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How to Use Parental Controls in Your Google, Apple, and Microsoft Accounts

The three biggest tech companies all offer a wealth of options to limit screen time, find lost devices, and more.

Wired - Jan. 20

Apple, Google remove TikTok from stores as app halts service in U.S.

Apple and Google have removed TikTok from their respective app stores as U.S. operations shut down.

CNBC - Jan. 19

Taliban deputy urges leader to scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls

A senior Taliban figure says the group's leader should scrap education bans on Afghan women and girls

ABC News - Jan. 19

Google Maps is turning 20 — it's mapping three more countries and adding AI capabilities

As Google Maps turns 20, it's mapping more countries and rolling out generative AI capabilities to keep dominance as the world's top navigation app

CNBC - Jan. 18

What will happen to TikTok on Apple and Google's app store on Sunday?

With President-elect Trump adding uncertainty around whether a TikTok ban will go into effect, the focus is now turning to companies like Google and Apple

ABC News - Jan. 17

Poppy Playtime Dev Sues Google Over Counterfeit "Scam" Versions Of Its Games

Mob Entertainment--the development studio behind the jumpscare-heavy survival horror game known as Poppy Playtime --is suing Google over what it calls "scam" games that are ripping off the ...

GameSpot - Jan. 17

Former European Leaders Call for Google Ad-Tech Breakup

A group of 18 former European heads of state have called on the European Commission to break up Google’s highly lucrative advertising-technology business, claiming it erodes Europe’s media landscape.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 17

Why tech companies like Amazon, Google and TSMC are flocking to Phoenix

Phoenix, a longtime hub for aerospace and defense, is becoming an epicenter of semiconductor manufacturing and autonomous vehicles.

CNBC - Jan. 17

Enterprises can now run real-time data through Google Cloud’s most advanced VMs

Early adopters like Couchbase are already seeing significant price-performance gains with Google Cloud's new VMs.

VentureBeat - Jan. 16

Google’s new neural-net LLM architecture separates memory components to control exploding costs of capacity and compute

Titans architecture complements attention layers with neural memory modules that select bits of information worth saving in the long term.

VentureBeat - Jan. 16

TikTok and Google CEOs to attend Trump inauguration, sources say

The news comes as a law banning TikTok, which is owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, is set to go into effect on Jan. 19.

CBS News - Jan. 16

BT scraps EV charging point scheme having only installed one

It hoped to turn 60,000 roadside green cabinets into chargers - but now says it will focus on wifi instead.

BBC News - Jan. 16

Google's Resolution for 2025: Catch Up to ChatGPT

Tired of trailing OpenAI, Chief Executive Sundar Pichai wants his Gemini chatbot to be used by 500 million people.

The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 16

Google’s Gemini AI just shattered the rules of visual processing — here’s what that means for you

Google's Gemini AI achieves a milestone with simultaneous video and image processing, unlocking possibilities through AnyChat.

VentureBeat - Jan. 14

Google faces first major probe under UK's tough new antitrust rules

Britain's competition watchdog said Tuesday that it's opening a formal antitrust investigation into Google's search and search advertising business.

CNBC - Jan. 14

Google Joins the AI Shopping Revolution With Agent Tools for Retailers

The next stage of AI development, which lets the technology act with more autonomy and performs some customer service actions, is being applied to an industry that must constantly embrace change.

Inc. - Jan. 13

New private parking panel to scrap ‘five-minute payment rule’

Move follows case of a woman issued with fines of almost £2,000

Financial Times - Jan. 13

Apple asks investors to block proposal to scrap diversity programmes

Conservative thinktank wants firm to end its DEI efforts because they create ‘litigation, reputational and financial risks’. Business live – latest updates Apple has asked shareholders to vote ...

The Guardian - Jan. 13

Blue Origin Scraps New Rocket Debut Launch Due to Tech Trouble

Jeff Bezos’ space company calls off the first launch of its massive New Glenn rocket in the final minutes of its countdown.

Inc. - Jan. 13

Google DeepMind researchers introduce new benchmark to improve LLM factuality, reduce hallucinations

Based on a new benchmark, Google DeepMind found Gemini 2.0 Flash to be the most factual LLM, with a score of 83.6%.

VentureBeat - Jan. 10

Media companies scrap streaming service Venu

ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced Friday they were pulling the plug on the Venu Sports streaming service before it even started.

ESPN - Jan. 10

Boeing and Google each give $1m for Trump inauguration

The US companies join other major firms donating funds for the ceremony on 20 January.

BBC News - Jan. 10

Judge Rejects Biden’s Title IX Rules, Scrapping Protections for Trans Students

The decision threw out the administration’s proposed regulations, which prohibited discrimination based on gender identity.

The New York Times - Jan. 9

Judge scraps Biden's Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students

The Biden administration’s Title IX rules expanding protections for LGBTQ+ students have been struck down nationwide after a federal judge in Kentucky found that they overstepped the president’s ...

ABC News - Jan. 9

Judge scraps Biden's Title IX rules, reversing expansion of protections for LGBTQ students

President-elect Donald Trump previously promised to end the rules “on day one” and made anti-transgender themes a centerpiece of his campaign.

NBC News - Jan. 9

Google and Microsoft donate $1m each to Trump’s inaugural fund

Tech giants follow footsteps of other major companies, including Amazon, Meta, OpenAI and Uber. Google and Microsoft have donated $1m each to Donald Trump ’s inauguration fund, following in ...

The Guardian - Jan. 9

Google donates $1 million to Trump's inauguration fund, joining other tech giants

Google becomes the latest tech company to donate to Trump's inauguration fund

CNBC - Jan. 9

Fake Aldi on Google Maps wreaks 'havoc' on village

Shoppers end up empty handed after driving to a rural village hoping to buy their bread and milk.

BBC News - Jan. 9

Dems bash Meta for scrapping fact-checks: 'Genuflecting to Donald Trump'

House Democrats are hammering Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg, after the company announced the platform-wide end of its fact-checking program. The lawmakers said the shift is part of a larger ...

The Hill - Jan. 9

Black British entrepreneurs find new ways to land funding as diversity efforts are scrapped

In 2018 Black founders secured just 0.23% of venture funds, according to data from Extend Ventures.

CNBC - Jan. 9

‘Dispiriting’: factchecker reacts to Meta’s move to scrap role

Mark Zuckerberg accused fact-checkers in US of making biased decisions. • Meta scraps factcheckers . The Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg announced on Tuesday his company, Meta, would be ...

The Guardian - Jan. 8

Meta scrapped factcheckers ‘because systems were too complex’

Comments by co-chair of oversight board Helle Thorning-Schmidt come as X CEO welcomes rival’s move. The co-chair of Meta’s oversight board said the company’s systems had become “too complex”, as ...