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NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe talks with John Ourande > of Sports Business Journal about the bidding war among tech companies to acquire broadcasting rights for the NFL. AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: A bidding war is brewing between the world’s largest tech companies. Apple, Amazon and Google are all pushing to acquire the rights for the same service. And we’re not talking about an app or website. We’re talking about football, baby. The three tech giants are pushing to… Source link

Workers at Google’s parent company Alphabet want to better protect people’s abortion-related location data and search history. Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP hide caption toggle caption … Source link

Google announced that it would delete location data showing when people visit abortion providers, but privacy experts, and some Google employees, want the company to do more to safeguard data. Jeff Chiu/AP hide caption … Source link

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: Most of the time, when authorities issue search warrants to Google for information, Google complies. It hands over emails, location history, search data. It has all kinds of information about you. So how will Google respond when authorities ask for details about people seeking abortions in places where it’s now illegal? NPR tech reporter Bobby Allyn reports. BOBBY ALLYN, BYLINE: When police are trying to solve a crime, they often turn… Source link

Trevor Rainbolt has garnered over 600,000 followers on TikTok with his uncanny ability to identify the country where photos on Google Maps were taken. Source link

Blake Lemoine poses for a portrait in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Martin Klimek/ for The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Martin… Source link

Google has expanded its policies to make it easier for people to request personal contact information be removed from online search results. Google / Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption … Source link

Google doodle honoring inventor Elijah McCoy. Google/Screenshot by NPR hide caption toggle caption Google/Screenshot by NPR … Source link

Meta, Facebook’s parent company, says the decision to bar Russian state media from making money on its platform comes in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Tony Avelar/AP hide caption toggle… Source link

Google employees fill Harry Bridges Plaza in front of the Ferry Building during a walkout Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, in San Francisco. Eric Risberg/AP hide caption toggle caption … Source link