[ad_1] Reportedly, the four had conducted “systematic searches” for employees’ materials, shared it beyond their jobs despite warnings and even set notifications for what people were doing and when, including medical appointments. This led to targeted staffers feeling “scared or unsafe,” Google said. Calendar screenshots and other details reportedly found their way to people outside […]
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Target Black Friday deals: AirPods, Beats Studio 3 Wireless and more
[ad_1] Google Home Mini If for some reason you haven’t been able to snag a free Google Home Mini, Target has the next best thing: a $20 one. While Google has since replaced the Home Mini with the Nest Mini, the two devices aren’t all that different. The latter’s improvements include a wall mounting mechanism, […]
Protesters accuse Google of retaliating against organizing workers
[ad_1] Rivers in particular had been involved in petitioning Google to avoid bidding on contracts for both Customs and Border Protection as well as Immigration and Customs Enforcement. While the company is ostensibly looking into her document access, she said that the Google investigative team had spent much of its time asking her about the […]
Amazon slashes the price of the Google Pixel 3 to $349
[ad_1] You don’t have to worry if you’re put off by Google’s Pixel 4, but think the Pixel 3a is too much of a compromise. Amazon is currently selling the Pixel 3 line starting at just $349 for the smaller 64GB model — that’s $50 less than the official price for a 3a. You can […]
Engadget Podcast: Google Stadia and the future of game streaming services
[ad_1] This week, we discuss the problematic launch of Google’s Stadia cloud-based games service. Our senior editor and resident games expert Jessica Conditt joins us to share what she thought of the service, how it fares against Microsoft’s Xcloud and what she thinks of streaming games in general. Also, as we head into Thanksgiving, it’s […]
Google Cloud Print follows Reader and Inbox to the trash heap after 2020
[ad_1] If there’s anything Google loves as much as launching interesting new projects (say hello to Stadia and Duplex on the web!), it’s killing them off after a few years, and now we have an end date for Google Cloud Print. The service launched in 2010 as a way to make printers more accessible for […]
YouTube will make it easier for ‘edgy’ creators to find advertisers
[ad_1] In a letter to YouTube creators, CEO Susan Wojcicki said YouTube is looking for advertisers who might advertise next to content with the yellow icon, which means a video is “not suitable for all advertisers.” This might appeal, for instance, to a marketer that wants to promote a R-rated movie. According to Wojcicki, “in […]
Google Assistant uses ‘Duplex on the Web’ to buy your movie tickets
[ad_1] If you own an Android phone, simply tell the digital helper that you want seats to a specific movie or search for showtimes using the Google app. Assistant will then take care of working through any website, which makes it handy for ones that aren’t optimized for mobile. It’s also able to automatically input […]
Google bans political ad targeting by affiliation and voter records
[ad_1] These practices are in line with what you already see in conventional TV, radio and print ads, Google said. The search firm is also taking a tougher stance on truth in advertising than Facebook, if only slightly. It’s clearing up its ad policies to explicitly forbid deepfakes, misleading census claims or any other ads […]
Sling TV now streams on Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max
[ad_1] Sling TV users now have another way to stream their content. Beginning today, Sling TV is available on Nest Hub and Nest Hub Max. Users can control Sling with built-in voice controls on those devices, and on Nest Hub Max, they can pause and resume content on Sling using gesture controls — hold up […]