Sen. Curtis challenges Google executives on addictive algorithms that could radicalize users

The Utah senator pressed social media executives on how they prioritize content to keep users engaged even at their own expense.
Fox News

Google to reinstate banned YouTube accounts censored for political speech

The EU laws have drawn bipartisan scrutiny in Congress over concerns the foreign laws will force big tech companies to follow ...

Google adds Chrome Web Store user agent

Google has added a new user agent to its help documentation named Google-CWS. This is the Chrome Web Store user agent that is a user-triggered fetchers. More details. Google posted about the new user ...

Google Says Biden Admin Pressured Company To Remove Content

Plus: ICE helps arrest sex workers, the SIM farm "security threat," Waymo car crashes caused by human error, and ...
Fox News

Android feature prevents sensitive content in Google Messages

Have you ever stumbled upon a mysterious app in your Android system settings called "SafetyCore"? If so, you're not alone. Introduced in late 2024, this system service aims to enhance on-device ...
Bleeping Computer

Google fixes flaw that could unmask YouTube users' email addresses

Google has fixed two vulnerabilities that, when chained together, could expose the email addresses of YouTube accounts, causing a massive privacy breach for those using the site anonymously. The ...
Mashable

Google tracks Android users before they open apps, report says

It’s pretty much assumed that using a smartphone means that some company somewhere is tracking you. However, people usually expect to have to actually use the thing before it starts to track their ...
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Google outage hits emails, Maps and YouTube users

Google is down for thousands of people, leaving many unable to use the search engine or access their emails. The disruption began just after 8am, according to online outage tracker DownDetector, ...
CNET

Google Meet Is Working Again, and Users Say, Really, You Didn't Need to Rush

Google's video call app, Meet, is back up after a one-hour outage Monday, and Google said engineers have rolled back the change that caused the outage. Starting just before 10:30 a.m. PT (1:30 p.m ...
techtimes

Google Gemini Successfully Licenses AP's News Content For AI But Coming First to Paid Users

Gone are the days when generative artificial intelligence platforms are scraping websites illegally, particularly the Big Tech companies who have faced these complaints, with Google's latest move ...
Search Engine Land

Is Google ‘stealing’ your international search traffic with translations? Here’s what we found.

A recent Ahrefs blog post claimed that Google is “stealing” international search traffic by automatically translating foreign-language content and serving it through its own infrastructure, ...