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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Looking for new activities? Google wants you to turn to its navigation app

LA Times

Search giant Google wants people to use its navigation app for more than just finding directions and avoiding traffic. With 2 billion people using Google Maps every month, the company envisions people also will turn to the navigation app for inspiration, executives said at a media event at the company’s Street View Garage in Palo Alto on Wednesday. Miriam Daniel, …

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2 months ago

Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity Are Promoting Scientific Racism in Search Results

Wired

AI-infused search engines from Google, Microsoft, and Perplexity have been surfacing deeply racist and widely debunked research promoting race science and the idea that white people are genetically superior to nonwhite people. Patrik Hermansson, a researcher with UK-based anti-racism group Hope Not Hate, was in the middle of a months-long investigation into the resurgent race science movement when he needed …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

After calling Google anti-Trump, Musk shares more data; former prez's son weighs in on assassination attempt ‘coverup’

Hindustan Times

Tesla CEO Elon Musk and Donald Trump Jr have been on the same team regarding their mutual endorsement of former President Donald Trump for this year’s presidential race. They again apparently joined forces in citing Google’s active “election interference” on noting the tech giant’s placement of a purported “search ban” on the Republican presidential candidate. Elon Musk, Donald Trump Jr …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Apple to rival Google with its own search engine ‘pegasus’? Here's what you should know

Live Mint

Apple currently makes around $8 billion annually owing to its deal with Google which makes the company's software the default search engine on all Apple products like iPhones, iPads, Macs and more. However, the iPhone maker could potentially get a much larger revenue share like the size of the Apple Watch if the company went on to deploy its own …

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1 year, 5 months ago

France fines Google over search, app store results

The Hindu

French authorities imposed a two-million-euro fine on Google on Tuesday over incomplete results in its search engine and app store. The Competition, Consumer and Anti-Fraud Office said the U.S. tech giant's search engine lacked information concerning the ranking criteria of results. The Google Play Store, it added, also lacked information on the ranking criteria of results, payment information and dispute …

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3 years, 2 months ago

Google to let you know flights with lower carbon emissions

The Hindu

Google will provide information on an airplane's carbon footprint in its Flights feature. "Beginning today, you’ll see a carbon emissions estimate for nearly every flight in the search results — right next to the price and duration of the flight," Richard Holden, VP of Travel Products, Google, said in a blog post on Wednesday. While choosing among flights of similar …

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3 years, 5 months ago

Google will now let users know when its search results are not reliable

India Today

We turn to Google for every little thing we come across but not every time what the search results displays are reliable. As part of the latest development, Google will let users know when the results around a topic are changing rapidly. “While Google Search will always be there with the most useful results we can provide, sometimes the reliable …

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3 years, 7 months ago

'How to Control Your Woman' Was Googled 165 Million Times in 2020 Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

News 18

If there’s someone you need to know immediately, what do you turn to? The study looked at Google searches in the US and found they were focused on six areas of interest — precarity and insecurity, despondency and helplessness, indicative male violence and intentional male violence. “How to control your woman” and “how to hit a woman so no one …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Apple likely to come up with its own search engine to take on Google