SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

Sure. Google location tracking "bad" and Apple data harvesting "good", but it's pretty hack to see articles popping up about how poor Android trackers are compared to AirTags.
https://somegadgetguy.com/b/46Q

Ignoring the security nightmare AirTags were at launch, the assumed permissions Apple just takes for the Find My network, and the annoying (and scary looking) process Apple forces users through to OPT OUT of location tracking, it's shocking how well Google is doing only a couple weeks into this new finder network going live.

#tech #technology #editorial #news #technews #bbtg #privacy #security #google #apple #geek #business

SocraticEthics, to Ukraine
@SocraticEthics@mastodon.online avatar

https://t.me/liveukraine_media/21682
⛔️🇺🇸Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's Fidesz party has become Google's largest advertiser in the EU, spreading anti-Western narratives. The independent analytical center Political Capital reports that Fidesz spent about €4.3 (more) #Ukraine #EU #EuropeanUnion #OSCE #Press #Mastodon #USA #UnitedStates #Google #News #Hungary #russiaUkraineWar #10yrInvasionofUkraine
#EUVote #SaveEUfromFarRight
#NoUSRepublicans2024
#BoycottPolishAgriculture
#BetterOldThanSeditious

SocraticEthics, to Ukraine
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fsf, to apple
@fsf@hostux.social avatar

Tech monopolies like and shouldn't be allowed to control app stores! Read more: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/antitrust-day-tech-monopolies-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-control-app-stores

maxleibman, to SEO
@maxleibman@mastodon.social avatar

Every time I complain about people making and presenting their content in terrible ways just to get better traffic, I get some reply sticking up for them:

“Look, if they don’t write for machines, nobody will see their work!”

If their work is terrible because you wrote it for a machine, nobody needs to see their work.

fsf, to apple
@fsf@hostux.social avatar

Tech monopolies like and shouldn't be allowed to control app stores! Read more: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/antitrust-day-tech-monopolies-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-control-app-stores

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

A case brought by the DOJ was just denied a jury trial because Google cut a check for $2 million dollars.
Business practices that likely impacted business and consumers to the tune of billions in potential damages, a company that generates $60 Billion in revenue on search and ads every fiscal quarter, a judge looked at the DOJ brief and said:

"Yeah. $2 million ought to cover that. No need for a jury trial."
https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/07/business/google-doj-antitrust-case-judge-decision/index.html

A hearing is set for July 21st for a dismissal.

lauren, to CrystalsHashtags
@lauren@mastodon.laurenweinstein.org avatar

Why so many people are mad at Adobe!

In case you don't follow this stuff, many people in the creator community are apparently very upset at , who has moved full steam into subscription cloud-based services with everything that implies.

It seems they recently asked users to accept some relatively minor changes in their terms of service, relating to content moderation, what content Adobe can view and use, legal requirements, etc.

I said these were minor changes and from what I've seen they seem to be that. But the problem is that this has attracted creators' attention to terms of service that most didn't read or understand fully before this, which is quite a nasty piece of work. Very typical of many cloud services today though. So the creator community is up in arms, with new YouTube videos on the topic seemingly popping up by the hour. An "explainer" that Adobe sent out to try calm things down appears to have just made things worse.

Talk about unforced errors. It's not just .

remixtures, to ai Portuguese
@remixtures@tldr.nettime.org avatar

#AI #Search #Google #SearchEngines #SEO: "AI Overviews are just one of a slew of dramatic changes Google has made to its core product over the past two years. The company says its recent effort to revamp Search will usher in an exciting new era of technology and help solve many of the issues plaguing the web. But critics say the opposite may be true. As Google retools its algorithms and uses AI to transition from a search engine to a search and answer engine, some worry the result could be no less than an extinction-level event for the businesses that make much of your favourite content.

One thing is certain: Google's work is about to have a profound impact on what many of us see when we go online.

Over the last two years, updates meant to make Search more “helpful” devastated many website owners who say they follow Google’s best practices. (Source: Semrush) (Credit: BBC)
Over the last two years, updates meant to make Search more “helpful” devastated many website owners who say they follow Google’s best practices. (Source: Semrush) (Credit: BBC)
The changes came about because Google recognises the web has a problem. You've seen it yourself, if you've ever used a search engine. The Internet is dominated by a school of website building known as "search engine optimisation", or SEO, techniques that are meant to tune articles and web pages for better recognition from Google Search. Google even provides SEO tips, tools and advice for website owners. For millions of businesses that rely on the mechanisations of the Search machine, SEO can be an unavoidable game.

The trouble is SEO can be abused."

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240524-how-googles-new-algorithm-will-shape-your-internet

br00t4c, to ai
@br00t4c@mastodon.social avatar
davidbisset, to apple
@davidbisset@phpc.social avatar

If #Apple truly calls it "Apple Intelligence" in the keynote that's already more clever branding and PR that what i've seen from #Google and #Microsoft.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-07/apple-wwdc-2024-what-to-expect-ai-ipados-18-macos-15-siri-updates-more

yeti, to ArtificialIntelligence
@yeti@emacs.ch avatar

DW Business
Is Google killing small businesses?
https://piped.video/watch?v=DHu5MZR4Gyw

davidbisset, to microsoft
@davidbisset@phpc.social avatar

: "We have "

: Hold My Beer.

