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@nytimesworld 2 years ago This week the authorities asked a court to ban the public performance and online dissemination of “Glory to Hong Kong.” The move could ensnare U.S. technology companies like Google. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Layoffs at technology giants have reverberated through Canada, where giants such as Meta and Google had extensive operations. The turmoil has further vexed the Canadian government’s attempt to regulate the industry. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago After years of careful preserving, cataloging, and digitizing, more than 40,000 pages from one of Timbuktu’s biggest libraries have been made available for anyone to explore on Google Arts & Culture. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago When Irma Alvarez Ccoscco heard that the language she has spoken her whole life, Quechua, had been added to Google Translate, she hurried to her computer to try it out. “I didn’t want to be disappointed,” she said. “And yes, it worked.” nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Millions of years after the Cotswolds was home to a marine ecosystem, an amateur paleontologist couple using Google Earth discovered rare Jurassic fossils in a quarry. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Russia has stepped up pressure on Twitter, Google and Facebook to remove content it deems illegal or restore pro-Kremlin material that had been blocked. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago Chinese hackers are targeting the personal email accounts of campaign staff members working for Joe Biden, Google said on Thursday, while confirming previous reports that Iran has targeted President Trump’s campaign  nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago "This thing has blown up on them,” the former co-chief executive of BlackBerry said of a plan by a Google sibling company to create a city of tomorrow in Toronto. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago Apple has joined Google, Yandex and some other technology companies in redrawing Ukraine’s borders to satisfy Moscow’s territorial claims nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago The tech giant, following Google and others, has bowed to Russian demands that its apps show not show Crimea as belonging to Ukraine on digital maps seen in Russia nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 6 years ago Europe's digital czar will have unmatched regulatory reach at a time when public anger is rising over issues like privacy, disinformation and the enormous reach of Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook into the every day lives of billions of people. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 6 years ago The head of a Google sibling on reaction to remaking part of Toronto: "I probably found it a little bit surprising before we announced our plan that people were kind of going to presume that we were going to act somehow in bad faith" nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago On Google Maps, Australia looked large, Uni recalled. “So I thought it might be an adventure.” nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Layoffs at technology giants have reverberated through Canada, where giants such as Meta and Google had extensive operations. The turmoil has further vexed the Canadian government’s attempt to regulate the industry. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago Often called “the coolest company in Russia,” Yandex, the Russian version of Google, employed more than 18,000 people. Its founders were billionaires, and at its peak last November, it was worth more than $31 billion. Then Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago When Irma Alvarez Ccoscco heard that the language she has spoken her whole life, Quechua, had been added to Google Translate, she hurried to her computer to try it out. “I didn’t want to be disappointed,” she said. “And yes, it worked.” nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Many turned to baking to get through lockdown in Britain. But one amateur paleontologist couple went fossil hunting, and discovered rare Jurassic fossils in the Cotswolds, using Google Earth. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Under Australia’s proposed code, if media companies and platforms like Google cannot agree on a price for news content, an independent arbitration body will resolve the dispute. That could be a first in the world. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago Chinese hackers are targeting the personal email accounts of campaign staff members working for Joe Biden, Google said on Thursday, while confirming previous reports that Iran has targeted President Trump’s campaign  nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago After Satomi Hayashi was admitted to University of Tokyo, the most elite institution in Japan, she did a Google search for "Can Todai women get married?" Her friends warned her that men would be intimidated by her intelligence. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago Apple has joined Google, Yandex and some other technology companies in redrawing Ukraine’s borders to satisfy Moscow’s territorial claims nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago One group characterized the project as a “Google affiliate” trying to turn cities into “corporate surveillance states, modeled after Disney-style developments and sold to police services and corporate partners.” nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 6 years ago Europe's digital czar will have unmatched regulatory reach at a time when public anger is rising over issues like privacy, disinformation and the enormous reach of Google, Apple, Amazon and Facebook into the every day lives of billions of people. nytimes.com
