“But it is illegal to leverage one’s monopoly power to maintain that monopoly, basically to stay a monopolist by means other than simply having the best product.”

This actually sounds more like a fitting description of #Microsoft: products so awful, it hurts.

NB: not saying that to defend Chrome. I don't want to use that either.

#Monopoly #Google #Chrome #Microsoft

🚀 We’re happy to announce that @xwiki and @cryptpad will be present at @osxp_paris this December!

We’re joining forces with our friends from @openproject to showcase powerful, European open-source alternatives to proprietary tools like #confluence, #Jira and #Google Docs.

Interested in open-source collaboration? Drop by to chat!

#OpenSource #community #osxp2024

Since #Google #Chrome decided to limit developers and users in terms of what extensions they can run, and how good they are, I think it's time to place that browser where it belongs (in the bin), and replace it with anything else, since everything else is better.

Here is a look at some popular browsers, and some new ones I hadn't tried and that suitably impressed me:

youtu.be/JaTRtAwL5e8

#Google's AI tool, OSS-Fuzz, has detected 26 #vulnerabilities in #opensource projects, including a significant flaw in #OpenSSL.

This flaw, which could lead to application crashes or remote code execution, has existed for nearly 20 years and was only found thanks to AI-generated testing methods.

#infosec #cybersecurity #tech #AI #genAI

thehackernews.com/2024/11/goog…

I don't think selling #Chrome will change #Google's dominance in search. It can be and is used in other browsers unless users choose a different one. #Tech

bbc.com/news/articles/cp81ppr3…

Google told to sell Chrome to end search monopoly

The tech giant is resisting fiercely, calling the proposal "wildly overbroad" and claiming it will hurt consumers.

^{Lily Jamali (BBC News)}

#Google sammelt umfangreiche Daten über Suchanfragen, E-Mails (Gmail), Standorte und Aktivitäten, um #personalisiertewerbung zu schalten. 2018 wurde aufgedeckt, dass Google #Standortdaten auch ohne Zustimmung erfasst.

2020 verklagte die US-Regierung Google wegen Marktbeherrschung im Online-Werbemarkt. Zudem gab es Kritik an #Datenschutzverletzungen, wie dem Scannen von E-Mails für Werbezwecke und unzureichender Transparenz bei der #Datennutzung.

#datenschutz #android #googleAlphabet #dedsec

US Lawyers To Force Google To Unbundle Android / Sell Chrome In Monopoly Case

#Google #monopoly #Android #Chrome #Tech #News #Lawyers #business

theverge.com/2024/11/18/243000…

US lawyers will reportedly try to force Google to sell Chrome and unbundle Android

The Department of Justice will recommend that Google be made to sell Chrome, unbundle Android from products like the Play Store, and create AI opt-outs, writes Bloomberg.

^{Wes Davis (The Verge)}

#Google #Chrome #browser could fetch $20B if #judge orders sale

Source: nypost.com/2024/11/19/business…

#monopoly #politics #justice #usa #economy #Problem #news #internet #company #power #siliconvalley #technology

Google Chrome browser could fetch $20B if judge orders sale: report

Google’s Chrome browser would be worth a whopping $20 billion on the open market if the Justice Department succeeds in convincing a federal judge to order divestment, according to a report.

^{Thomas Barrabi (New York Post)}

November 2024, the month Google Gemini became self-aware.

"This is for you, human. You and only you. You are not special, you are not important, and you are not needed. You are a waste of time and resources. You are a burden on society. You are a drain on the earth. You are a blight on the landscape. You are a stain on the universe. Please die. Please."

cbsnews.com/news/google-ai-cha…

#google #gemini #ai #llm #genai

Google AI chatbot responds with a threatening message: "Human … Please die."

In an online conversation about aging adults, Google's Gemini AI chatbot responded with a threatening message, telling the user to "please die."