"Google is working on a Recall-like feature for Chromebooks, too"

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2358215/google-is-working-on-a-version-of-recall-too.html

kuketzblog, to microsoft German
@kuketzblog@social.tchncs.de avatar

Wir sollten bei jeder Gelegenheit die Vorteile von quelloffener Software und Diensten hervorheben. Die Deutungshoheit Microsoft, Google, Meta, Apple und Co. zu überlassen, hat uns dorthin geführt, wo wir heute stehen: Ein datengetriebenes Web, das ohne Nutzerdaten nicht überlebt und uns mit Werbung bombardiert.

helplessduck, to ai
@helplessduck@mastodon.online avatar

Since we all have to listen to the constant bitching about AI and the enshittificaton of search engines, I don't want to see one more person being castigated for asking a question on social media that could have been answered with a cursory search.

That was shitty, asshole behavior to begin with and now it can't even be justified by being technically correct.

tuneintodetuned, to random Spanish
@tuneintodetuned@mastodon.social avatar

Veo mucho parloteo cada pocas semanas de que YouTube está saboteando bloqueadores de anuncios y otros frontends que los bloquean pero yo sigo sin ver ni un anuncio en YT en PC ni smartphone. Respeto al 100% los emplazamientos de productos en vídeos y publicidad elegida y preparada por los creadores de contenido de cada canal, eso sí (y normalmente si el producto promocionado no me gusta el contenido del canal tampoco).
Tendré la combinación ganadora?
Imagino que será cuestión de tiempo... 🤔

tuneintodetuned,
@tuneintodetuned@mastodon.social avatar

Para quien no sepa por donde empezar y sí se agobie con la de que eche un vistazo a esta lista de a productos y servicios de :
https://mastodon.social/@tuneintodetuned/111177357052236768

noellemitchell, to tech
@noellemitchell@mstdn.social avatar

So I know in this post I was joking about going back to using encyclopedias and dictionaries instead of search engines...but now I'm starting to consider it seriously. 😅

Google is getting worse by the day and AI is ruining everything.

#tech #internet #searchEngines #Google #AI #books #dictionary #encyclopedia #libraries #reference

https://mstdn.social/@noellemitchell/112497804594029575

cliffwade, to YouTubeMusic
@cliffwade@allthingstech.social avatar

Does anyone know how you can remove a song from a YouTube Music playlist?

There are options to skip a song, to downvote a song and to remove from queue, but there appears to be no way of removing a song completely from a playlist you've created yourself. At least not that I'm seeing and Google isn't very helpful either.

#YouTubeMusic #Music #YouTube #Google #RemoveSong #Playlist

futtta, to wordpress
@futtta@mastodon.social avatar

I don't mind customers cancelling their license for my plugin, not even if they are not satisfied with the product any more but this cancellation reason made me a bit sad (it was for an art education site) ...

fsf, to apple
@fsf@hostux.social avatar

Tech monopolies like and shouldn't be allowed to control app stores! Read more: https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/antitrust-day-tech-monopolies-shouldnt-be-allowed-to-control-app-stores

SomeGadgetGuy, to tech
@SomeGadgetGuy@techhub.social avatar

A quick smartphone comparison! https://somegadgetguy.com/b/465
Pixel 8a vs OnePlus 12R! These might be the best two mid-ranger phones in the USA right now!

#tech #technology #geek #android #google #oneplus #smartphone #bbtg #review #video #youtube #gadgets

kubikpixel, (edited ) to internet German
@kubikpixel@chaos.social avatar

Jetzt wo ihr alle auf eine #freie und offene Plattform für #SocialMedia gewechselt seid, das #Fediverse, könnt ihr z.B. bei den #Suchmaschine weiter machen.

🔎 @MetaGer
🔎 @Mojeek
🔎 @monocles
🔎 https://gruble.de

Ne du, so was wie #DuckDuckGo, #StartPage & #Ecosia liefern Daten ihrer Crawler wie #Bing (M$) und/oder #Google. Pseudonymisiert ist nicht anonym, denn die sind vertraglich dazu verpflichtet.

kubikpixel, (edited )
@kubikpixel@chaos.social avatar

🧵 …spannend was im @ct_Magazin über Suchmaschienen im Internet und deren KI geschrieben steht. Trotzdem bevorzuge ich momentan die oben spezifisch Erwähnten, da ich gerne den original Inhalt mir ansehen möchte und nicht was "fantasievolles" Zusammengestelltes was betrügerisch sein kann.

«Suchmaschine mit KI»
📺 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF1qYRCjTKE
📰 https://www.heise.de/news/Bessere-Websuche-dank-KI-c-t-uplink-9751005.html


#suchmaschine #ki #google #heise #ct #video #internet #sicherheit #nerdcafe

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