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Google iOS apps will work around Apple's new privacy requirements iOS 14 will bring many big changes but the most controversial one is perhaps the new App Tracking Transparency (ATT) policy. It’s controversial at least for some major companies like Facebook who made a very big stink about the changes. It isn’t the only big Internet advertising platform....

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Google doesn't want to ask your permission to let it track your iPhone Google indicated in an announcement that it would drop a tracking feature that allows it to track iPhone users across apps rather than risk showing a tracking prompt that Apple requires from all apps that want to track iPhone and iPad users. The App Tracking Transparency policy has certain ru....

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Google Maps Street View: Creepy 'dead bodies' thrown into roadside bin in Chile GOOGLE Maps Street View has the rather unexpected ability to capture unlikely moments from around the world which often leave viewers shocked. One creepy scene was found in Chile. What happened?....

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Camila Bernal Flaunts Booty And Goes Topless While Laying On The Sand In A Miniscule Yellow Thong Instagram model Camila Bernal wowed her 1.5 million followers with her recent post. The update, which was posted on Wednesday, January 27, saw the celebrity rocking a teeny thong bikini as she reclined on the sand. In the caption, she stated that it was merely herself, the audience, and the beach....

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It's time for Europe to take private data from the hands of powerful tech monopolies and give it back to the people People should be able to own their own private data, instead of being forced to hand it to tech giants like Facebook and Google.....

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How to join Nextdoor so you can engage with your neighborhood online You can join Nextdoor by creating an account on its website or app with your email or by linking a Facebook, Apple, or Google account.....

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Google is waging war against EV range anxiety New Google Maps features for Android Automotive in electric cars improve route planning For many, the hardest part of having an electric vehicle is route planning on longer trips. In-range drives aren't really an issue, but if you have to stop to charge, it can be a bit of a hassle estimating whe....

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Amazon has 5 Roomba robot vacuum deals starting at $200 – but they all end Friday Not having to worry about daily vacuuming is a huge relief. Anyone who has been considering a robot vacuum purchase should know that now is the time to do it. Amazon currently has five popular iRobot models on sale at fantastic prices, like the best-selling Roomba 675 for $199.99 and the self-empt....

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Daily Deal: The Complete Google Master Class Bundle The Complete Google Master Class Bundle has 10 courses to help you amp up your productivity and grow your business using a host of Google apps. Courses cover G Suite, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Marketing Studio, and more. It's on sale for $40. Note: The Techdirt Deals Store is....

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Google's latest canceled VR project will at least live on as an open source project Tilt Brush will remain available in digital stores One of the more interesting VR applications we've seen in recent years is Tilt Brush, an app that lets users create 3D art in a virtual environment. Unfortunately, Google has announced that it's ending internal development for the app. It will ge....

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Huawei's top marketer on fusing 'the best of the west with the best of the east' In China, Huawei captures around 40% of the smartphone market. In the west its smartphones, computers and tablets have emerged as strong contenders to the region's powerhouse tech brands like Apple, but with some setbacks. To consumers in the UK and US, the brand is also instantly recognisable as o....

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Google Keep adds home and work shortcuts for task reminders (APK Download) Setting up reminders in Keep just got a tiny bit faster While there are a ton of great alternatives out there, Google Keep is still by far the most popular note-taking app on the Play Store. The reason for that is its tight integration with other Google services and its simple, yet functional int....

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You can now permanently disable Auto Night Sight on the Pixel 5 & 4a 5G Missed photo ops no more! Google introduced Auto Night Sight for the Pixel 4a 5G and the Pixel 5 with the aim of saving users an extra couple of swipes to access the mode. Not everyone was a fan of the app making that decision for them, though. Hearing the feedback, Google has released a new Cam....

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EV drivers are getting better Google Maps route planning – with a catch Google is adding new features for electric vehicle drivers to Google Maps, improving its algorithms for EV route planning, though just who’ll be able to make the most of them will depend on what’s parked in your garage. The goal, Google says, is to improve how trip planning for journeys ....

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Google Maps adds EV route planning feature that’ll be familiar to Tesla drivers When planning a long trip with an electric car, finding charging stations can be cumbersome. Unless you have a Tesla, that is. They calculate your stops based on where you're going and how much juice you'll have left in the battery. From Wednesday, electric cars using Google software, like th....

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Google developing new Android called MicroDroid A new version of Android is in the works over at Google with the name MicroDroid. This new operating system is apparently a bare-bones version of Android made specifically for virtual machines. It would SEEM that Google is making way for the future – a future where even a smartphone operating ....

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Niantic publishes two new testing apps for Ingress Prime superfans There is now a beta and dogfood app available for Ingress, and both are public-facing Niantic has just released a beta and dogfood app for Ingress Prime on the Google Play Store. These are both clearly testing apps for the game, and the beta's description even provides a link ....