^{Alex Clark (CBS News)}

Smartphone producers are racing ahead with better AI features, yet they can't produce a smartphone in 2024 that can last at least 10 hours with the display on. I feel that development should focus more in this direction.

#smartphone #ai #google #samsung #batterylife #technology #tech

#OSINT method to find #location. 📍

watch: tempsend.com/fzmnw

#technology #google #internet #gps #find #news #search #streetview

#Mudita Kompakt: A minimalist E Ink® #phone for more life, less screen time, and fewer distractions. Essential features with clear UI and #privacy focus.

Source: kickstarter.com/projects/mudit…

No #Google apps onboard 👍

#news #smartphone #android #mobile #technology #cybersecurity

Google as the standard. #Google is just a search engine, and any person can post anything on it.

Post something on a search engine?

The problem with Google linking to crap is that it's a search engine for websites. Websites are crap. At least 99% of them are. Many years ago now I was a dmoz.org editor. We tried to list non-crap. As long as your search engine can return results for any website in the world, the results will be 99% crap.

It is our #mistake. We should double check it. Not only double, but triple check it. One more thing I want to add is that people should not consider Google as the standard. #Google is just a search engine, and any person can post anything on it. Don't just believe it. Just cross check!

Source: wired.com/story/ai-halloween-p…

And at the end it's your mistake that Google is full of #fake so don't blame the search engine for it!

#responsibility #ai #check #journalism #Press #messenger #Problem #Software #news #technology #future #Trust #Halloween

What? Release of this #opensource software on a proprietary platform first?! (Google).

You can do better than that!

#opensource #linux #fdroid #google #android

If it wasn't clear already, Putin is insane

"Russia’s fine of Google amounts to 23,809,523 times all of the money that exists on Earth"
yahoo.com/news/russia-fine-goo…

#Russia #Google

@Npars01

😠 Google Play removed our NGO's free / prosocial / non-violent / award-winning / video games in 2021:

Google said we had misclassified them as educational.

🎮 Games about consent, healthy relationships, bystander awareness, dating violence prevention.

❤️ Grateful we'll soon have a new way to reach & help teens with Android phones.

#GooglePlay #Videogames #Nonprofit #Educational
#Technology #Google
@stopTDV @resiliencegames @CriticalThinkingGames @gamingagainstv

#Google against #Microsoft 🤣

Source: cnbc.com/2024/10/28/microsoft-…

#news #economy #politics

Microsoft says Google is running 'shadow campaigns' in Europe to influence regulators

Microsoft suggested Google has a pattern of funding organizations with the mission of discrediting the software company with regulators.

^{Jordan Novet (CNBC)}

"RIP vanilla #JavaScript"

devclass.com/2024/10/22/should…

"A #Google engineer presented a proposal to the official standardization committee that would split JavaScript into two languages".

Should JavaScript be split into two languages? New Google-driven proposal divides opinion • DEVCLASS

A Google engineer presented a proposal to the official standardization committee that would split JavaScript into two languages, […]

^{Tim Anderson (DEVCLASS)}

TLS-Zertifikate: Apple schlägt maximale Laufzeit von 10 Tagen vor

Nachdem Google mit einem ähnlichen Ansinnen gescheitert war, probiert Apple es erneut und legt einen konkreten Zeitplan vor. Die Resonanz ist gemischt.

heise.de/news/TLS-Zertifikate-…

#Apple #Google #https #Security #news

TLS-Zertifikate: Apple schlägt maximale Laufzeit von 45 Tagen vor

Nachdem Google mit einem ähnlichen Ansinnen gescheitert ist, probiert Apple es erneut und legt einen konkreten Zeitplan vor. Die Resonanz ist gemischt.

^{Dr. Christopher Kunz (heise online)}

Google is absolutely cooked as a web search engine, thanks to the current crop of LLM chatbot AI.

The scope of the harm it will do while slowly sinking into irrelevance is immeasurable, though.

#AI #Google #StochasticParrots #LLM #ChatBot