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Apple and Google have reportedly banned a major data broker from collecting location data from users’ phones amid scrutiny over its national security work (AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL) Google

Apple and Google have reportedly banned a major data broker from collecting location data from users’ phones amid scrutiny over its national security work (AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL)

Apple and Google have banned X-Mode, a major data broker, from collecting location from users whose mobile devices run iOS and Android, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The tech giants told developers they must remove X-Mode's tracking software or risk being cut off from their app stores — and therefore…
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December 10, 2020
Google Trending Searches 2020: What did people search for on coronavirus in Pakistan? Google

Google Trending Searches 2020: What did people search for on coronavirus in Pakistan?

A computer image created by Nexu Science Communication together with Trinity College in Dublin, shows a model structurally representative of a betacoronavirus which is the type of virus linked to COVID-19, better known as the coronavirus linked to the Wuhan outbreak. — Reuters/FilesGoogle on Wednesday issued its annual 'Year in…
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December 9, 2020
Google Stadia arrives in eight new countries just in time for Cyberpunk 2077 Google

Google Stadia arrives in eight new countries just in time for Cyberpunk 2077

Google has announced that Stadia will be available in eight new European countries over the next 24 hours. This includes Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, and Switzerland. As before, the price is €9.99 a month for the Stadia Pro service, with the first month being free. This doesn't…
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December 8, 2020
How to stream Apple Music through your Google Nest smart speaker or Android phone Google

How to stream Apple Music through your Google Nest smart speaker or Android phone

Hey Google, play nice with Apple Music Ben Patterson/IDG Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by Macworld's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors It’s not quite a hell-freezing-over moment but it’s close. Google and Apple have announced that Apple Music is now available to stream on all…
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December 7, 2020
Hashtag Trending – A new map of the universe; Google employees seek answers regarding fired AI researcher; Steve Wozniak starts fresh Google

Hashtag Trending – A new map of the universe; Google employees seek answers regarding fired AI researcher; Steve Wozniak starts fresh

The European Space Agency’s satellite has provided precise new data about outer space, Google employees sign a letter demanding to know why an AI researcher was fired, and Steve Wozniak is starting another company, 45 years after co-founding Apple with Steve Jobs.It’s all the tech news that’s popular right now.…
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December 7, 2020
More Than 1,500 Google Employees Sign Petition Condemning Firing of Black AI Ethicist Timnit Gebru Google

More Than 1,500 Google Employees Sign Petition Condemning Firing of Black AI Ethicist Timnit Gebru

Photo: Kimberly White / Stringer, Getty Images More than 1,500 Google employees and some 2,000 academic, industry, and civil society supporters have signed a petition protesting the termination of Timnit Gebru, a Black scientist and artificial intelligence ethicist who claims that she was fired by Google after she raised concerns…
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December 5, 2020
AI Weekly: In firing Timnit Gebru, Google puts commercial interests ahead of ethics Google

AI Weekly: In firing Timnit Gebru, Google puts commercial interests ahead of ethics

This week, leading AI researcher Timnit Gebru was fired from her position on an AI ethics team at Google in what she claims was retaliation for sending colleagues an email critical of the company’s managerial practices. The flashpoint was reportedly a paper Gebru coauthored that questioned the wisdom of building…
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December 4, 2020