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Tech journalist Cory Doctorow outlines how sites can change the deal with users.

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  • Technology

From Amazon to Facebook and Google, here's how platforms can 'decay'

If you feel like some important places on the internet have been getting worse, you're not alone. In fact, there has been a whole lot of action in the last 12 months.

January 04, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Michael Levitt,
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Google agreed on Thursday to settle a $5 billion privacy lawsuit claiming that it continued spying on people who used the "incognito" mode in its Chrome browser — along with similar "private browsing" modes in other browsers — to track their internet use.

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  • Business

Google settles $5 billion privacy lawsuit over tracking people using 'incognito mode'

The class-action lawsuit said Google misled users into believing that it wouldn't track their internet activities while using 'incognito mode.' Terms of the settlement weren't disclosed.

December 30, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
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  • Technology

A jury decided Google's Android app store benefits from anticompetitive barriers

The maker of Fortnite sued three years ago, alleging that Google abused its power to shield its Play Store from competition in order to protect a gold mine that makes billions of dollars annually.

December 11, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
GPB News NPR

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  • Music

Google's latest AI music tool creates tracks using famous singers' voice clones

Nine artists including T-Pain, Demi Lovato and Charlie Puth have granted Google permission to use their singing voices for the new tool, Dream Track.

November 17, 2023
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By:
  • Chloe Veltman
A photo shows the logo signs of Google and YouTube at their stand ahead of the World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos in 2022.

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  • Technology

YouTube will label AI-generated videos that look real

The Google-owned video platform says it will shut accounts if they don't disclose when they use AI tools to make realistic-looking content. Other platforms are adopting similar policies.

November 14, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Telegram has removed popular Hamas-linked accounts from the messaging service after a pro-Israel advocacy organization sent letters to Apple and Google asking the tech companies to pressure Telegram to take down the channels.

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  • Technology

The Telegram app has been a key platform for Hamas. Now it's being restricted there

The popular messaging app became one of the only major social media platforms that permitted accounts with ties to Hamas.

October 31, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is set to testify in major antitrust trial brought by the Department of Justice.

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  • Business

Google to present its star witness, the company's CEO, in landmark monopoly trial

The Justice Department has wrapped its side of the case, alleging Google used its dominance to quash rivals. Now Google's CEO Sundar Pichai takes the stand.

October 29, 2023
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
Google is headed to trial in Washington D.C., where it will defend itself over the Justice Department's claims that it abused its monopoly power in its search engine business.

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  • Business

United States takes on Google in biggest tech monopoly trial of 21st century

The biggest antitrust trial in nearly 25 years kicks off on Tuesday as the Justice Department makes its case that Google is an illegal monopoly.

September 12, 2023
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
As the company turns 25, many are wondering what the future holds.

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  • Technology

Google turns 25, with an uncertain future as AI looms

For 25 years, Google has shaped the internet. Now, artificial intelligence threatens to change everything.

September 05, 2023
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By:
  • Manuela López Restrepo
Google announced on Thursday that it will start blocking links to Canadian news articles once a new law in the country forcing tech companies to bargain with news publishers takes effect.

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  • Technology

Google says it will start blocking Canadian news stories in response to new law

The Google fight with the country echoes a similar battle in Australia, where the tech industry eventually struck deals with news publishers after tense negotiations.

June 29, 2023
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn

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  • Health

Google shows you ads for anti-abortion centers when you search for clinics near you

A new report finds Google makes millions of dollars in ad buys from anti-abortion "pregnancy centers" that aim to divert women who are seeking abortion care.

June 22, 2023
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By:
  • Laurel Wamsley
YouTube announced on June 2 that it will no longer take down video that make false claims about the legitimacy of U.S. elections.

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  • Technology

YouTube will no longer take down false claims about U.S. elections

The Google-owned video platform's reversal comes as former President Donald Trump continues to baselessly claim the 2020 election was stolen

June 02, 2023
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
Annie McGrath and her son Griffin when he was young.

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  • Business

One mom takes on YouTube over deadly social media blackout challenge

After Wisconsin mom Annie McGrath's teenage son died in a YouTube blackout challenge, she confronted shareholders at an annual meeting of its parent company.

June 02, 2023
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By:
  • Dara Kerr
A sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 24, 2019.

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  • Technology

If you haven't logged into your Google account in over 2 years, it will be deleted

The deleted accounts will get rid of user data in Gmail, Google Drive and Docs, Google Calendar and YouTube. To keep an account active, a user simply has to log in.

May 17, 2023
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By:
  • Ayana Archie
As of March 2023, there were 316,000 job openings in tech, according to the nonprofit IT association CompTIA. Despite mass layoffs in Silicon Valley, tech jobs remain plentiful.

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  • Business

Need a job? Tech remains a good bet despite mass layoffs in Silicon Valley

The number of openings in the technology field is still high, and tech jobs continue to be attractive to workers looking for stable, lucrative careers.

April 26, 2023
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  • Andrea Hsu
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