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Renders of Google’s gigantic San Jose campus show how it could feel more like a neighborhood Google

Renders of Google’s gigantic San Jose campus show how it could feel more like a neighborhood

Google is planning to build a gigantic new “Downtown West” campus in San Jose, and the company has shared renderings that give an idea of what that space could look like (via CNBC). Google intends to make the approximately 79-acre area feel less like a traditional corporate campus by creating…
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October 9, 2020
Google emails from 2009 cited in the House antitrust report show some employees were concerned about promoting Chrome on the company’s homepage (GOOGL) Google

Google emails from 2009 cited in the House antitrust report show some employees were concerned about promoting Chrome on the company’s homepage (GOOGL)

Google's early efforts to get its Chrome browser ahead of Microsoft's Internet Explorer involved a promotion on Google.com. Some employees weren't happy about it, newly surfaced emails reveal. "I find the very, very high-profile promotion of Google Chrome on Google.com quite frankly, startling," wrote one employee, in an email obtained…
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October 8, 2020
How Google’s Android Keyboard Keeps ‘Smart Replies’ Private Google

How Google’s Android Keyboard Keeps ‘Smart Replies’ Private

Google has infused its so-called Smart Reply feature, which uses machine learning to suggest words and sentences you may want to type next, into various email products for the past several years. But with Android 11, those contextual nudges—including emojis and stickers—are built directly into Gboard, Google's popular keyboard app.…
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October 7, 2020
House Democrats back antitrust overhaul of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple Google

House Democrats back antitrust overhaul of Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple

Posted October 6, 2020 at 6:33pmDemocrats on the House Judiciary Committee said Tuesday that Congress should consider forcing Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook, some of the country’s largest and most successful technology companies, to separate key sections of their business empires to reduce alleged market dominance.A staff report and recommendations…
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October 6, 2020