@nytimesworld 6 years ago In plans by a Google sibling for a city of tomorrow in Toronto, the company will know when every toilet flushes. Critics question if its privacy protections will be any better than those in the online world. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Layoffs at technology giants have reverberated through Canada, where giants such as Meta and Google had extensive operations. The turmoil has further vexed the Canadian government’s attempt to regulate the industry. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago A Russian court fined Google about $360 million (21.1 billion rubles) on Monday for failing to remove content the country deems illegal, including coverage of the war in Ukraine. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago “No pueden expresarse, o hacerse entender, con los médicos como corresponde”. La incorporación del quechua a Google Translate ayudaría a funcionarios públicos y personal de salud a conectar con sus comunidades. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago The Canadian government introduced legislation on Tuesday that would require companies like the parents of Google and Facebook to pay the country’s media outlets for allowing links to news content on their platforms. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Millions of years after the Cotswolds was home to a marine ecosystem, an amateur paleontologist couple using Google Earth discovered rare Jurassic fossils in a quarry. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Google says Australia's proposed law would break search and the internet. Critics say the company is just being greedy and should pay for journalism. nyti.ms by @damiencave
@nytimesworld 5 years ago A digital surveillance expert said plans for a Google sibling to build a sensor-laden, tech-driven community in Toronto are "a kind of Faustian bargain." nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago After Satomi Hayashi was admitted to University of Tokyo, the most elite institution in Japan, she did a Google search for "Can Todai women get married?" Her friends warned her that men would be intimidated by her intelligence. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago The tech giant, following Google and others, has bowed to Russian demands that its apps not show Crimea as belonging to Ukraine on digital maps seen in Russia nyti.ms [corrects typo]
@nytimesworld 5 years ago Australian regulators say Google misled consumers over its tracking of users' location, alleging in a lawsuit that the company did not disclose the need to disable two different Android settings to stop data collection nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 6 years ago The main goal of the bill is to push tech companies — including Google — to regulate content more forcefully and to crack down on hate speech more quickly. It is partly inspired by a law recently passed in Germany. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 6 years ago “I still believe in the vision of a tech-first community,” a Toronto activist said of plans to remake part of the city's waterfront. “We just don’t need Google to do it.” nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 2 years ago Layoffs at technology giants have reverberated through Canada, where giants such as Meta and Google had extensive operations. The turmoil has further vexed the Canadian government’s attempt to regulate the industry. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago A Russian court fined Google about $360 million (21.1 billion rubles) on Monday for failing to remove content the country deems illegal, including coverage of the war in Ukraine. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago “No pueden expresarse, o hacerse entender, con los médicos como corresponde”. La incorporación del quechua a Google Translate ayudaría a funcionarios públicos y personal de salud a conectar con sus comunidades. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 3 years ago The Canadian government introduced legislation on Tuesday that would require companies like the parents of Google and Facebook to pay the country’s media outlets for allowing links to news content on their platforms. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago From New Hampshire to Scotland, services like Google Maps are directing ill-prepared hikers onto trails that would challenge even the most experienced climbers, mountaineers said. nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 4 years ago Wearable virus-tracing sensors could usher into the real world the same kind of extensive tracking that companies like Facebook and Google have instituted online nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago A digital surveillance expert said plans for a Google sibling to build a sensor-laden, tech-driven community in Toronto are "a kind of Faustian bargain." nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago Apple has joined Google, Yandex and some other technology companies in redrawing Ukraine’s borders to satisfy Moscow’s territorial claims nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago Apple has joined Google, Yandex and some other technology companies in redrawing Ukraine’s borders to satisfy Moscow’s territorial claims nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 5 years ago IndexY became a popular app in the official Google Play Store, where it was downloaded 5,000 times. It was removed about two weeks after the cybersecurity firm raised concerns with Google. nytimes.com
@nytimesworld 6 years ago A tech executive charges that in selling a plan to reshape part of Toronto, "Google has deliberately weaponized ambiguity" and "subverted democratic process" nyti.ms
@nytimesworld 6 years ago The issues appeared to affect Gmail, YouTube and other services that rely on Google’s technology. Google said the problems were not caused by a cyberattack. nyti.ms