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Google 員工組織要求國會保護 AI 研究吹哨者

最近 Google 高層與員工不和的消息時有聽聞，其中 AI 研究人員因為揭發公司都得問題而被報復的事件更成為媒體焦點。最近 Google 員工組織就去信美國國會要求提升對 AI 研究吹哨者所提供的保護措施。

Google One’s 2TB+ plans adding Android VPN, coming to iOS & desktops soon

Back in July, Google’s storage subscription service made phone backups free on Android and announced plans for iOS. The next move for Google One is including a VPN on higher storage tiers.

So it finally happened: the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging anticompetitive behavior under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. And, as far as I can tell, everyone is disappointed in the DOJ’s case; Nilay Patel’s tweets were representative:

COVID-19 Community Mobility Report

As global communities respond to COVID-19, we’ve heard from public health officials that the same type of aggregated, anonymized insights we use in products such as Google Maps could be helpful as they make critical decisions to combat COVID-19.

Google donates $800 million in cash and ads to fight coronavirus

Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced Friday that his company is donating more than $800 million in cash and advertising to help stem the spread of the novel coronavirus and ease the impact on small businesses. Why it matters: It would appear to be the largest donation yet from a tech giant.

Chrome’s ad blocker will expand to video on August 5

Google today announced that Chrome’s ad blocker is expanding to video on August 5, 2020. As with previous ad blocker rollouts, the date is likely not tied to a specific Chrome version — Google will be expanding the scope of its browser’s ad blocker server-side.

Google is rolling out free access to its advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing to help businesses and educators in response to Coronavirus

Amid sudden outbreak of coronavirus in the United States, tech giant Google said it’s rolling out free access to its advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing capabilities to help businesses and educators in response to Coronavirus.

What’s Next for Google After Larry and Sergey’s Departure?

Larry Page and Sergey Brin are to step down from the day-to-day running of Alphabet, the holding they created to ensure the diversification of their investment interests into long-term projects such as self-drivingvehicles, research into prolonginghuman life, home automation, artificial intelligence

Google Android 涉嫌違反 GNU GPL

我今天看到《Android source code, Java, and copyright infringement: what’s going on?》(中譯版)的新聞。心頭一驚，這還真是個大新聞。於是多花了些時間把相關的討論文章都看過。內容很多，但法律焦點其實只有一個，我稍候解釋。我先說我

Exclusive: Google suspends some business with Huawei after Trump blacklist – source

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Alphabet Inc’s Google has suspended business with Huawei that requires the transfer of hardware, software and technical services except those publicly available via open source licensing, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Sunday, in a blow to the Chinese techno

Google uses Gmail to track a history of things you buy — and it’s hard to delete

Google tracks a lot of what you buy, even if you purchased it elsewhere, like in a store or from Amazon. Last week, CEO Sundar Pichai wrote a New York Times op-ed that said “privacy cannot be a luxury good.

The Best and Worst From Google I/O 2019’s Day One Keynote

Google executives just made the first batch of announcements and took their bows at this year’s I/O Developer Conference in Mountain View, California. That means the world got a sneak peek at new Google products, including some fancy AI software and even a new phone.

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As Sergey and I wrote in the original founders letter 11 years ago, “Google is not a conventional company. We do not intend to become one.” more We did a lot of things that seemed crazy at the time.

Alphabet misses on Q1 revenues of $36.3B; EPS of $9.50 weighed down by the $1.7B European fine

After warning investors that it would be taking a $1.7 billion (€1.5 billion) charge this quarter due to a fine from the European Commission over anticompetitive advertising practices, today Google parent Alphabet reported its quarterly earnings for Q1.

Alphabet Q1 results

How a blockchain startup with 1M users is working to break your Google habit

The antitrust argument that says big tech needs breaking up to stop platforms abusing competition and consumers in a two-faced role as seller and (manipulative) marketplace may only just be getting going on a mainstream political stage — but startups have been at the coal face of the fight against

Google Founders Have Skipped All Of The Company’s 2019 Town Hall Meetings

Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin have yet to make an appearance at any of the company’s weekly “TGIF” town halls in 2019, BuzzFeed News has learned.

Exclusive: Google cancels AI ethics board in response to outcry

This week, Vox and other outlets reported that Google’s newly created AI ethics board was falling apart amid controversy over several of the board members. Well, it’s officially done falling apart — it’s been canceled.

Google launches Gmail message scheduling and expands Smart Compose to more devices and languages

Despite Google’s long-standing love affair with April Fools’ fakery, fifteen years ago today the internet giant was deadly serious when it launched what would become one of its biggest products: Gmail.

Inside the Google employee backlash against the Heritage Foundation

When Google announced an external advisory board for AI projects last week, the company framed the decision as a step forward in accountability.

YouTube’s Product Chief on Online Radicalization and Algorithmic Rabbit Holes

Neal Mohan discusses the streaming site’s recommendation engine, which has become a growing liability amid accusations that it steers users to increasingly extreme content.

Google Is Conducting a Secret “Performance Review” of Its Censored China Search Project

Google executives are carrying out a secret internal assessment of work on a censored search engine for China, The Intercept has learned. Performance reviews at Google are undertaken annually to evaluate employees’ output and development.

Google’s Larry Page Leveled ‘Veiled Threat’ Over Control of Company

Google co-founder Larry Page worried he would lose control of the company in 2011 and delivered what appeared to be a “veiled threat” to quit over the issue, according to confidential emails and other documents recently unsealed in a court case.

Google personalizes search results even when you’re logged out, new study claims

The amount of personalization inherent in any one of Google’s many massive software products runs deep, based on everything from your search history to your location to every single search link you might have clicked.

Trump doubles down on Google attack

Why it matters: This morning, Trump went after Google for favoring left-leaning news over right-leaning publications.

Early Facebook and Google Employees Form Coalition to Fight What They Built

SAN FRANCISCO — A group of Silicon Valley technologists who were early employees at Facebook and Google, alarmed over the ill effects of social networks and smartphones, are banding together to challenge the companies they helped build.

谷歌據報重新在中國推地圖服務

該個全球最多網民使用搜尋引擎，在2010年拒絕中國政府的自我審查要求後，被迫撤出市場，當地網民也無法使用谷歌地圖導航服務。

Google in talks to invest in Lyft

What can we learn from Cassini’s last moments? There will be some photos, but that pales compared to the data we’ll get about the composition of Saturn’s upper atmosphere. We’ve dipped our toes into it, but we haven’t had an atmospheric probe yet.

This is Google Jump’s next-generation VR camera rig

Chinese company Yi Technology has made a name for itself in the last two years by releasing some surprisingly capable GoPro competitors. Now the Xiaomi-backed Yi is expanding into the world of VR and 360-degree video with two new cameras being announced at the NAB conference in Las Vegas.