Why doesn’t Google Maps have a way for you to fully block businesses from appearing in search results? This should be an integral feature.
Lawmakers ask Google to fix abortion searches that mislead users to ‘anti-abortion fake clinics’
Some Democrats in Congress have asked Google why some Google searches about abortion result in misleading anti-abortion ‘fake clinic’ results and ads.
Google co-founder Brin files for divorce from second wife
Google (GOOG) (GOOGL) co-founder Sergey Brin filed this year for divorce from his second wife, Insider reports. Brin issued a quiet divorce filing Jan …
Spotify teams with IAS to improve podcast brand safety
The initiative comes the same week that the audio streaming platform created a Safety Advisory Council to make recommendations on content policies.
Reports: Microsoft’s Bing Quietly Launches Marketplace in Bid to Compete with Google Shopping
Microsoft it is reportedly testing out a new retail marketplace in the U.S. on its Bing search engine, according to multiple news outlets. Called “Buy Direct,” the third-party marketplace is being …
John Oliver attacks Google for its anti-competitive grip on search on Last Week Tonight
John Oliver has taken on the task to bring these problems in the limelight, talking about Google’s dominance in the search engine industry, Apple’s App Store policies, and Amazon’s grip on third-party …
Google suspends engineer who claimed AI bot had become ‘sentient’
Blake Lemoine, a software engineer on Google’s artificial intelligence development team, has gone public with claims of encountering “sentient” AI on the company’s servers.