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Editor’s note: This article was originally published by ProPublica, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up here to get its next investigation. In early February 2016, the security gate at a U.S. military base near Washington, D.C., swung open to admit a Navy doctor accompanying a pair of surprising visitors: two artificial intelligence scientists from Google. In a cavernous, temperature-controlled warehouse at the Joint Pathology Center, they stood amid stacks… Source link

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. In early February 2016, the security gate at a U.S. military base near Washington, D.C., swung open to admit a Navy doctor… Source link

The Points Guys on best of 2022 The Points Guys Awards honor best in travel for 2022 05:21 Google this week released its annual “Year in Search” report, which outlined the top queries of 2022 that were made on its… Source link

In Google’s annual report, the company takes a look at what people are searching for in 2022 that they weren’t searching for in 2021: Search terms like “Wordle” and “Early voting places near me.” These are the words and phrases that had breakout moments in search engine queries, Google search trends expert Alex Joseph said. “So Wordle had a breakout year this year,” he said. “If you recall, it seemed like every single person in January and February was… Source link

Enlarge / The Waze user icons. We feel for ya, little blue Waze icon above the “W. Waze Is Waze in trouble at Google? The Wall Street Journal broke the news last night that Google is merging the 500-person Waze team into Google’s “Geo” division, aka Google Maps. Waze’s current CEO, Neha Parikh—who has only been at the helm since 2021 after the long-term CEO, Noam Bardin, quit Google—will step down after a… Source link

Google has released its annual “Year in Search” report outlining the top searches of 2022 around the world. The report reveals that popular online game Wordle topped the list globally. Searches for the game peaked in February, shortly after it was acquired by The New York Times. The second most searched term of the year was “India vs England” due to the two countries facing off at the Cricket World Cup. The third most searched term was Ukraine. Ukraine also… Source link

When it comes to beauty categories on Google’s Year in Search list released today, the impact of TikTok is undeniable. From makeup to nails to “aesthetics,” TikTok was a significant driver of U.S. Google search trends across categories. The data was compiled based on searches that had a high spike in traffic over the course of 2022 compared to 2021, meaning the list is about growth rather than overall search volume.  In the makeup category, the top trending search terms read… Source link

Actor Johnny Depp topped Google’s list of trending people in 2022. The company released Wednesday its “2022 Year in Search — Themes and Insights” report, with data that it says reflects the year’s trending topics, meaning the searches that received a significant increase in traffic over a sustained period of time this year compared to last year. Depp won his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard in June. Heard was the third top trending person on Google Search this year. Source link

Washington CNN Business  —  Apple and Google’s continued hosting of TikTok on their app stores, despite US national security concerns about the short-form video app, reflects the tech giants’ “gatekeeper” power and should be made part of any antitrust reviews the app stores may face, a member of the Federal Communications Commission wrote to the Justice Department last week. The previously unreported… Source link

Google’s latest ‘feature drop’ for Pixel phones and the Pixel Watch brings features like a call quality enhancement function called “Clear Calling,” free access to Google One’s VPN service, a new privacy and security settings hub, and Fitbit sleep profiles for the Pixel Watch. Here’s the summary of all the features included in this announcement. Exclusive Pixel 7 and 7 Pro features During the Pixel 7 series launch, Google said that folks buying the… Source link