"The search engine has made up so much of our online experience for so long that it can be hard to imagine something better."

Spotify acquired Podsights and Chartable, giving it technology to better measure and track listener behavior. In Hot Pod Insider, Ashley Carman writes about how the deal relates to YouTube.

>"The Google Home app is getting a couple of new features. In addition to a redesigned photo frame settings menu, you may also get the option to display the Weather Frog alongside your photos."

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"Google introduces Android 12 opt-out interest-based ads to limit targeted ads by Facebook. Though, unlike Apple's opt-in feature, Google lets users do an opt-out on GAID."

The free speech controversies roiling Big Tech have now reached the scientific sphere.

>"Google’s business is built on data. But it doesn't have to be this way"

Why You Shouldn’t Use Google Chrome After New Privacy Disclosure

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>"Search engines, like social media algorithms, get you to click on links by learning what other people click on. Enticing misinformation often comes out on top."

>"Big Tech has used its power to control the field of AI ethics and avoid accountability. Now, the ouster of Timnit Gebru is putting the movement _...Read More_

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Times of India: Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news.