最近 Google 高層與員工不和的消息時有聽聞，其中 AI 研究人員因為揭發公司都得問題而被報復的事件更成為媒體焦點。最近 Google 員工組織就去信美國國會要求提升對 AI 研究吹哨者所提供的保護措施。
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Google One’s 2TB+ plans adding Android VPN, coming to iOS & desktops soon
Back in July, Google’s storage subscription service made phone backups free on Android and announced plans for iOS. The next move for Google One is including a VPN on higher storage tiers.
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United States v. Google
So it finally happened: the U.S. Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit against Google, alleging anticompetitive behavior under Section 2 of the Sherman Antitrust Act. And, as far as I can tell, everyone is disappointed in the DOJ’s case; Nilay Patel’s tweets were representative:
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COVID-19 Community Mobility Report
As global communities respond to COVID-19, we’ve heard from public health officials that the same type of aggregated, anonymized insights we use in products such as Google Maps could be helpful as they make critical decisions to combat COVID-19.
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Google donates $800 million in cash and ads to fight coronavirus
Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced Friday that his company is donating more than $800 million in cash and advertising to help stem the spread of the novel coronavirus and ease the impact on small businesses. Why it matters: It would appear to be the largest donation yet from a tech giant.
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Chrome’s ad blocker will expand to video on August 5
Google today announced that Chrome’s ad blocker is expanding to video on August 5, 2020. As with previous ad blocker rollouts, the date is likely not tied to a specific Chrome version — Google will be expanding the scope of its browser’s ad blocker server-side.
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Google is rolling out free access to its advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing to help businesses and educators in response to Coronavirus
Amid sudden outbreak of coronavirus in the United States, tech giant Google said it’s rolling out free access to its advanced Hangouts Meet video-conferencing capabilities to help businesses and educators in response to Coronavirus.
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What’s Next for Google After Larry and Sergey’s Departure?
Larry Page and Sergey Brin are to step down from the day-to-day running of Alphabet, the holding they created to ensure the diversification of their investment interests into long-term projects such as self-drivingvehicles, research into prolonginghuman life, home automation, artificial intelligence
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Google Android 涉嫌違反 GNU GPL
我今天看到《Android source code, Java, and copyright infringement: what’s going on?》(中譯版)的新聞。心頭一驚，這還真是個大新聞。於是多花了些時間把相關的討論文章都看過。內容很多，但法律焦點其實只有一個，我稍候解釋。我先說我
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