87 posts tagged ‘Google’
Google’s App Store Is an Illegal Monopoly, Says Jury in Epic Trial
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Google lost its antitrust case against Epic Games on Monday night, where a San Francisco jury unanimously ruled the search giant maintains a monopoly with its Google Play app store. Read more...
Apple’s New Journal App May Be the Only Thing to Keep You Sane This Holiday
There are plenty of things to like about the latest iOS 17.2 update. For one, iPhone 15 Pro users are getting telephoto camera improvements and can finally use the titanium-shelled hardware to shoot spatial videos for the Vision Pro. There’s also a new Action button shortcut for real-time translation. But the most… Read more...
Google’s Gemini
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Casey Newton: Google this morning announced the rollout of Gemini, its largest and most capable large language model to date. Starting today, the company’s Bard chatbot will be powered by a version of Gemini, and will be available in English in more than 170 countries and territories. Developers and enterprise customers will get access to […]
Google's Project Ellmann Shows Your Life in Photos
In a recent internal summit, Google proposed its next big idea: an AI-powered feature titled ‘Project Ellmann’ that would provide users with a snapshot or, as they’re calling it, a “bird’s eye view” of their entire lives. Read more...
Freewrite Alpha Review: Can This Minimalistic E-Typewriter Cure My Writer’s Block?
The curse of all writing is not necessarily a distraction, but the anxiety stemming from creating something you know is awful. Writing is undoubtedly a painful, twisted joy until you read your work and wonder if you ever had a bare ounce of creativity. Read more...
Here's Why the 23andMe Data Breach Is Such a Disaster
Earlier this week, 23andMe admitted that an October hack was dramatically worse than the company initially admitted, affecting 6.9 million people, not the 14,000 it first reported. 23andMe followed up with an early Christmas present for users: a terms of service update that funnels disgruntled users into a mass… Read more...
Most Compatible With Google Chrome
Catalin Cimpanu (2019, via Hacker News): A former high-ranking Mozilla executive has accused Google of intentionally and systematically sabotaging Firefox over the past decade in order to boost Chrome’s adoption.He is not the first Firefox team member to come forward and make such accusations in the past eight months; however, his allegations span far beyond […]
Google’s Geothermal Energy Project Now Powers Nevada Data Centers
Google is now using geothermal energy to meet the massive power needs of its data centers. Google announced a first-of-its-kind geothermal project is now operational in Nevada in a blog post on Tuesday, using heat from the Earth’s core as energy. Read more...