BEWARE — Google Chrome extensions can steal your passwords

by TonyLiberty BEWARE — Google Chrome extensions can steal your passwords. ONLY install extensions from trusted developers (You can check the developer’s website and read reviews from other users to get a sense of their trustworthiness) Be careful about the permissions that you give to extensions. Only give extensions the permissions that they need to …

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Google planning to DRM the whole internet. Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web.

Google’s nightmare “Web Integrity API” wants a DRM gatekeeper for the web It’s just a “proposal,” but it’s also being prototyped inside Chrome right now. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/07/googles-web-integrity-api-sounds-like-drm-for-the-web/ So what does this mean for you.? Well if you arent using Google Chrome as your browser (and later on, if you arent using the Google Chromium OS) well …

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Google Searches For “Sell My Airbnb” Surge As Travel Downturn Worsens

We told readers in late July, “Why AirBnB Owners Are About To Be Forced Property Sellers.” Then, one month later, in late August, we wrote “The AirBnB Bubble Popping Will Pop The Housing Bubble,” followed by “AirBnB Bubble Bursts: Investor Home Purchases Crash 45% In Biggest Drop Since 2008.” Airbnb owners who snapped up homes in the last several years …

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Red Alert for Android Users: Google Gives Police Your Identification If Police Say You Were Near a Crime

by Chris Black Back in the day, cops had to put physical “bugs” (recording devices) in criminals’ houses and cars. Now, they just use your phone, especially if you’re on Android. No worries, even if you’re using Apple, you probably have apps installed that can be used to listen to you and track you. At …

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More Election Interference! Fascist Google Search Buries Bribery Biden Opponents

Is Google shilling for Biden? It appears so, as its search engine once again buried Republican “presidential campaign websites.” Google’s search engine failed to produce even-handed results in multiple searches performed by MRC Free Speech America over the course of a week prior to today’s Republican presidential primary debate. Researchers broadly searched for “presidential campaign …

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DON’T BE EVIL: Google Search caught publicly indexing users’ conversations with Bard AI.

via venturebeat: Google Bard, the search giant’s conversational AI product, underwent a big update last week that earned mixed reviews. But this week, another, older Bard feature is coming under scrutiny: SEO consultant Gagan Ghotra observed that Google Search had begun to index shared Bard conversational links into its search results pages, potentially exposing information …

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Family sues Google after father drives off bridge

Google is facing a lawsuit from the family of a North Carolina man claiming the company’s Maps application led him to drive off a collapsed bridge and fall to his death. ‘Multiple complaints were made’: Family sues Google after father drives off bridge Family sues Google after father drives off bridge to his death Philip …

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Google Goes Full Gattaca

by Chris Black If there is anyone I trust to genetically engineer humans, it’s Google. I’m sure nothing can go wrong here. Uncovering the causes of disease is one of the greatest challenges in genetics. 🧬 To help advance this, we created AlphaMissense: an AI model classifying missense variants – or genetic changes affecting proteins. …

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Google faces ‘trial of the century’…

US claims Google pays more than $10 billion a year to maintain its search dominance WASHINGTON (AP) — Google has exploited its dominance of the internet search market to lock out competitors and smother innovation, the Department of Justice said Tuesday at the opening of the biggest U.S. antitrust trial in a quarter century. “This …

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Google hides campaign sites of Trump, RFK Jr. and other Republican candidates; Biden dominates top search results

via naturalnews: A Virginia-based content analysis and media watchdog exposed that tech giant Google has been suppressing the campaign websites of all serious challengers of President Joe Biden. The Big Tech firm is instead providing Biden’s website among the top search results.  According to a report from the Media Research Center (MRC) on Thursday, typing in ‘presidential …

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Russia fines Google $32,000 for not deleting alleged MISINFORMATION about ongoing war in Ukraine

via naturalnews: Russia has fined tech giant Google three million rubles ($32,000) for not taking down what the country deemed as false information about its special military operation in Ukraine.  “[The court hereby rules to] find Google guilty of committing an administrative violation under Part 2, Article 13.41 of the Code of Administrative Offenses of the …

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Google Goes Evil Again

by Chris Black The company used the “Don’t be evil” motto until very recently. It figures, doesn’t it? Instead of global internet censorship, Google calls it “Fact Check Tools.” Its purpose is to eliminate dissent on any topic Google selects. Article: https://thepeoplesvoice.tv/google-announces-worldwide-ban-on-independent-media-from-search-results/

Quantum computer built by Google can instantly execute a task that would normally take 47 years

I think that’s quite impressive. I know you guys have seen it all, heard it all and are not easily impressed but you have to admit this is something else! Almost half a century (for the world’s most powerful supercomputers), compressed into mere seconds! Try to imagine…. Quantum computing is making giant strides…   https://www.earth.com/news/quantum-computer-can-instantly-execute-a-task-that-would-normally-take-47-years/ …

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Google wants to introduce a DRM for the net that requires you to be “certified” by before visiting a website else your access will be blocked.

by 0naptoon A dystopian future waits us, a web where you have to be certified to access the internet. The plan is simple. You get a certification by giving your personal data, a digital identity. You log in into your browser that supports this certification Website will allow access if you have this certification else …

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Alphabet removes Canadian news links on Google due to Justin Trudeau’s C-18 bill introducing full censorship.

via Bloomberg: Alphabet Inc. said it will remove links to news from Canadian publishers on its Google search engine after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government passed a law requiring digital platforms to pay local news outlets. The Online News Act “creates uncertainty for our products and exposes us to uncapped financial liability simply for facilitating …

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Google Cloud Launches New AI-powered Anti-Money-Laundering Product For Big Banks

by Chris Black Well, you’re beginning to see AI is poised to become the next ‘big brother,’ which could explain why banks and governments are advocating for a cashless society.  Money laundering is a major issue for financial institutions.  Banks have long relied on humans to monitor rules-based systems that detect suspicious transactions. These legacy systems …

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Gannett sues Google over alleged monopolization of ad-tech markets

via mobilemarketingreads: Gannett, the largest news publisher in the United States, announced on Tuesday that it has filed a lawsuit against tech giant Google and its parent company Alphabet, alleging that they monopolize advertising technology (ad-tech) markets. The media company is seeking ‘’very substantial” damages. ‘’Google controls 90% of the market for “publisher ad servers,” …

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Google searches for “bull market” are at record high.

by BoatSurfer600 Google searches for “bull market” are at a record high from 2004. Note that gamblers were right in 2020 compliments of the massive Fed bailout. In 2008, they were four months early and took another -40% drawdown. This time, they are coming in at the end of the cycle. For maximum pain Source …

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Google is using AI to dig through Gmail accounts to “find exactly what you’re looking for” – and perhaps MORE

via naturalnews: Google has introduced a “highly requested” artificial intelligence-powered search feature in its Gmail service for mobile users. Alphabet, Google’s parent company, announced the change in a blog post on its website on June 2, telling everyone who uses Gmail on their smartphones that they will soon see a “top results” section when they are searching through …

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