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Lawyers in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec have filed a proposed class-action lawsuit in the three provinces against Google and its parent Alphabet Inc. on behalf of millions of Canadians, alleging the company unlawfully collects and profits from personal information without their consent.“The claim alleges that Google turns Canadians’ electronics…

The wait is officially over. Marvel’s Avengers officially releases this week — today with some editions — on PC, Xbox, PlayStation, and Google’s Stadia cloud-gaming platform. Square Enix has been building up excitement for its Avengers game for over a year now, and the title has been highly anticipated by…

When researchers at Google announced last fall that they had achieved “quantum superiority”—a point at which a quantum computer can perform a task beyond the reach of regular computers—some people wondered what the big deal was. The program, which checked the output of a random number generator, was of limited practical…

A report by the New York Times suggests that the Justice Department is close to presenting its antitrust case against Alphabet, the parent company of Google. The report also mentions that there’s disagreement among the team, as attorney general William Barr is described as wanting to announce the case in…

Woot is selling a three-pack of the second-gen Google Nest Wi-Fi for $280 today. Google Today's Best Tech Deals Picked by TechHive's Editors Top Deals On Great Products Picked by Techconnect's Editors If you want faster Wi-Fi, better coverage, and more smart speaker in your home, we've got a perfect…

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Google Cloud announced today that it landed a contract to supply Veterans Affairs hospitals and Defense Health Agency treatment facilities with AI for predictive cancer and disease diagnosis. The contract comes from the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU), a Pentagon organization that brings consumer technology into the military. “The initial rollout…

A voice assistant for your smart home is only as good as the devices it can control. If your voice assistant of choice can’t work with half your smart home, you’ll be frustrated. Though Google Assistant joined the smart home voice control game after Alexa, it’s growing pretty fast. Now…

Google is making it easier for people to navigate Docs, Sheets, or Slides while using refreshable braille displays and verbalization software. New improvements include a keyboard shortcut to toggle braille support, improved verbalization accuracy, and verbal announcements for misspellings and grammar errors.Read This Article on Review Geek ›Read More

Facebook and Google are hollowing out local communities by serving as vectors for misinformation while hobbling local journalism and collecting taxpayer subsidies, a new paper from progressive think tank the American Economic Liberties Project charges.The big picture: Both companies cite benefits their platforms offer small businesses as a key defense against critiques…