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Google Maps for iPhone gets incognito mode
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Google Maps for iOS will start getting Incognito mode update from today. This is the same Incognito mode feature update which was released for Android in October. It is part of Google’s effort to grant users more control of their privacy. Google announced to...
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Larry Page & Sergey Brin steps down, Sundar Pichai to become CEO
Alphabet’s CEO Larry Page and its President Sergey Brin have decided to step aside from their offices. They decided to pass the responsibility to Google’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai, who in result, will be the CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet. On this...
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Top 5 tech news of the week
Here are the top five tech news by popularity of last week. Singapore tells Facebook to correct anti-government post on 29 Nov An online news publishing website State Time Review shared a post on their Facebook page mentioning about an arrest of a whistleblower by the Singapore...
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Google fires four employees, including Rebecca Rivers and Laurence Berland
Google has terminated its four employees on the charges of violating the company’s privacy policies, data security, and employee safety. Before this decision, Google has already put two employees on leave for allegedly breaching the confidential documents of the company. According to Google, they...
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Google now lets you know how similar your voice is to Freddie Mercury
Freddie Mercury, a British singer and a lead vocalist for the rock band Queen, is regarded as a legend in rock music. Bohemian Rhapsody, a dramatic faux opera of the famous singer, has already crossed a billion views on YouTube, making it one of...
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Google said bye to an employee and put two on leave amid policy violations
Google has dismissed an employee from the job on leaking staffer details with the media and sent two employees on leaves on the charges of violating company policies. Reports are that terminated employee has leaked names and personal information of other employees to external...
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Google’s third-quarter earnings
Google's parent company Alphabet reports its third-quarter earnings today, according to which expectations of earnings per share were missed, but still, it was in line with what investors expected. The stock (GOOG, GOOGL) fell around 2% after the company reported earnings and that it...
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Google Maps to help visually impaired people with voice
It is good to see how technology is making the life of disabled people easy like never before. In the previous month, Samsung launched Good Vibes that assist dead-blind people to better integrate with society. Now, Google has taken a great initiative to...
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Russian hackers alter Chrome and Firefox security protocols
Russia based hacker group alters the Chrome and Firefox web security protocols by using a different technique, never used before for the purpose. Turla, a bunch of hackers suspected to be the product of Russian government agency, modifies the Chrome and Firefox to track...
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In 2024, several AI systems encountered significant gaffes. Chatbots provided misleading information on sensitive topics, and AI generated racially insensitive images. These incidents demonstrated the potential for serious consequences when...