Researchers Accused Google And “60 Minutes” Of Spreading AI “Disinformation”
AI is not “some mysterious, magical, autonomous being,” one critic said.
The Battle For AI Supremacy Got Super Intense This Week, Risks Be Damned
“‘Move fast and break things’ seems to suddenly be in vogue again.”
Google Just Heated Up The AI Wars By Announcing Its Own ChatGPT Rival
Bard will be available “in the coming weeks."
Google Will Start Letting You Know When You Can't Just Google It
A series of updates to the way search results are returned and prioritized aims to fight misinformation with content advisories.
Elon Musk Said He Hasn’t "Even Had Sex In Ages" In Response To The Viral Rumors That He Had An Affair With The Wife Of Google Cofounder Sergey Brin
“Haven’t even had sex in ages (sigh).”
“I Don’t Google Anymore. I TikTok.”
“That's not to say that everything a random person on TikTok without credentials is saying is a lie, but you just have to know the difference between knowing that this is true, and thinking, Oh, I should look that up."
Democrats Want To Stop Google's Location Data From Being Used Against People Who Get Abortions
If adopted, the change would dramatically reduce police access to citizens’ physical location and affect much more than abortion prosecutions.
Google Showed Off Its Language-Translating Glasses
The tech giant also unveiled its long-anticipated Pixel Watch at its annual developer conference.
Google Maps Blocked Edits After People Falsely Claimed It Was Used to Coordinate Russian Air Strikes
Ukrainian-language accounts claimed edits targeted gas stations, schools, and hospitals in cities like Kyiv.
Lyra Health, Which Provides Therapy For Google And Facebook Employees, Is Facing Concerns Over Privacy And Treatment
“This isn’t an assembly line. This is actually people,” said one former therapist.
Mark Zuckerberg And Sundar Pichai Allegedly Signed Off On Illegal Facebook–Google Ad Deal
Newly unredacted claims from a 2020 antitrust lawsuit say that Mark Zuckerberg and Sundar Pichai personally approved an allegedly illegal 2018 advertising deal.
One Of The Creators Of Google Glass Is Experimenting With A Smart Retainer For Texting With Your Tongue
The academic project works by having users mouth letters to spell words — without actually speaking them.
“This Is Blackface”: White Actors Are Playing Black Characters In Virtual Reality Diversity Training
Mursion tells big corporate clients that its VR simulations will help teach racial sensitivity. But the actors playing its Black characters are often white.
Listen: No, Your Phone Can’t Hear You — But Here's How It Gets Your Data Anyway
“I think people feel powerless over their individual ability to change this big system. In many ways it feels like ‘I’m too far gone now. I’ve had a Facebook profile for years. If I delete it, they’re still going to hold on to all the data. What difference does it make?’”
Telegram And Amazon Are Hosting Fake Vaccine Card Merchants
Fake vaccine card merchants are rampant on Telegram. Meanwhile, fake vaccine card listings continue to fall between the cracks on Amazon, despite a ban on them.
COVID-19 Is Devastating India. Its Government Is Trying To Censor Social Media.
As thousands of people die each day, the Modi government is cracking down on people criticizing it online.
Why Am I Sp Bad At Typign?
To solve my typos, I had to become a typo.
I Thought My Job Was To Report On Technology In India. Instead, I Got A Front-Row Seat To The Decline Of My Democracy.
I love writing about tech. But covering how a Hindu nationalist government is using it to destroy a secular democracy isn’t what I signed up for.
Listen: These TikToks Actually Might Have Some Decent Medical Advice
“A girl went viral on TikTok for this. She was sharing all of her symptoms saying they couldn’t figure out what was wrong with her—turned out she had Chlamydia in her lungs.”
Democrats And Republicans Alike Are Talking About Breaking Down Big Tech Monopolies
Politicians in Congress are talking about returning to the days of robust anti-monopoly enforcement.
Google And Apple Have Caved To Pakistani Pressure To Take Down Apps Made By This Persecuted Religious Minority
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has used anti-blasphemy rules to target members of the Ahmadiyya community.
Google Has Threatened To Pull Search From Australia If It Is Forced To Pay News Publishers For Content
The move could have ripple effects around the world, including in the United States.
Trump Has Pardoned A Silicon Valley Engineer Who Stole Trade Secrets From Google
A judge had allowed Anthony Levandowski to serve out his 18-month prison sentence after the coronavirus pandemic.
Trump's Social Media Banishment Now Includes YouTube
The move makes YouTube the latest in a string of technology companies that have limited the president online after his supporters stormed the Capitol last week.
