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Google has a $1 billion plan to put a dent in the Bay Area housing crisis.  The company announced a sweeping new plan Tuesday to contribute $1 billion to build as many as 20,000 new homes in the San Francisco Bay Area over the next 10 years.  The bulk of…

Google today launched a new Chrome extension that allows you to flag suspicious sites for inclusion in the company’s Safe Browsing index, which is used by Chrome and a number of third-party browsers. In addition, Google is also launching a new warning in Chr…

Android wants to keep you and spammy callers as far away from each other as possible. When you block a number in Androids settings, its blocked for all apps on your phone forever and without having to go through your network provider. While Google introduced …

Additionally, Google is setting up a $250 million investment fund for developers to build more than 5,000 affordable housing units in the area. It also plans to give $50 million to nonprofits focused on homelessness and displacement. "Across the region, one …

Chrome: Sometimes you just never want to see a certain site in your Google results. Maybe you want to block a sketchy news source, or you dont want Pinterest in your image search results, or theres a really gross forum that keeps appearing in searches. Some s…

Google Earth first made use of its rich global 3D visualization as a backdrop for a Carmen Sandiego tie-in back in March, but today there’s a new adventure to explore. After solving The Crown Jewels Caper, amateur home gumshoes are now tasked with finding out…

At this point, you're probably keeping an eye out for possible phishing messages in your email. You know the drill: If you have any doubts, don't click links or download attachments. That's difficultenoughto adhere toin practice. Now, thanks to new findings f…

This story is part of a series on how we cleanfrom organizing your house to washing your tuchus. How many photos are on your phone right now? While you check, let me posit a guess: One zillion. Did I ballpark it? Thought so. The great modern convenience of …

After September 6, users in the UK will no longer be able to send or request money through Google Pay apps. (Per Google help documents, UK users could only do P2P money transfers by accessing Google Pay on the web.) Google Pay Pay Send capabilities will also …

Welcome back to another week of Tech 911Lifehackers advice column thats designed to answer your most pressing and peculiar questions about technology. This week, were taking a question from someone who wants to find a solid photo-storage service for a special…