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3 votes
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Google drops FLoC after widespread opposition, pivots to “Topics API” plan
16 votes -
Swedish price comparison firm PriceRunner is suing Alphabet-owned Google for promoting its own shopping comparisons in search results
4 votes -
Google is wrong. Apple’s iMessage is actually a failure.
12 votes -
After ruining Android messaging, Google says iMessage is too powerful
34 votes -
Google releases “disable 2g” feature for new Android smartphones
19 votes -
“Imagine if doctors relied on Google as much as programmers do”
10 votes -
I just want to serve 5 terabytes
10 votes -
Google's Tensor inside of Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro: A look into performance and efficiency
6 votes -
Microsoft, Google, Facebook and other tech firms are pressing lawmakers to stop prosecutors from secretly snooping on private accounts
3 votes -
Why Telegram had to follow Apple and Google when they suspended a voting app
9 votes -
Google, Apple remove Alexei Navalny app from stores as Russian elections begin
13 votes -
A decade and a half of instability: The history of Google messaging apps
22 votes -
Youtube screws me over for three years and counting
2 votes -
Google co-founder Larry Page gets New Zealand residency
13 votes -
Zoom to pay $85M for lying about encryption and sending data to Facebook and Google
28 votes -
Apple, Google and aligned incentives
7 votes -
Authenticated brand logos in Gmail will roll out over the coming weeks
8 votes -
Google Search has an unfair performance advantage in Chrome (on Android)
10 votes -
Trump files lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and Google
14 votes -
Why Google Play’s APK replacement is scaring some security experts
15 votes -
Differential privacy code removed from Chromium
In a discussion on Hacker News, Jonathan Mayer pointed out that the differential privacy code was removed from Chromium. It looks like they finished doing this in February. I haven't seen any...
In a discussion on Hacker News, Jonathan Mayer pointed out that the differential privacy code was removed from Chromium. It looks like they finished doing this in February.
I haven't seen any announcement, discussion, or explanation of this based on a brief web search, so I figured I'd note it here.
At about the time this process finished, there was a Google blog post about how they're still using it in other products.
We first deployed our world-class differential privacy anonymization technology in Chrome nearly seven years ago and are continually expanding its use across our products including Google Maps and the Assistant.
(If you read this quickly, you might think it's still used in Chrome.)
Reading between the lines, I suspect that some folks at Google are still advocating for more usage of differential privacy, but they lost an important customer. Why that happened is a mystery.
11 votes -
In leak investigation, tech giants are caught between courts and customers
9 votes -
US Democrats circulate draft antitrust bills that could reshape Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google
15 votes -
DeepMind reportedly lost a yearslong bid to win more independence from Google
8 votes -
Google AMP pages no longer get preferential treatment in Google search
14 votes -
Google I/O 2021: The fourteen biggest announcements
6 votes -
How China turned a prize-winning iPhone hack against the Uyghurs
11 votes -
Am I FLoCed?
22 votes -
Rust in the Android platform
7 votes -
Supreme Court of the United States sides with Google over Oracle
@SCOTUSblog: BREAKING: In major copyright battle between tech giants, SCOTUS sides w/ Google over Oracle, finding that Google didnt commit copyright infringement when it reused lines of code in its Android operating system. The code came from Oracle's JAVA SE platform. https://t.co/vAK7jMPa8e
46 votes -
Chrome's address bar will default to HTTPS
10 votes -
A look at search engines with their own indexes
26 votes -
Google’s FLoC is a terrible idea
31 votes -
Ubuntu sends http requests to Google cloud, here’s a fix
Ubuntu has this package installed by default: network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu It's only purpose is to provide settings for NetworkManager to send requests to...
Ubuntu has this package installed by default:
network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntuIt's only purpose is to provide settings for NetworkManager to send requests to connectivity-check.ubuntu.com , and based on the result (AFAIK) detect redirection by captive portals and open an ISP's page (think public WiFi, or hotel rooms, where you need to authorize to access the net).
Well, connectivity-check.ubuntu.com is hosted on Google cloud (you can check that by running:
dig connectivity-check.ubuntu.com whois [the IP from previous query]
), so by default Ubuntu sends requests to a Google cloud page.
I don't say Google counts daily active Ubuntu users (because many of those have the same IP), or that Google actively logs and analyzes that data. But some of you guys may not like that behavior.So what's the fix?
Purge the package
sudo apt purge network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu
If you do need a captive portal detection, create your own config file to query some HTTP (not HTTPS) page of your choice, in the example below I have a Debian page used for the same purpose. Use your favorite text editor to create and edit /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/90-connectivity-custom.conf :
[connectivity] uri=http://network-test.debian.org/nm
Restart NetworkManager
sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager
If you run an Ubuntu derivative, please report if you have network-manager-config-connectivity-ubuntu installed in the comments.
11 votes -
Data Transfer Project
6 votes -
Google to stop selling ads based on your specific web browsing
29 votes -
Google-free /e/ OS is now selling preloaded phones in the US, starting at $380
14 votes -
Arizona advances bill forcing Apple and Google to allow Fortnite-style alternative payment options
7 votes -
I have $15 burning a hole in my Google Play balance. Help me figure out what to spend it on.
Here's a list of Paid Games & Apps that I already have bought. Utils Tasker KLWP Sleep as Android Nova Prime One or two Icon packs for Nova Games Desert Golfing Death Road To Canada 2 Meteorfall...
Here's a list of Paid Games & Apps that I already have bought.
Utils
- Tasker
- KLWP
- Sleep as Android
- Nova Prime
- One or two Icon packs for Nova
Games
- Desert Golfing
- Death Road To Canada 2
- Meteorfall
- Mindustry
- Mini Metro
- Ordia
- Prune
- Reigns
- Reigns: Her Majesty
- RowRow
- Teslagrad
- UnCiv
- .projekt
- Sword and Sworcery
I'm looking for something worthwhile to spend it on. Is there a lesser known utility app that you use all the time? What about an indie game not getting the praise it deserves? Tell me about it!
17 votes -
Google has suspended the Element Matrix client from the Play Store due to abusive content (It's back)
@Element: Google have suspended Element in the Play Store without notifying us; we're reaching out to find out what's going on. Apologies for the inconvenience; in the interim there's https://t.co/aaZ9qXz69W but it's a few versions behind. We'll post updates here.
31 votes -
Google to pull API keys from unofficial builds of Chromium, including those for Linux packages
19 votes -
Google union in turmoil following global alliance announcement
7 votes -
Google threatens to pull search engine in Australia
15 votes -
New side-channel attack can recover encryption keys from hardware security keys
5 votes -
Google employees form union
42 votes -
The strange world of YouTube's corporate propaganda
12 votes -
Google Maps' moat is evaporating
7 votes -
Google acquires Neverware, a company that turns old PCs into Chromebooks
13 votes -
Gmail suffers another outage
12 votes