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Google sidesteps jury trial in DoJ antitrust case with $2.3 million check

Google Chrome crowned fastest browser with record Speedometer 3.0 score

Google's privacy chief and head of competition law are leaving, will not be replaced

Leaked Google database reveals some of its worst privacy failings

Google defends failing AI search, while promising improvements

Google set to phase out Manifest V2 in a few days, breaking many ad blockers

The Year of Firefox: Google initially announced the Manifest V3 API in 2018, but the new extension technology was delayed several times because of the intrinsic limitations it imposed on ad blockers and security add-ons. Now that it is ready for release, Mountain View will begin phasing out Manifest V2 extensions in Chrome next month.

Google discloses how they mistakenly erased $135 billion cloud customer account

Facepalm: One of Google Cloud's worst nightmares came true in early May, when an embarrassing snafu completely erased a customer's account and data backups. The unlucky victim was Australian pension fund UniSuper, which manages a staggering $135 billion in assets for over 600,000 members. The pension fund was essentially frozen for two weeks, unable to fully operate while it scrambled to recover from third-party backups.

Leaked documentation uncovers some of Google's secret recipe for website ranking in search results

Google is building the first fiber optic cable connecting Africa and Australia

Google search AI Overviews uses terrible information sourcing to give you terrible answers

AI companies sign new voluntary commitments pledging AI safety

Google is now the world's third-largest data center processor designer

Six ways to eliminate the unhelpful "AI Overviews" in Google search results

Pushy Microsoft app wants you to "repair" your PC by switching to Bing

Google's Trillium TPU achieves unprecedented performance increase for AI workloads

Android 15 new privacy push includes theft detection and secret app locker

In a nutshell: The second beta of Android 15 is here, bringing along a handful of useful features to enhance the operating system's security. Google now allows Android users to have a tighter grip over their phones thanks in part to a new trick that could become a nightmare for a grab-and-run thieves.

Google search "Web" filter takes users back to 10 blue links – no AI, no BS

In context: Google has drawn rising criticism over the added features of its search engine in recent years. As the company introduces fully AI-generated summaries of search results, it has also added a mode that strips those results down to simple web links. Some users might appreciate the gesture, but others complain that obtaining straightforward text results, like in the early days of Google, now requires extra clicks.

GenAI improvements bring back the promise of truly useful digital assistants

With Project Gameface, Google lets you control Android games with your gestures and head movement

Google Search will soon incorporate AI-generated summaries everywhere, but flaws to that plan immediately emerge

Google Photos is getting a major Gemini AI feature called 'Ask Photos'

Google issues yet another Chrome update to fix a high-severity, zero-day vulnerability

Google is working to add ChromeOS support to Android devices

Google and Apple establish new standard to alert users of suspicious Bluetooth trackers