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Corporations bought record total of clean energy despite devastating year Amazon was the leading buyer of clean energy in 2020, announcing 35 separate clean energy PPAs in 2020, totaling 5.1 GW. The company has now purchased over 7.5 GW of clean energy to date, vaulting it ahead of Google (6.6 GW) and Facebook (5.9 GW) as the world’s largest clean energy buyer. Fren....

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Google Tilt Brush goes open source Tilt Brush is a virtual-reality painting application from Google that has been used by various creators over the years. Some of those creators are part of the Google Artist in Residence Program. Google says it wants to continue supporting artists using Tilt Brush by putting the application into the ....

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David Dodge on the challenges ahead for Canada's post-coronavirus economy — podcast The post-coronavirus economy in Canada will face many challenges. This week on Down to Business, economist David Dodge, former governor of the Bank of Canada from 2001 ....

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Google Lens can do offline translations on Android Patchy internet connection in foreign lands will no longer cause a language barrier Lens is one of the most useful apps that Google has to offer, and a testament to that is the milestone of 500 million installs that it recently crossed. From assisting with homework to scanning and copying text, t....

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'They don't want to lose control': Australia's competition chief on his country's efforts to regulate big tech Rod Sims, the serious and sometimes feisty head of Australia’s competition and consumer authority, takes a liking to a comparison offered up to d....

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Google celebrates Fitbit acquisition by featuring the brand on its Store It simply redirects you to the Fitbit store for you About two weeks ago, Google officially claimed its acquisition of Fitbit was complete. Although regulators around the world say investigations are still ongoing, the company just put up a banner on its store, welcoming the fitness tracking compa....

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5 ways AI can take us deeper into space Artificial intelligence has been making waves in recent years, enabling us to solve problems faster than traditional computing could ever allow. Recently, for example, Google's artificial intelligence subsidiary DeepMind developed AlphaFold2, a program that solved the protein-folding problem. This i....

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YouTube suspends Trump indefinitely, stops Giuliani from monetising clips YouTube has suspended Donald Trump indefinitely from the platform and said it will also prevent the former president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani from being able to monetise his clips, United States media reported. It comes a week after the social media giant confirmed it would extend a ban on Trump's ....

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Google Docs now warns you when mentioning a user who's out of office You'll know not to expect an immediate answer from them Google Docs has made it easy for several people to collaborate on the same document. Since it's integrated with other G Suite products, the online productivity solution also lets users mention their co-workers or reply to their comments....

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452 links of Netflix movie blocked: PTA ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) informed the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Tuesday that it had blocked 452 out of 778 links of the blasphemous contents of a movie of Netflix. IHC Justice Aamer Farooq was hearing the petition filed against the blasphemous contents of the....

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AirPods Pro 2 should be out in the first half of 2021 AirPods Pro 2 are reportedly coming out in the first half of 2021. A new report cites industry sources who claim that Taiwanese chipmaker Winbond is expected to supply flash memory for the next-generation AirPods Pro. Previous reports have suggested the AirPods Pro 2 will feature a new des....

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Google Play mistakenly bans app over standard file format name Google Play Store boasts of thousands of apps that would take a large army of humans to review and scrutinize. Of course, that’s exactly why there are thousands of apps on Google Play Store, as Google relies instead on AI-powered bots to crawl through these apps, sniffing for policy violations....

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Google Maps Street View: Man shocks with explicit move on bustling Boston street GOOGLE MAPS Street View users were shocked by a man's action in a busy Boston street. What was he up to?....

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Tasker picks up integrated support to trigger tasks from the Google Assistant Many will still need to use AutoVoice, though The popular automation app Tasker just picked up a big new feature: The ability to call tasks from Tasker directly from the Google Assistant. It's English-only for now, but you'll be able to trigger your tasks just by name when telling the Assistant t....

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Chrome OS 88 is here with screen savers, improved virtual desks, and more A solid update that improves Chrome OS with new features and improvements Just a week after Chrome 88 launched on desktop and mobile platforms, Google is rolling out Chrome OS 88 to the Stable channel, the first significant update for 2021. Like the former major milestone, the new software update....

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Techdirt Podcast Episode 267: A Section 230 Roundtable We've got one more cross-post from another podcast this week, and the subject is still the law that's dominating the tech policy discourse: Section 230. Mike recently joined R Street's Shoshana Weissmann on the Daily Tech News Show hosted by Tom Merritt, for a roundtable discussion about the....

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Chrome OS M88 update adds two features you'll wonder how you did without Google is shipping out some new ease-of-use features to Chrome OS today, and they’re specifically targeted at making Chromebook usage as “seamless” as possible. There are two big features packed in today’s Chrome OS update: new website login options that can use your Chrome l....

