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A tweet by Greta Thunberg has led to the launch of a criminal conspiracy probe into a ‘toolkit’ for supporters of Indian farmers protesting against controversial agricultural reforms. On Tuesday the teenage climate activist shared, then promptly deleted, a Google document containing advice on how to amplify farmer’s voices and raise attention to the protests, … Read more
The CEO of controversial conservative app Parler wanted to be the next Bill Gates but became the ‘Darth Vader of social media’ said the man who gave John Matze one of his first positions in tech. George Tu, 52, described the Parler founder, 27, as a fiercely ambitious young programmer who was largely non-political before … Read more
A first-time buyer who got excited after finding a ‘cheap’ property online has told how he realised ‘something wasn’t right’ when he looked it up on Google Street View – and spotted a policeman outside. Scottish comedian Darren Connell said he’s been saving for a house for some time and was intrigued when he found the … Read more
Scott Morrison has had a video call with the boss of Google after the company threatened to pull out of Australia. The prime minister chatted to Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google’s parent company Alphabet, on Thursday from 9.30am. It comes after Google pulled a warning message from its homepage which linked to a video … Read more
Big tech must play fair with publishers, says Culture Secretary Oliver Dowden Oliver Dowden said on Tuesday that online advertising had led to a ‘fundamental imbalance’ between big tech and publishers and advertisers using the platforms In November the Government announced a ‘pro-competition regime’ to govern the behaviour of dominant platforms By Paul Revoir Media … Read more
A team of North Korean computer hackers used a fake website to hack other hackers, Google has revealed. Google said the Pyongyang-backed hackers lured computer security researchers to a blog site about hacking using fake social media profiles and then used clandestine methods to infect their computers in order to extract information. The search engine … Read more
A luxury mansion linked to Vladimir Putin in Siberia has been removed from a Russian online map site following an outcry over the president’s £1billion Black Sea palace. An £87 million hunting and fishing retreat beside the Yenisei River was previously visible on online Yandex Maps. But it has recently vanished from maps on this … Read more
By Martin Robinson, Chief Reporter for MailOnline An investigation into algorithms used by companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon has been launched today amid fears they are ‘manipulating’ lives and are used to ‘artificially change perceptions’ by cherry-picking what news internet users see. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will probe fears whether the … Read more
Is THIS the biggest book of 2021? Google lawyer’s debut novel inspired by real-life Californian ‘House of Horrors’ and abducted girl who swam to safety is bought for seven figures and is already tipped for a TV series Girl A is the debut novel from London-based Google lawyer Abigail Dean Tipped to be ‘one of … Read more
Google is offering some of its US offices, as well as its car parks and open spaces, as vaccination centres, it has announced. The tech giant has contributed to combating Covid-19 in various ways throughout the pandemic, including working with Apple to create the blueprint for dozens of contact-tracing apps worldwide. Google CEO Sundar Pichai … Read more