Tag Archives: Google

Samsung’s new Galaxy S24 series of phones brims with new AI features. Some, like Circle to Search, look delightfully useful, while others, like Generative Edit, can seemingly bend reality. These tools are part of Galaxy AI, a suite of features and utilities that can execute wide-ranging tasks to simplify day-to-day activities, help with productivity and create content.  This story is part of Samsung Event, CNET’s collection of news, tips and advice around Samsung’s most popular… Source link

Earlier this week, Sundar Pichai said that Google has “ambitious goals and will be investing in [its] big priorities” in 2024. This includes AI and spans Google’s consumer to enterprise platforms.  In that company-wide memo (via The Verge), the CEO laid out seven goals for Google in 2024: Deliver the world’s most advanced, safe, and responsible Al. Improve knowledge, learning, creativity, and productivity. Build the most helpful personal computing… Source link

Google has finally admitted that it tracks your search history, activities, the websites you visit and the services they use even in Incognito mode. Following the search engine’s agreement to settle a $5 billion USD privacy lawsuit that accused it of tracking users illegally in incognito mode, it has now updated the disclaimer to reflect the transparency. In its Canary version (Early-access version which allows users and developers to test new features and updates before… Source link

Your data is being collected — even when using Incognito Mode in the Google Chrome web browser, according to a new warning within the popular app. The new disclaimer has surfaced in a beta version of its the browser ahead of its roll-out to millions of users worldwide. Many mistakenly believe that Incognito Mode and other “private” modes block all tracking in web browsers. In reality, these modes only stop your browser recording internet history, any information entered into forms, and… Source link

A Google software engineer was found “spattered in blood,” after he allegedly murdered his wife in a grisly attack at their California home, police said. In a press release, the Santa Clara District Attorney’s Office said that officers were called for a welfare check at 27-year-old Liren Chen’s Santa Clara, California residence, which sits just miles south of Google’s headquarters in Silicon Valley. Google confirmed to Fox News Digital that Chen and his wife, Xuanyi Yu, were employees at the… Source link

Google Search has been caught up in a massive tidal wave of generative AI garbage. It’s starting to look like an unrecognizable heap of spam, meaningless search engine optimization (SEO) filler, and dubiously sourced news. “It’s the worst quality results on Google I’ve seen in my 14-year career,” eminent SEO expert Lily Ray told Fortune. Instead of filtering out scams, Google is seemingly bowing to the pressure and is instead promoting them. “Right now, it feels like the scammers are… Source link

I was a Google gal for years, but I’ve found out that Apple will get you there better – and more privately. Jan 19, 2024 at 3:14pm ET I was a Google devotee for years. Gmail, Drive, Chrome, I was embedded in the whole ecosystem down to an Android phone. Hell, I even used Reader to send articles to my friends in Hangouts (before Google killed both of those products off, of course). Of course this means I’ve used Google Maps for ages without even really questioning it… until… Source link

FILE – A cursor moves over Google’s search engine page, in Portland, Ore., on Aug. 28, 2018. Your Google search history for 2023 has arrived. Well, actually, the world’s. On Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, the California-based tech giant released its “Year in Search,” a roundup of 2023’s top global queries, ranging from unforgettable pop culture moments (hello, Barbenheimer), to the loss of beloved figures and tragic news carrying worldwide repercussions. (AP Photo/Don Ryan,… Source link

Google has confirmed a new warning for its two-billion-plus Chrome users that will come as a surprise to many, albeit it shouldn’t. But because this concerns a critical feature not widely understood, it may very well change how the browser is used. billion Chrome users Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto One of the criticisms that has been levied at Google Chrome concerns how incognito its private “Incognito” mode really is. It’s this issue that was behind the lawsuit and recent settlement… Source link

Google search increasingly looks like it just isn’t working the way it used to.  The search engine that has become a 21st century staple in virtually everyone’s lives, used billions of times a day, is struggling with the unintended consequences of a recent update. Basically, it’s all spammed up. Welcome to web search’s junk mail era.  “It’s the worst quality results on Google I’ve seen in my 14-year career,” says Lily Ray, senior director of search engine… Source link