Variety

Google Not Forced to Divest Chrome Browser, but Judge Rules It Must Share Some Data With Rivals

A federal judge ruled that Google must share certain kinds of data with competitors and is prohibited from entering into exclusive distribution deals — orders aimed at ameliorating its monopoly power ...
Salon

When the government can see everything: How one company is mapping the nation’s data

When the U.S. government signs contracts with private technology companies, the fine print rarely reaches the public. Palantir Technologies, however, has attracted more and more attention over the ...
Hindustan Times

‘Can we stop angry finger-pointing?’: Jimmy Kimmel reacts to Charlie Kirk's death, remembers victims of gun violence

Charlie Kirk was speaking at an outdoor event at Utah Valley University on Thursday when an unidentified shooter shot him in the neck. Charlie Kirk, executive director of the conservative Turning ...
Grist

How much carbon can we safely store underground? Much less than previously thought.

Drawing down carbon from the air and stashing it in underground rock formations has been framed as an essential way to slow and reverse global warming. But new research published Wednesday in the ...
Liliputing

Lilbits: A web browser for the reMarkable 2 E Ink tablet, a DIY keyboard phone made from a program Galaxy Z Flip, and more

Last year YouTuber Marcin Plaza built an ultrawide handheld computer with a clamshell design, a QWERTY keyboard, and SteamOS software and called it “a DIY Steam ...
Lifehacker

Early Access to Perplexity's AI Browser Is Expensive, but You Can Try It for Free Right Now

Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding my work at Lifehacker as a preferred source. If you've had interest in Comet, ...
CBS News

Judge rules Google can keep Chrome, but must share some search engine data with rivals

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a shake-up of Google's search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly while rebuffing the U.S. government's attempt to ...
Nature

Can a bold ‘social contract’ make data sharing more palatable?

Nchangwi Syntia Munung is a bioethics researcher in the Division of Human Genetics, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa. As a group of African bioethics and data-science researchers with ...
Indiatimes

Google-owned Waymo’s CEO on allowing authorities access to self-driving car data: We will make that publicly known

Waymo, the autonomous ride-hailing service, is sharing self-driving vehicle data with law enforcement through a legal process, as confirmed by co-CEO Tekedra Mawakana. The company requires valid ...
Reuters

Google keeps Chrome and Apple deal but must share data in big antitrust ruling

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Google won't have to sell its Chrome browser, a judge in Washington said on Tuesday, handing a rare win to Big Tech in its battle with U.S. antitrust enforcers, but ordering Google ...
TechCrunch

Plex urges users to change passwords after data breach

Streaming giant Plex is urging its customers to change their passwords after it disclosed a data breach of one of its user databases. The company said in a post on Monday that it was aware of a ...
GamesRadar+

With a DRM-free version and a low $20 price tag, Silksong has won many pirates over: "This is a time where if we can afford to support them, we should"

Action Games Hollow Knight "was so underpriced" that a fellow Metroidvania dev was nervous to go higher than $15 and bought Team Cherry's masterpiece "multiple times because I'm just like, take my ...