Google makes real-world data more accessible to AI — and training pipelines will love it

Google is turning its vast public data trove into a goldmine for AI with the debut of the Data Commons Model Context Protocol ...

Scammers Will Try to Trick You Into Filling Out Google Forms. Don’t Fall for It

In general, you shouldn't be entering any login information or payment details into a Google Forms document (it will start with docs.google.com in your browser's address bar). These forms may look ...
Courthouse News Service

Jury slams Google over app data collection to tune of $425 million

FILE - A man walks past Google's offices in London's Kings Cross area, on Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Brian Melley, File) SAN FRANCISCO (CN) — A jury found Wednesday that Google violated users’ privacy ...

Google debuts Data Commons MCP Server to ground AI agents in trusted data

The MCP server has been designed to work as a standardized interface, allowing AI systems to query Data Commons directly ...
Engadget

Google ordered to pay $425 million in app data collection lawsuit

Google must pay $425 million to the plaintiffs of a class action lawsuit that accused the company of collecting users' data even after they've turned off a tracking feature, a federal jury has decided ...

Google, Meta Beat Consumer Lawsuit Over Drug-Data Collection

Google LLC and Meta Platforms Inc. defeated a lawsuit alleging they unlawfully collected the personal information of patients ...
TechSpot

Google is "enhancing" Play Games profiles with more data collection (and some privacy controls)

A hot potato: Google Play Games has offered user profiles since 2013, but its latest update raises questions about how much data is really needed. The enhanced profiles will collect more information ...

Google improves AI summaries of Forms responses

Google's update gets rid of that manual "Summarize responses" button entirely. Now, the moment you switch over to the ...
Fox Business

Google to pay $425 million after years of improper spying on smartphone activity

A federal jury ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for invading users' privacy by collecting data over an eight-year period on millions of people who had turned off a tracking feature in their Google ...
The Indianapolis Star

Google data center could be in trouble, as 15 councilors step forward to vote it down

Google's proposed data center on nearly 500 acres in Franklin Township looks to be in peril as enough Indianapolis City-County Council members now oppose the project to stop the tech giant in its ...
Computer Weekly

Google/DoJ antitrust ruling: Google must share data

Google will not need to sell off its Chrome browser – which is what the US Department of Justice (DoJ) had called for – as a remedy for violating antitrust laws. Instead, the US District Court for the ...
WUSA

Google expands Virginia data centers with $9 billion investment, but some residents feel they are paying the price

VIRGINIA, USA — More data centers are coming to Virginia, with Google investing another $9 billion in the facilities. Google will create a new data center in Chesterfield, Va., and will expand ...