desk or side table. This new stand costs $79, just like the first-gen model did when it launched in 2018 with the Pixel 3. Like the original, it automatically adjusts the phone’s UI for docked use to pull up photo frames or shortcuts to your… Source link

Google has agreed to pay Agence France-Presse for news content following a nasty legal and regulatory battle that saw the tech giant fined nearly $600 million by French authorities.  The deal comes after years of complaints by news publishers around the world about Google and Facebook using stories in search results without paying them. Some advertisers that used to support newspapers and magazines have also increasingly gravitated toward the tech giants,… Source link