Google Just Revealed When Apple Will Officially Adopt RCS

Did Google just preempt a big announcement ... However, it's the next line that brings the news: "Apple has announced it will be adopting RCS in the fall of 2024." Has it? Sure, the company ... Read More

Google Developers Summit

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New Google Feature Will Wait on Hold for You

Google’s testing a new feature called “Talk to a Live Representative” that will contact businesses for you, navigate their phone trees, wait on hold ... For the latest news, Facebook ... Read More

Google will no longer hold onto people's location data in Google Maps — meaning it can't turn that info over to the police

Google is making some changes in Google Maps that will increase user privacy. Data from the Timeline feature in Google Maps, which is controlled by the Location History setting and keeps a record ... Read More

Google to destroy billions of data records to settle "incognito" lawsuit

Although Google agreed to the initial settlement in December, Monday's filing provides more details about the agreement between the tech giant and ... worked at Bloomberg News and has written ... Read More

Google to destroy browsing data to settle consumer privacy lawsuit

Google agreed to destroy billions of data records ... historic step in requiring honesty and accountability from dominant technology companies.” A preliminary settlement had been reached ... Read More

Fox News AI Newsletter: Inside Google's bungled Gemini rollout

LSU star Angel Reese calls out 'crazy and weird' AI-generated photos of herself BEHIND THE CURTAIN: Google abandoned "fairness" and took major "shortcuts" to launch the Gemini artificial ... Read More

Tech News Now: Big Tech's big day of earnings

Here's all the tech news ... Google earned $1.64 per share on revenue of $86.3 billion for the fourth quarter, beating analyst estimates of $1.60 and $85.25 billion respectively. Google's cloud ... Read More

Tech Law

The U.S. government's antitrust lawsuit against Google has produced anxiety about ... Let's explore how they seek to balance this technology's potential with its risks. Meta is taking to court ... Read More

Google to destroy billions of records to settle consumer privacy lawsuit

The plaintiffs' lawyers plan to later seek unspecified legal fees payable by Google. Get a brief on the top business stories of the week, plus CEO interviews, market updates, tech and money news ... Read More

HSBC partners with Google Cloud to grow climate tech ecosystem

HSBC has partnered with Google Cloud to accelerate ... self-service kiosks. Edge computing capabilities will be used to gain new insights into how equipment is performing, while on the generative AI ... Read More

How to Access Gemini in Google Messages

The integration of AI technology into your favorite apps continues, as Google is finally rolling out Gemini access in its Messages service. Tech companies have been rolling out AI features at ... Read More