Google is making it easier for users to auto-delete data like their search histories. | NurPhoto/Getty Images The company’s latest privacy measure will delete some users’ data by default, but most will still have to turn the feature on manually. Google is making it easier to delete the data it collects about you — though you might still have to do a little w […]
Zac Freeland/Vox How Black Lives Matter finally pushed Instagram into politics. For most people, Instagram has long been the social media platform where they escape from the real world — and politics — to share a curated highlight reel of their lives. But recently, that’s changed. It’s become an increasingly political platform amid Black Lives Matter protest […]
China’s state media have been using the pandemic and U.S. protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd to rally its citizens at home, as Beijing’s relationships around the world grow tenser. Photo Composite: Crystal Tai/WSJ
The firm will now delete its saved records of a new user’s activity after 18 monthsGoogle will no longer save a complete record of every search made by new users, the company says, as it launches a push to promote its privacy credentials against concerted competition from arch-rival Apple.The company will now automatically delete its saved records of a new u […]
University of California San Diego School of Medicine researchers created neurons in mice using a new, much simpler method that involved rewriting genes.
From racist graffiti to missed promotions, employees say a “systemic pattern of racial bias” permeates the company.
The internet company has long been criticized about how much information it keeps on users. The change applies only to new accounts.
Jess Whittlestone at the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence at the University of Cambridge and her colleagues published a comment piece in Nature Machine Intelligence this week arguing that if artificial intelligence is going to help in a crisis, we need a new, faster way of doing AI ethics, which they call ethics…
Army researchers have designed a new drone that can transform mid-flight, making it capable of both high-speed flight and hovering in place once it’s arrived at a target destination.
Recent social media posts (which I won’t link to, but you can find them easily with a Twitter search) claim Apple and Google are installing contact tracing apps on your phone without your permission. The posts show even convincing screenshots and allude to statements made by both companies indicating they have been…Read more…
If you’ve worn glasses or contact lenses for a long time, you know the dance. You visit an optometrist for a new prescription. And then they want you to order from their optical shop. The optometrist doesn’t know if you’re on a budget, or prefer to shop with a particular brand, or just want the damn eye circles to…Read more…
An Anker 45W fast charger, a 300-pack of Biscoff cookies, a luxury towel set from MorningSave, a Spigen sale on Apple Watch and AirPods cases, a Ninja Foodi 7-in-1 pressure cooker/slow cooker/air fryer combo, and a 256GB Samsung EVO microSD card lead Wednesday’s best deals.Read more…
New species of velvet spider is named after actor and animal rights activist Joaquin Phoenix for his role in ‘Joker.’ There is a red mark on the spider that resembles the famous smile.
New research has linked a 12th century European famine to the eruption of a volcano in Japan, fumes from which may have drifted across the Arctic and caused widespread crop failure.
I’ve loved Pride month since I first came out while in foster care. There’s just something about the pure joy in living life out loud and celebrating yourself exactly as you are. I didn’t have the money to spend on rainbow shoes or fancy eyelashes but I always dreamed of what I could buy one day.Read more…
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