Tech giant Google announced that it will delete any accounts that have been inactive for at least two years—including Gmail and YouTube accounts. Google’s policy of deleting accounts will start in December 2023, and it will include Google accounts including YouTube, Google Docs, Google Meet, Google Calendar, Google Photos, and Gmail. The company said it will…
Google Maps Adds Features to Make It Easier to Explore National Parks
By Laurie Baratti From TravelPulse With springtime’s warmer temperatures, Americans are once again turning their attention to getting away in the great outdoors. That shared urge encompasses everything from the solo hiker in search of peaceful solitude in Mother Nature’s soothing embrace to whole families who are in need of a fresh-air escape and some…
Google Is Rolling Out Password-Killing Technology to All Its Accounts
Google this week said it is rolling out an update for its users that it describes as “the beginning of the end of the password.” Known as “passkeys,” the tech giant wrote that “passkeys for Google Accounts are available” starting this week. Google also suggested that passwords may eventually be phased out for its products,…
Google Wins US Patent Trial Over Data-Retrieval Technology
Alphabet’s Google LLC won a jury trial on Tuesday in a long-running patent lawsuit in Delaware federal court over features in Google’s smartphones and apps. The jury decided that Luxembourg-based patent owner Arendi SARL’s patent was invalid and that Google did not infringe it, according to the verdict made public on Wednesday. Attorneys for Arendi…
Google Canada Tells Senate Bill C-18 Would Create Unreasonable Financial Liability
Google Canada has told senators that it would be reasonable to reconsider whether it shares links to news sites if the government’s online news bill becomes law, but it is not promising to block them. Richard Gingras, the vice-president of the company’s news division, told a Senate committee Wednesday that Google has shared its concerns…
Apple, Google Team up to Create ‘Alerts’ for Spying and Location Tracking
Apple and Google on Tuesday proposed creating alerts amid reports of stalking via Apple’s AirTag and similar tools, according to a release issued Tuesday. The new proposed industry standard will allow the Big Tech companies to “allow Bluetooth location-tracking devices to be compatible with unauthorized tracking detection and alerts across iOS and Android platform,” the…
‘Godfather of AI’ Quits Google to Warn About ‘Scary’ Technology
A groundbreaking innovator in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) is sounding the alarm over the dangers imposed by the technology for which his work laid the foundation. Geoffrey Hinton, the British computer scientist who has been called the “Godfather of AI,” recently left his position as a vice president and engineering fellow at Google…
Federal Court Rejects Google’s Motion to Dismiss Antitrust Lawsuit
A Virginia district court on April 28 rejected Google’s request to dismiss an antitrust lawsuit filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) about the company’s advertising business. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, accuses Google of monopolizing key digital advertising technologies, known as the “ad tech stack,”…
Bill C-11: How to Get the Internet, Not TrudeauNet
Commentary What can you do if you don’t want the new government-approved internet? If you want the internet, not TrudeauNet, find a VPN (Virtual Private Network) and you are on your way. VPNs are designed to enhance security but also to make your IP address invisible to the rest of the internet. That means you…
Google’s Persistent Ad Slump Weighs on Alphabet’s 1Q Results
SAN FRANCISCO—Google’s advertising malaise persisted during the first quarter while the internet company also grapples with advancements in artificial intelligence technology that threaten to undercut its dominant search engine. An unprecedented downturn in Google’s digital ad revenue—the company’s main moneymaker for more than 20 years—came into sharper focus Tuesday with the release of the January-March…
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