Android 9 Pie is committed to harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) to perform useful actions (Image: Getty • Google) Google Pixel and Essential phone owners can download the new update right now and make the most of the new functionality. Here are the most helpful features present in Android 9 Pie. Digital wellbeing Google is placing […]
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Google's parent company in talks to build massive data hubs in Saudi Arabia – report
Alphabet Inc. is reportedly negotiating a major deal with Saudi Arabia. The tech giant recently cracked down on RT in the name of democracy, but seems to be OK with Riyadh’s systematic human rights violations, at home and abroad. Senior executives of Alphabet, which owns Google, have reportedly been negotiating “for months” with representatives of […]
Google's Plan to Build Ad-Blocking Into Chrome Could Be a Very Good Thing
Image Sources: Google, Adblock It’s not just you, online ads are getting worse. Auto-play video has become a standard, pop-ups are back in a big way and those inline ads seem accidentally clickier all the time. According to the Wall Street Journal, Google is well aware of this and it’s planning to add a built-in […]
Google's Algorithm Is Lying to You About Onions and Blaming Me for It
Photo via Getty A little under five years ago, I got angry about a piece of fake information, and I decided to do something about it. I was reading a recipe in the New York Times, and the recipe told me, as many, many recipes had told me before, that it would take about 10 […]
Google's Project Ara Was Going to Offer a Tardigrade Aquarium Module
GIF GIF: Dr. Ralf Wagner Google’s Project Ara modular smartphone was a weird concept that didn’t make it to market. The idea was to give users the option to change out custom modules for upgrades and odd individual features. A new report reveals that one of the most unusual modules would’ve featured a personal tardigrade […]
Super Bowl Spammers Keep Tricking Google's Top Stories Module [Updates]
Tonight is the Super Bowl, a sporting event enjoyed by many. As Google search traffic goes, it’s also a fucking goldmine—which explains why a LinkedIn blogger wrote over 150 junk articles on how to stream it. Advertisement Attempts to game search engine optimization around events was epitomized by The Huffington Post’s infamously trolly piece What […]