The Google Logo Was Changed On Your Birthday, And Here's What It Looked Like
A different doodle daily!
First Person In US Receives COVID-19 Vaccine
A New York nurse is the first person in the US to get the coronavirus vaccine, plus "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" turned two years old and Jesy Nelson announced she's leaving Little Mix.
Google ist für eine Stunde abgestürzt und die Leute waren aufgeschmissen
Nein, es war nicht nur bei dir.
Google Just Released Some Of The Biggest Searches They Had In 2020
None of these searches should be too surprising.
Google Just Released 10 People Who Were Searched For A Lot In 2020
Yes, we were talking about things other than COVID-19 this year!
In 2020, Disinformation Broke The US
Lies about science, civil rights, and the vote itself have turned Americans against one another.
Donald Trump Shows Up First When You Search Twitter For "Loser." Here's Why.
“If an account is mentioned often alongside certain terms, they can become algorithmically surfaced together as an association.”
Anonymous Trump Critic And Former DHS Staffer Miles Taylor Has Left Google
Taylor, who had been on unpaid leave from Google, was employed by the company for a little more than a year.
Listen: Theories, Rumors, And Forbidden Questions About “The Mandalorian” Season 2
“What does baby Yoda taste like? A cursed thought.”
US Senators Can't Be Bothered To Pronounce The Google CEO's Last Name Correctly
It's not “pick-eye.”
Trump Is Encouraging Voting Fraud In The Week Before Election Day
Trump’s tweet — which came minutes after a Fox News host mentioned a New York Post article about a spike in Google searches for “can I change my vote” — is wrong on several fronts.
Listen: Caroline Giuliani On Claudia Conway, Voting For Joe Biden, And Standing Up To Your Parents
“I’ve been able to relate to this desire to run away from the election because I’ve been running away from politics my whole life.”
The Feds Are Suing Google, Saying It Has Way Too Much Control Over Internet Searches
"No one can feasibly challenge Google’s dominance in search and search advertising."
Googleの5G対応スマホは完全に「新しい生活様式」向け。Pixel 5とPixel 4a 5Gは、どっちが買いなの？
Googleから発売された5G対応スマホPixel 5とPixel 4a（5G）。背面カメラに超広角レンズが搭載され、最新のGoogleアシスタントによっていろんな機能が追加されます。どっちが「買い」なのでしょうか？ レビューで説明します。
Startups In India Want To Build Their Own App Store To Bypass Google's
To avoid paying a 30% cut, Indian tech companies are looking for new ways to get apps in the hands of consumers.
11 absurde Verschwörungstheorien, über die ich immer noch nachdenke
Wenn du einmal anfängst, dich reinzulesen, kannst du nicht mehr aufhören.
Online School Is Highlighting Silicon Valley’s Gaping Income Inequality
An entire semester of remote learning isn’t ideal for any student, but adjusting to this new reality will be much more difficult for some families than for others — even in Silicon Valley, the world’s technology capital.
Facebook Bought Instagram To Neutralize A Competitor, Emails Show
The revelation from Mark Zuckerberg's emails was a flashpoint during the congressional hearing on tech antitrust.
Google Said It Would Invest $10 Billion In India. Nearly Half Of It Is Going To The Country's Richest Man.
Google is the second large Silicon Valley tech company to buy a stake in Jio Platforms after Facebook.
Facebook And Instagram Will Let You Turn Off Political Ads
“For those of you who’ve already made up your minds and just want the election to be over, we hear you."
"The Black Lives Matter Foundation" Raised Millions. It's Not Affiliated With The Black Lives Matter Movement.
Employees of Apple, Google, and Microsoft have raised millions of dollars for the Black Lives Matter Foundation thinking it's the international racial justice movement seeking to end police brutality. That couldn’t be further from the truth.
Forget Trump’s Executive Order. Some Lawmakers Want To Use Antitrust To Really Take On Big Tech.
Trump’s executive order may not do much, but a growing movement of unlikely Republican and Democratic allies are pushing for a real crackdown on tech companies.
Trump Wants To Help Conservatives Sue Twitter For Censorship, But He’ll Face An Obstacle: Justice Brett Kavanaugh
Trump signed an executive order aimed at stripping Twitter and other social media companies of legal immunity.
The Drudge Report Has Been Linking To This Armenian Guy's Site Instead Of The New York Times
Drudge referred roughly 8 million views to the site since November.