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There's only one place you should buy an Apple Watch Series 6 right now The Apple Watch Series 6 is by far one of the most popular gadgets out there among our readers, and Google says it was a top trending holiday gift last year. If you're looking to buy one right now, there's really only one place you should look: Amazon. Apple Watch SE and Apple Watch Series 3 ar....

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YouTube's Susan Wojcicki Discusses the Pandemic's Impact in 2020 and Her Goals for 2021 YouTube removed over 500,000 videos for Covid-19 misinformation since last February, CEO Susan Wojcicki said in her letter outlining her 2021 priorities, and the Google-owned video site consulted with more than 85 local health authorities to bring trusted information to viewers, serving up over 400 ....

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How do you solve a problem like… the death of the third-party cookie? We ask readers of The Drum – from brands, agencies and everything in between – for their advice on real problems facing today's marketing practitioners. Today, we ask how marketers will navigate the demise of the third-party cookie. With the third-party cookie on its way out, tech giants such a....

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Facebook News lands in the UK: here's what you need to know Facebook News is crossing the Atlantic to give British users access to the social network's dedicated current affairs content. The UK is the second market to host the platform following its launch in the United States last year and will include content provided by established publishers such as Chan....

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All the free games included with Stadia Pro Three new games for February, including Journey to the Savage Planet Stadia's $10-a-month premium subscription, Stadia Pro, includes access to an ever-expanding catalog of games at no additional cost. The selection of redeemable games varies — Google adds a few each month, and sometimes rem....

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Google Photos finally looks okay on Android tablets The change appears to be a server-side test Even though millions of Android tablets are sold each year, and Chromebooks use many of the same applications through the Play Store, most of Google's apps are not optimized for large screens. Google Photos is one app that has always looked horrible on ....

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Huge internet outage affects Google, Verizon, Zoom and more today A huge internet outage is wreaking havoc on US East Coast connectivity, with Google, Zoom, Verizon, and other services all seeing considerable issues on Tuesday morning. It’s a further reminder of how precarious working from home can be in this time of pandemic, given the extent to which distr....

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Former US Ambassador Sues Apple Because Telegram Users Are Making Him Feel Scared [Update] Here's an interesting lawsuit, brought to you by some familiar names. And by "interesting," I mean "exceedingly stupid." The lawsuit [PDF] was filed by "Ambassador Marc Ginsberg." Ginsberg last served as an ambassador in 1998. And yet, that title is being used to name him as the plaintiff. Th....

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Google My Activity is now available in dark mode on the web So you can stalk yourself without hurting your eyes Whether you're using an Android phone or an Assistant-enabled speaker, most of what you do is saved by Google. This is a great way of checking what your speaker understood when it gave you an awkward answer, but also a rather disturbing way of s....

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Google unveils privacy-friendly AI cookie killer Third-party cookies might have a tasty name, but they can be pretty poisonous when they're quietly tracking your online behavior. A new Google machine learning initiative aims to replace the rancid cookies with a privacy-first alternative. The search giant calls the system Federated Learning of Co....

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YouTube is now a PWA, making it easy to install on desktops Windowed experience FTW! Many Google websites are already Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), which allows you to easily add them to your desktop or taskbar and use them in their own tab-less windows like native apps. Following YouTube Music and YouTube TV, the regular YouTube website is now also one of....

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Make your home smarter with a Nest learning thermostat on sale TL;DR: Track your preferred home temperature with a third-generation Google Nest Learning Thermostat. As of Jan. 26, save 6% and get it for $234.99. Your thermostat can and should do so much more than just tell you what temperature your home is. And nowadays, there are options so that your device....

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Google reports progress on Chrome user tracking revamp Google says it's making progress on plans to revamp Chrome user tracking technology aimed at improving privacy even as it faces challenges from regulators and officials. The company gave an update Monday on its work to remove from its Chrome.......

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Firefox Proton will give the browser another facelift It’s hard to argue that Google Chrome is probably the most-used web browser in the market, especially if you add browsers based on the same Chromium foundations. What may be harder to determine is which is Number Two. There was a time when Mozilla Firefox was perhaps neck to neck with Chrome b....

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Facebook News expands to the UK While many people probably take to Google to search for the latest news, social media has been playing a bigger role in bringing news, both real and fake, to even more people. Of course, this has also brought them under more scrutiny because of the consequences for the news industry in general, part....

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Why the online comparison shopper is here to stay A Q&A with Marc Ó Fathaigh, UK Country manager at Criteo. Loading... How did you get to become Criteo's UK Country Manager and what does the role entail? I spent just over six years with Google working across Dublin and London before joining Criteo in 2017 where I'v....

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Chrome now mutes web notifications while screen sharing A handy feature given how often we're sharing our screens now If you've ever had an annoying (and perhaps private) Chrome notification pop up while sharing your screen, you're in luck — Chrome will now mute notifications by default when it detects you're sharing your screen. It should ....

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