The decision by Kamala Harris’ campaign team to doctor Google headlines promoting the Democratic presidential candidate has raised “significant ethical concern” for “misleading” the public, media analysts told The Post on Wednesday. The vice president’s team launched sponsored posts on the search giant that linked to real news from various unsuspecting publishers like CNN, USA … Read more
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee launched an investigation Wednesday into whether Google and Meta suppressed information related to the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The Big Tech giants came under fire last month over allegations of censorship after Meta’s AI assistant claimed the attack on former President Donald Trump was a “fictitious” event … Read more
Got photo FOMO? There is a fix for this. On Tuesday, Google announced a new, AI-powered tool on the company’s upcoming Pixel 9 smartphones that will let users add themselves to a photo — no Photoshop required. The feature, called the “Add Me” function, allows the photographer of a group photo to be added later … Read more
The Justice Department is reportedly considering a push for a historic breakup of Google’s business empire, after a federal judge ruled that the Big Tech giant has an illegal monopoly over Internet search. DOJ lawyers may ask Judge Amit Mehta to order Google to sell off parts of its business — with potential candidates for … Read more
Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday unveiled a line of new Pixel smartphones with deeper integrations of its artificial intelligence technology as it tries to incorporate AI into its hardware. The event at Alphabet’s headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., bucks a tradition Google has maintained with each iteration of the Pixel — its flagship smartphone launched in … Read more
As the wealthy, influential and unrepentant 1% leave Sun Valley and their “billionaire summer camp,” we’re taking a look at the stars who marked their rise to riches. The folks at tarot and astrology platform Taroo analyzed the Fortune 500 list of top CEOs in 2024. By scouring public profiles and corporate biographies, they found … Read more
Waymo’s autonomous robotaxis has turned into a nightmare for San Francisco residents — with their sleep interrupted by the sound of vehicle horns for an hour before dawn. Sophia Tung, a software engineer who lives above a parking lot for driverless taxis, hit out at the Alphabet-owned subsidiary for the unwanted wake-up calls. “All night … Read more
Google and Meta reportedly struck a secret deal to target minor YouTube users with ads promoting rival Instagram service — breaking the internet search giant’s own ad rules, according to a bombshell report Thursday. The Instagram ad campaign was aimed at YouTube users who were classified as “unknown” in Google’s advertising system and designed to … Read more