When India's Airports Reopen On Monday, They'll Be Pushing Travelers To Use The Government's Controversial Contact Tracing App
Downloading Aarogya Setu won't be mandatory to fly, but Indian authorities will be pushing it.
Apple And Google's Coronavirus Tech Won't Actually Do Contact Tracing. Here's Why Exposure Notification Is Different
Exposure notifications and digital contact tracing are two different things. Choosing one or the other could change the course of the pandemic.
We Can Accurately Guess Which Season Your Birthday Is In Based On The Brands You Pick
Winter, spring, summer, or fall?
Apple And Google Have Released Their Paint-By-Numbers Recommendations For Contact Tracing Apps
The companies say that public health authorities have asked for help in designing what contact tracing apps might look like.
We Need An “Army” Of Contact Tracers To Safely Reopen The Country. We Might Get Apps Instead.
Without enough human contact tracers to identify infected people, the US is barreling toward a digital solution, and possible disaster.
Australia Wants Facebook And Google To Pay News Outlets For Their Content. Could Governments Around The World Follow?
As the coronavirus pandemic decimates the economics of the news industry, the Australian government is stepping in. It may not be the only one.
The New NHS Coronavirus App Won’t Work Without A Huge Increase In Testing And People To Do Contact Tracing
“You cannot ‘big data’ your way out of a ‘no data’ situation. Period.”
Apple And Google Are Teaming Up To Track The Spread Of The Coronavirus
The two companies are developing software for iPhones and Android devices that will help health officials tell people if they were in recent contact with someone who tested positive for the virus.
Google Told Its Workers That They Can’t Use Zoom On Their Laptops Anymore
Zoom has exploded in popularity during the coronavirus pandemic while also coming under fire over security issues.
Google Is Publishing Location Data From 131 Countries To Show How Coronavirus Lockdowns Are Working
The anonymized data is being published on a dedicated new website.
After The Coronavirus Passes, Your World Will Not Go Back To Normal
Before the pandemic began, the systems that govern our world were brittle. Today, they are broken. When we emerge, the world will be different, and so will we.
Want To Get Screened For Coronavirus By Verily? You’ll Need A Google Account For That.
Privacy advocates are alarmed over the search giant’s new COVID-19 screening portal.
Here's A Running List Of The Latest Hoaxes Spreading About The Coronavirus
Misinformation, hoaxes, and snake oil cures have all been rampant online since the outbreak of the coronavirus.
SXSW 2020 Has Been Canceled Following Coronavirus Fears
City officials said Friday that South by Southwest won't be happening this year.
Apple Takes WWDC Online-Only As The Coronavirus Spreads
Here's a running list of all the other major cancellations.
Google Has Banned Almost 600 Apps For Pushing “Disruptive” Ads
“This is an invasive maneuver resulting in poor user experiences.”
After Months Of Scandal And Scrutiny On Its Founder, Andy Rubin’s Essential Is Shutting Down
The company's shutdown leaves 114 people, including Andy Rubin, out of jobs.
These Fake Local News Sites Have Confused People For Years. We Found Out Who Created Them.
As they stole stories from real newspapers, these sites baffled scientists, activists, and journalists. Until now.
As Trump Expands His Travel Ban, Amazon, Apple And Google Are Silent
In January 2017, when the Trump administration first unveiled a travel ban targeting seven majority Muslim countries, the tech industry took up arms. This time around there's mainly been silence.
Google Suggests "Husband" After Women's Names More Often Than "Wife" For Men
"Husband" or "wedding" was far more likely to come up as a Google auto-suggestion for the names of women journalists, Harvard professors, and Forbes' 30 Under 30 winners than "wife" did for men.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Harshly Criticized The Indian Law That Discriminates Against Muslim Immigrants: “I Think It’s Just Bad”
The native of Hyderabad said: “If anything, I would love to see a Bangladeshi immigrant who comes to India and creates the next unicorn in India.”
People Are Finding Images Of Their Deceased Loved Ones On Google Maps
"It’s kind of like he's still there, still waving, and it just makes me feel like he’s just still around."
Facebook Said It Won't Change Its Policies On Allowing Lies In Political Ads
"Ultimately, we don’t think decisions about political ads should be made by private companies," a Facebook executive said.
Smartphones Transformed India. Now Indians Are Turning Them Against The Modi Government.
Cheap data and inexpensive smartphones brought millions of people online in India this decade. As the country’s government cracks down, protesters are using the internet to resist.
Hackers Are Breaking Into Websites And Adding Links To Game Google
Google made the link a valuable commodity, so hackers are compromising sites and then getting paid to inject links.
