Ted Cruz and Tucker Carlson are the latest to slam Google over its threat to demonetize The Federalist, a right-wing news outlet, over reader comments on its stories, amid growing criticism and concern over how much power the company has over the media. The row began with an NBC story which claimed that its reporting … Read more
The police killing of black man George Floyd in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25 sparked outrage that has seen protests across the world denouncing police brutality, demanding change, and the end of systemic racism. Floyd’s death, unfortunately, is just one of a slew of police killings upon black men and women, including those who were … Read more
The US government is using Google and social media sites like Facebook as mass surveillance tools, as user data requests have dramatically increased over the past decade, a new report reveals. ProtonMail, an end-to-end encryption email firm, found requests to Google increased by 510 percent since 2010 and requests to Facebook rose 363 percent since … Read more
Winston Churchill’s picture has disappeared from Google’s list of British prime ministers as protesters call for his statue to be torn down. The wartime leader is the only prime minister to be left without a photo. Clement Attlee, Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin, who all served before Churchill, are still displayed with their images. Adolf … Read more
Winston Churchill’s picture has disappeared from Google’s list of British prime ministers as protesters call for his statue to be torn down. The wartime leader is the only prime minister to be left without a photo. Clement Attlee, Neville Chamberlain and Stanley Baldwin, who all served before Churchill, are still displayed with their images. It … Read more
Now that’s a bookmobile! Google’s drone delivery service Wing will now bring books to children in Virginia to make up for school library closures due to COVID-19 Christiansburg, Virginia students can now order library books for drone delivery Google’s Wing drone delivery service has partnered with the local school library Students submit requests for the … Read more
Apple’s Siri is supporting the Black Lives Matter movement by providing users who say ‘All Lives Matter’ with a link to learn more about human rights initiative. When speaking the phrase to Siri, it will respond, ‘All Lives Matter’ is often used in response to phrase ‘Black Lives Matter,’ but it does not represent the … Read more
Google Maps lets you see when public transport is the busiest to help you avoid crowds as Americans head back to work following the coronavirus lockdowns Google is rolling out Transit alerts to Maps to help people avoid crowds The feature displays when public transportation is likely to be more or less busy The firm … Read more
Chinese and Iranian hackers target personal email accounts of staffers working on presidential campaigns for Joe Biden and Donald Trump, but Google insists there are ‘no signs of compromise’ Google reported attempted attacks on presidential campaign staffers Hackers from China targets the personal emails of Joe Biden staffers While hackers from Iran went after the emails … Read more
Google faces $5 BILLION lawsuit for ‘illegally invading the privacy of millions of users’ by ‘tracking their internet use through incognito mode’ Google has been hit with a class action suit filed in San Jose, California The law suit alleges Google continued to collect data during ‘incognito’ mode Google says they clearly state that some … Read more