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Google’s worst hardware flop was introduced 10 years ago today
The Nexus Q’s sci-fi looks couldn’t make up for its deep flaws.
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Take it from a software engineer: Big Tech's monopoly is stifling innovation
Tech industry opposition to bipartisan tech reform isn't rooted in honest concern for American competitiveness.
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'How to move to Canada' — Google searches jumped 850% after abortion ruling
The Roe v Wade decision has not only made crossing state lines a big issue in seeking an abortion, but Americans are also looking at the bigger picture – Moving to Canada. Google searches for “how to move to Canada from U.S.” surged on Friday following the U.S. Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade, according to Google Trends data.
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Google’s Pixel 5 was the last of its kind
From time to time, I’ll grab a random device out of the Verge reviews closet and spend a week or two with it. It’s mostly out of random curiosity and for the sake of comparing “old” products against the latest and greatest. Most recently, I was drawn to Google’s Pixel 5. So I gave it a factory reset, updated the phone to Android 12, and have been using it as my daily driver for the past several days.
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Here’s Google’s letter saying employees can relocate to states with abortion rights
"Googlers can apply for relocation without justification."
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The Internet Google Left Behind
It's not what Google helps you find—it’s what it allows to flourish.
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How a Religious Sect Landed Google in a Lawsuit
A video producer claims he was fired after he complained that an obscure group based in the Sierra foothills dominated a business unit at Google.
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Google worker says he was fired for blowing whistle on cult
The internet giant, a doomsday religious sect, and a lawsuit in Silicon Valley
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Meta, Google, Twitter vow to fight fake news better as EU gets tougher
Meta , Alphabet (GOOGL.O) unit Google, Twitter (TWTR.N) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) agreed on Thursday to take a tougher line against disinformation under an updated EU code of practice that could hit them with hefty fines if they fail to do so. More than 30 signatories including advertising bodies have committed to the updated Code of Practice on disinformation, the European Commission said.
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John Oliver on big tech: ‘Ending a monopoly is almost always a good thing’
The Last Week Tonight host examined Google, Amazon and Apple and efforts to address ‘anti-competitive conduct’
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Google Sidelines Engineer Who Claims Its A.I. Is Sentient
Blake Lemoine, the engineer, says that Google’s language model has a soul. The company disagrees.
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Google pays out $118 million to female staff who earned less than their male colleagues to settle lawsuit
Search giant was accused of paying more than 15,000 female staff $17,000 a year less than their male counterparts for the same work.
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Google Engineer On Leave After He Claims AI Program Has Gone Sentient
Artificially intelligent chatbot generator LaMDA wants “to be acknowledged as an employee of Google rather than as property," says engineer Blake Lemoine.
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Google Agrees to Pay Out $118 Million To Former Employees In Gender Discrimination And Pay Equity Suit
Bloomberg.com reports that the case is Ellis v. Google LLC, Google having to pay out $118 million settlement to over 15,000 female employees for gender discrimination.
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YouTube taught us, ruined us, and we can't live without it
Review: A new doc, The YouTube Effect, lays bare the platform's biggest problems
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The Google engineer who thinks the company’s AI has come to life
The chorus of technologists who believe AI models may not be far off from achieving consciousness is getting bolder.
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YouTube TV adds a highly-requested feature to Android TV and Roku devices
5.1 surround sound is finally available on all three major streaming platforms, but there's a catch.
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Google to pay $100 million to Illinois residents for Photos’ face grouping feature
A considerable class-action lawsuit against Google has been resolved.
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Google is killing location-based reminders
Family reminders are also going away.
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Google quietly bans deepfake training projects on Colab
Google has quietly banned deepfake projects on its Colaboratory (Colab) service, putting an end to the large-scale utilization of the platform's resources for this purpose.
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