Category: Google

Google is making it easier to shoot proper portraits on Chromebooks

[ad_1] At launch, portrait mode is available exclusively on the company’s Pixel Slate, though Google says it plans to bring the feature to other Chromebooks in the future. Setting aside the usual reactions people have to tablet photography, the fact Google plans to add a portrait mode to other Chromebooks is something of a head-scratcher. […]

Apple promises hostile treatment for sites that break Safari privacy rules

[ad_1] Cross-site tracking is the practice of monitoring a person’s browsing behavior. Often, it involves sharing data with third parties such as advertisers. If you’ve ever looked at a product on Amazon, and then seen ads for it follow you from website to website, you’ve been a victim of cross-site tracking. As CNET notes, Apple […]

Google Assistant takes on the sticky note with assignable reminders

[ad_1] To do so, you can just ask Assistant to assign a reminder to someone. The command would go something like this: “Hey Google, remind George to pick up the dry cleaning at 4 p.m.” After that, you’ll get a confirmation that the task was sent, and George will get a notification that you’ve set […]

Google Nest camera users can no longer disable the status light

[ad_1] However, as the publication notes, Google previously promised a “clear visual indicator when… Nest cameras are on and sending video and audio to Nest” as part of its commitment to privacy. (Google published its privacy promise a month before a Wirecutter report revealed that a user was “still able to access images from [their] […]

Google employees don’t want it to work with US border agencies

[ad_1] Citing recent events such as the death of seven immigrant children while in US custody and the Trump administration’s “zero tolerance” immigration policy, the petition argues Google should not work with CBP, nor the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). “We demand that Google publicly commit not to support […]

Google’s ‘Assignments’ tool flags plagiarism and missing sources

[ad_1] The company says its originality reports will scan student work for matching text against web pages as well as “tens of millions” of books. “We’ve heard from instructors that they copy and paste passages into Google Search to check if student work is authentic, which can be repetitive, inefficient and biased. They also often […]

Google faces (yet another) antitrust complaint, this time over job search

[ad_1] Google added jobs to its search queries in 2017, rolling out from the US to the UK in 2018. It has certain features which make it appealing to users — not only is it very convenient, but it also lists salaries in its postings. The problem is that smaller job listing companies say that […]

Google Pixel owners can claim up to $500 in class action settlement

[ad_1] You’ll have to provide documentation to show that you experienced the issue. You’ll receive $350 if you can prove you were hit by the mic flaw on one phone, or $500 if you dealt with the problem on multiple handsets. If you paid an insurance deductible to get a replacement, you can receive a […]