17 Screenshots Of Reviews People Actually Left That Are Just, Wow
"Haven't been there. One star."
Most People Have No Idea Where These Landmarks Are On A Map — Do You?
Put your geography skills to the test!
Here's Everything That Aussies Were Searching On Google In 2019
"Google, how do I survive the impending End-of-Days?"
NATO-Linked Researchers Bought Fake Social Media Engagements To Test How Facebook, Twitter, And Google Combat Manipulation. The Companies Failed.
A NATO affiliate carried out a four-month experiment into manipulation on social media websites. The findings are published in a major new report.
Google's Cofounders Are Stepping Down. Sundar Pichai Will Become The CEO Of Google And Alphabet.
Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are passing the torch.
Four Engineers Allege Google Fired Them For Speaking Up. Now They Want The NLRB To Investigate.
A group of former Google employees who were terminated last month are hoping their complaints about unfair labor practices will trigger a federal investigation into the search giant.
After Google Announced New Political Ad Rules, Michael Bloomberg Spent An Estimated $1 Million
That’s far more than the estimated amount Warren spent in November.
People Are Doing Weird Stuff At Trump Properties On Google Maps
“Look a little closer!”
21 Things BuzzFeed News Tried And Loved In 2019
Some of these things may change your life. Or not.
“Nothing Is Off The Table” For Facebook As Google And Twitter Crack Down On Political Ads
For now, Donald Trump and Joe Biden can target ads however they want on Facebook. How long will that last?
House Caucus Leaders Wrote A Letter To Google Asking About Its Hire Of A Former DHS Staffer Who Worked On Family Separation
“We find it alarming when companies choose to reward and hire individuals that have played active roles in implementing cruel policies that target and hurt the communities we represent and Google is no exception.”
Teens Are Uploading Cursed Images To Their Schools Google Maps Page
You may be searching for your school, but you'll see photos of potatoes, erotic fan art, and even ALF.
These Hugely Popular Local News Sites In The US And Canada Are Fake
A network of fake local news sites generated millions of pageviews as part of an ad fraud scheme, researchers say.
Jeremy Stoppelman’s Long Battle With Google Is Finally Paying Off
Yelp launched 15 years ago in October, and for most of its existence it's been in an epic battle with Google. Here's why its CEO keeps fighting and keeps focusing on trust.
Amazon, Apple, And Google Are Distributing Products From Companies Building China's Surveillance State
Three Chinese companies helped build a security state in China’s Xinjiang region to repress millions of Uighur Muslims. Amazon, eBay, Apple, and Google are still selling their products and distributing their apps.
Opinion: Why Facebook Should Sit Out The 2020 Election
Digital political advertising is a lawless Wild West. Until rules can be enforced, there's no responsible way for tech giants to participate.
A Google Staffer Helped Sell Trump's Family Separation Policy, Despite The Company Denials
“The idea that you could disassociate from a policy that consumed the entire department while you were deputy chief of staff is ridiculous,” one former DHS official told BuzzFeed News.
Google Is Making A Big Change To The Way It Serves Search Results
Meet BERT, the machine-powered language processing technology, that Google executives said will better understand the context of search queries.
Google Removed Employee Questions About Its Hiring Of A Former DHS Staffer Who Defended The Muslim Travel Ban
“I find it ironic that leadership is worried about the hurt feelings of a single powerful person, but not about the message that their hiring has _already sent_ to Googlers."
A Top DHS Staffer Who Defended The Muslim Travel Ban Now Works At Google
Former DHS staffer Miles Taylor once defended a “tough” but “tailored” version of Trump’s controversial travel ban and served under Kirstjen Nielsen during the implementation of the family separation policy at the US–Mexico border.
Disgraced Google Exec Andy Rubin Quietly Left His Venture Firm Earlier This Year
Android creator Andy Rubin left Google with a $90 million exit package after investigations into sexual misconduct. Now he's out at Playground Global, the venture firm he founded, allegedly with another multimillion-dollar payout.
As Google Backlashes Have Risen And Fallen, So Have Its Grants To News Organizations
Google’s troubles have been moving from Europe to the US, and the money to news organizations has too.
Google Removed Dozens Of Android Apps From A Major Chinese Developer Due To "Deceptive Or Disruptive Ads"
This is the third time in recent months that Google has mass-removed apps from a big Chinese developer due to ad violations.
Alexa Plays The Highwaymen Instead Of The Highwomen
"Me: Alexa, play the Highwomen. Alexa: Shuffling songs by the Highwaymen. Me: [dies of patriarchy]."
