YouTube has just spoke out against its "dislike mobs." Here's our guide on what dislike spam really is, how YouTube aims to fight it, and what individual creators can do about it in the meantime.
In a major blow to Facebook's ambitions to more closely interknit its Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram apps, a German regulator has ruled that the social media giant must seek users' explicit consent before combining their data across its various apps.
This past Monday was Internet Safety Day, and to celebrate, Google is dedicating the week to producing a series of articles on its blog, aimed at protecting users with advice and tools. We check the advice Google gives for staying safe online and protecting your accounts
YouTube has a announced a shake-up of the way that it promotes videos in its channels. The streaming site has promised to clamp down on unsolicited recommendations of conspiracy theory videos – deemed "borderline content" – citing concerns about the spread of false ...
Google has been slapped with a record €50 million fine by the French data protection watchdog, CNIL, for breaking the GDPR rules. Specifically, Google has been taken to task for failing to disclose how it used user data when selling personalized adverts.
You could be forgiven for thinking that Google's Assistant is already on most devices – to date it works with more than 10,000 products, according to the company. However, this week at the Consumer Electronics Show, Google announced that it would be available on even more ...
Though it once seemed a luxury, wearable tech has now blossomed into a must-have accessory for a wide range of consumers. Smartwatches and fitness trackers aren't going away, and the wearable tech market is only set to grow further in the coming year and beyond.
After a wild 2018 that saw some of the biggest names in tech mired in controversy, let’s hope tech companies and CEOs take note of a certain time-honored tradition and resolve to be better in 2019. We round up the companies and CEOs most in need of new year's resolutions.
Google Hangouts has been a staple of businesses and individuals are years. But now, the tech giant has decided that it will be replaced by two enterprise-facing platforms, Meet and Chat, in the coming months. But why?
Scammers have found a new way to gain access to victims' bank details, using a simple trick on Google Maps. We tell you how to avoid the Google Maps scam, plus what Google itself is doing to address the issue
Google is known for the ambitious tech innovations. But now, they want to get rid of URLs to make the online world more secure and less complicated. So the big question becomes, "Is it a good idea or a terrible mistake?"
Google is planning to relaunch its search engine in China, in the form of a censored version designed to comply with Chinese government ideology, according to a whistleblower from within the company. According to leaked documents given to The Intercept, Google is returning to ...
Google has introduced a grammar checker, known as grammar suggestions, for its cloud-based word processing tool, Google Docs. Is this the end of proofreading by a human pair of eyes, or could the bots still be a ways off understanding the nuances of human...
Yesterday, the EU fined Google a record $5.1 billion over its Android operating system, following a European Commission antitrust investigation into Google’s dominance of the internet search market. By pre-installing the Chrome browser and Google Search apps on Android ...
Whether you’re on a Macbook, a Windows laptop, a desktop or an Android phone, a new study shows that there’s a pretty good chance you’re using Google Chrome right now. The Google browser is beating the competition at almost every turn, with big implications...
