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It could be a fun way to start the job app process, but those interested will still need to finish it through more traditional means. Alexa or Assistant will ask potential applicants for their name, their location and job area of interest, among other informa…

A group of Pittsburgh-based Google contractors is among the first in the companys history to unionize, following a successful vote this afternoon, 49 to 24. The 80 or so analysts and machine learning trainers will become part of the United Steelworkers Union.…

San Francisco-based accelerator 500 Startups is expanding its executive team with the hiring of Tony Wang. Wang is joining the early-stage firm from Color Genomics, a venture-backed developer of genetic testing kits where he had served as chief operating off…

Google has started to roll out dark mode for Gmail starting today on both Android and iOS devices. If you already use Android 10 or iOS 13 and have dark mode switched on at the system level, Google says that Gmail will automatically adjust to dark mode. Addit…

In recent months, it became clear that Google, Apple, and Amazon were all guilty of having humans review audio recordings collected by digital assistants. Today, Googles trying to mitigate some of the backlash by updating and clarifying its policies on what i…

After months of revelations that smart speakers get a very human intelligence boost from contractors who transcribe and review customer audio snippets, the mea culpas are flowing in. At the end of August, Apple issued a rare apology about how it had handled h…

Google removed two apps from the Google Play Store this week after it discovered they were serving adware to users. The apps, Sun Pro Beauty Camera and Funny Sweet Beauty Selfie Camera, had been downloaded over 1.5 million times, ZDNet reports. Sun Pro Beaut…

Image copyrightGetty ImagesImage caption Jennifer Lopez closed Versace's S/S 2020 show in an updated version of the dress US singer Jennifer Lopez has revived her iconic green Versace dress that led to the invention of Google Images. Lopez, 50, first wore…

Googles mobile service, Google Fi, finally has an unlimited data plan. Though the previous sliding-scale Flexible plan that defined Fis service still remains available, the new unlimited plan offers a more traditional pricing structure, reduced data throttlin…

That same year, Google entered into a data-mining partnership with the University of Chicago Medical Center that is now being challenged in court. This past June, a patient sued UCMC and Google, alleging that his and thousands of other patients electronic med…