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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Google will pay Washington state $39.9 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the Alphabet unit of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on …
A recent move by Google to populate the Internet with eight new top-level domains is prompting concerns that two of the additions could be a boon to online scammers who trick people into clicking on malicious links. From a report: Two weeks ago, Google…
Samsung Electronics won’t be swapping out the default search engine on its smartphones from Google to Microsoft’s Bing any time soon, WSJ reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone …
Researchers are worried about Google’s .zip and .mov domains, because they are confusing. Mistaking a URL for a filename could be a security vulnerability.
An anonymous reader shares a report: Google’s Privacy Sandbox aims to replace third-party cookies with a more privacy-conscious approach, allowing users to manage their interests and grouping them into cohorts based on similar browsing patterns. That’s…
Google’s Device Vulnerability Reward Program helps the company identify security flaws in its operating system and devices. To promote additional security research in areas of their products that will have a greater impact and protect the users&#…
Google has agreed to an $8 million settlement with Texas over deceptive ads for its Pixel 4 smartphone, in which radio DJs were hired to provide testimonials without being given the phone to use. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made the announcement …
Artificial intelligence art service Midjourney and Shutterstock will identify their computer-generated images in Google Search.
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AI technology should not be considered an “inventor” by U.S. patent law, Google argues in a new filing with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. From a report: USPTO is currently soliciting comments on AI technologies and inventorship — asking people…
One cellphone owner reports their Pixel 6 Pro “has recently been overheating and excessively draining its battery,” reports Endgadget.
“They suspect the culprit is the Google app and an update that began rolling out on May 12th…” And they’re not th…