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25 votes
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Middle East dictators buy spy tech from company linked to IBM and Google
8 votes -
Google employees are systematically listening to audio files recorded by Google Home smart speakers and the Google Assistant smartphone app
23 votes -
DeepMind's StarCraft II AI "AlphaStar" will play some games anonymously on the Europe competitive ladder against opt-in opponents
18 votes -
Google’s 4,000-word privacy policy is a secret history of the internet
7 votes -
How To Build An App: Everything You Didn't Know You Needed To Know | Tom Scott
8 votes -
Google faces contempt charge for failing to remove defamatory reviews
10 votes -
The fight for the future of YouTube
9 votes -
UK ISP group names Mozilla 'Internet Villain' for supporting 'DNS-over-HTTPS'
34 votes -
YouTube announces upcoming changes to give you more control over what videos appear on your homepage and in Up Next suggestions
15 votes -
Google CEO Admits That It's Impossible To Moderate YouTube Perfectly; CNBC Blasts Him
20 votes -
Google Maps is filled with millions of false business addresses created by firms pretending to be nearby
13 votes -
YouTube under US Federal investigation over allegations it violates children’s privacy
9 votes -
Google is enabling RCS independently of mobile operators in the UK and France this month
10 votes -
Interview with Google's login chief about passwords vs. single sign-on
8 votes -
The new wilderness
9 votes -
You (probably) don't need ReCAPTCHA
26 votes -
I believe Google search is restricting what articles I can see in my searches, based on my location. What can I do?
Whenever I search for information about something - especially about a news event - Google returns me a lot of results from Australian sites. Any foreign sites come further down the list,...
Whenever I search for information about something - especially about a news event - Google returns me a lot of results from Australian sites. Any foreign sites come further down the list, sometimes even on the second page of results. I've never really paid much attention to this behaviour, beyond some occasional mild frustration at not being able to find local sources.
However, this came to a head this week when I was searching for a local US-based news article about something I'd read in an Australian news site, so I could post that local US article here on Tildes (I always try to get as close to the source as possible). But, try as I might, I just could not find any good non-Australian articles about this news! It was almost like Google was deliberately blocking my attempts to read non-Australian sites. I mean, it's possible that this news wasn't reported outside Australia, but that's unlikely, seeing as it was Uber's announcement about trialling electric aircraft in Texas and Victoria. That had to get American coverage. But I struggled to find it in my searches.
I then noticed something I've never noticed before: at the bottom of my Google searches, there's a small line which tells me my current location. It's as specific as my local council area, not just my state or the country.
Is this location affecting what Google shows me in my searches? If so, how do I remove this restriction?
For context: I use Chrome, but I only sign in when I'm accessing a Google service (usually the Calendar). After I've finished with the service, I sign out. So Google isn't tracking me as a person, it's just tracking my browser's search activity.
EDIT: Thank you all. I've already set up DuckDuckGo as my default search engine, and am trying it out.
16 votes -
Google releases free Game Builder: Create 3D games with friends, no experience required
12 votes -
Alphabet-owned Jigsaw built a fake political site and then hired a Russian troll campaign to attack it
12 votes -
Web Request and Declarative Net Request: Explaining the impact on Extensions in Manifest V3
7 votes -
Chrome Incognito mode no longer detectable in Chrome 76
@paul_irish: Chrome Incognito mode has been detectable for years, due to the FileSystem API implementation. As of Chrome 76, this is fixed. Apologies to the "detect private mode" scripts out there. 💐
17 votes -
Huawei is sending developers requests to publish on its app store
8 votes -
Ubisoft reveals game subscription service UPlay Plus for PC and Google Stadia
8 votes -
Leader of worker protests at Google quits, alleging "retaliation" by company
10 votes -
Google argues the Huawei ban would hurt its Android monopoly
6 votes -
Stadia Connect 6.6.2019 - Pricing, game reveals, launch info and more
13 votes -
Publishers that closed their comments sections made a colossal mistake
9 votes -
Tech giants amass a lobbying army for an epic Washington battle
10 votes -
Sources: Destiny 2 is coming to Google Stadia, getting cross-save
6 votes -
The Google outage highlights the perils of a centralized internet
4 votes -
YouTube now disallows minors from live-streaming unless accompanied by an adult
16 votes -
Stadia Connect 6.6.2019 | Official teaser
2 votes -
Google Cloud Networking outage impacting Discord and many other services
12 votes -
The standalone YouTube Gaming app and standalone gaming.youtube.com website have shut down
17 votes -
Chrome Extension Manifest V3 could end uBlock Origin for Chrome
55 votes -
Go is Google's language, not ours
15 votes -
Facebook and Google pressured EU experts to soften fake news regulations, say insiders
4 votes -
Apple arms web browser privacy torpedo, points it directly at Google's advertising model
4 votes -
Google changes policy on abortion advertising: will require advertisers who wish to run ads about abortion to apply for approval first
5 votes -
Where algorithms can't find you
4 votes -
Glass Enterprise Edition 2: faster and more helpful
3 votes -
Google suspends some business with Huawei due to sanctions - future Huawei devices will be unable to access Play Store as well as Google apps including Gmail and YouTube
23 votes -
Audit suggests Google favors a small number of major outlets
8 votes -
Google Pixel 3a: High-end features at a more affordable price ($399 USD, $479 for XL)
17 votes -
In contrast to Facebook, Google seems to be leaning into the message that they have all your data, and emphasizing how that allows them to make your life easier
25 votes -
Nest, the company, died at Google I/O 2019
19 votes -
Google releases fifty-three gender fluid emoji
16 votes -
Google I/O 2019 keynote
8 votes -
Google is shutting down the "Works with Nest" API on August 31, 2019
5 votes