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Judge Rejects Google Deal Over Email Scanning
A federal judge in San Francisco slammed a legal settlement that proposed to pay $2.2 million to lawyers, but nothing to consumers who had the contents of their email scanned by Google without their knowledge or permission. From a report:…
Google Home Gets 'Beauty & The Beast' Promo But Google Says It's Not an Ad
Danny Sullivan, reporting for MarketingLand: Ask Google Home what your day is like today, and it will remind you that Disney’s Beauty and the Beast is opening today. Google says this isn’t an ad. But it’s definitely an out-of-the-ordinary cooperation…
Apple, Amazon, Microsoft and Cisco line up to support Google on emails
Posse of tech giants lines up with Google to resist pressure to hand over emails held on overseas servers
News in brief: France drops e-voting; alleged Yahoo hackers indicted; Google tool for parents
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Google Tells Army of 'Quality Raters' To Flag Holocaust Denial
Google is using a 10,000-strong army of independent contractors to flag “offensive or upsetting” content, in order to ensure that queries like “did the Holocaust happen” don’t push users to misinformation, propaganda and hate speech. From a report on The…
News in brief: site helps translation from geek to English; sex toy maker settles suit; social media under fire
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Invisible reCAPTCHA means no more clicking on kitten pictures to prove you’re carbon-based
Google’s Invisible reCAPTCHA means most humans won’t have to jump through hoops – the algorithms will determine if you’re a robot
News in brief: Africa gets its own TLD; smart jacket launch pushed back; humans not required
Your daily round-up of some of the other stories in the news
Honey, I Wiretapped the Kids [Chet Chat Podcast 259]
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