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Google öffnet NotebookLM für jüngere Nutzer
Google öffnet sein KI-Recherchetool NotebookLM für jüngere Nutzer ab 16 Jahren. Es soll Schülern beim Lernen helfen.
https://www.heise.de/news/Google…

Sources: Google told publishers it is hiring new staff to market its ad tech to big advertisers and ad agencies, signaling a renewed focus on publisher ad tech (Catherine Perloff/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/go

Google Tries to Win Over Publishers Amid AI Search Tensions
Google’s relations with publishers have suffered lately, as its shift to AI-powered searches has hurt traffic being sent to publishers’ web sites. But Google is now taking steps to curry favor with publishers. In recent weeks, Google staffers on its ad tech unit that helps publishers sell ad ...

google_plus: Google (2013)
Snapshot of connections among users of Google , collected in 2012. Nodes are users and a directed edge (i,j) represents user i added user j to i's circle.
This network has 211187 nodes and 1506896 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/google_

Google says hackers stole its customers’ data in a breach of its Salesforce database
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/google-says-hackers-stole-its-customers-data-in-a-breach-of-its-salesforce-database/

Google says hackers stole its customers' data by breaching its Salesforce database | TechCrunch
Google confirmed that one of its cloud-stored Salesforce databases was breached, exposing its customer data. Google attributed the breach to a hacking group, ShinyHunters, known for breaking into Salesforce databases.

Sources: Google told publishers it is hiring new staff to market its ad tech to big advertisers and ad agencies, signaling a renewed focus on publisher ad tech (Catherine Perloff/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/go

Google Tries to Win Over Publishers Amid AI Search Tensions
Google’s relations with publishers have suffered lately, as its shift to AI-powered searches has hurt traffic being sent to publishers’ web sites. But Google is now taking steps to curry favor with publishers. In recent weeks, Google staffers on its ad tech unit that helps publishers sell ad ...

CEO von #Google Deepmind will #EMails abschaffen und alle Krankheiten heilen

Smartphone-Diebstahlwelle in London: Untätigkeitsvorwürfe gegen Apple und Google
In London sind Smartphone-Diebstähle zur Plage geworden. Apple profitiere davon, statt Nutzer konsequent zu schützen, monieren verärgerte Parlamentarier.

[OT] Extensions to reduce Google AI-generated search clutter in Chrome and Edge (on Windows) https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/bye-bye-google-ai-turn-of/imllolhfajlbkpheaapjocclpppchggc or Firefox

Bye Bye, Google AI: Turn off Google AI Overviews, Discussions and Ads - Chrome Web Store
Filter Google search results to hide AI overviews, ads, discussions or videos. You choose.

google: Google internal webpages (2007)
A directed network of webpages from Google's own sites, and the hyperlinks among them. Edge direction indicates that i hyperlinks to j.
This network has 15763 nodes and 171206 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/google

Je viens de poster : « Would it be possible to implement remote web control of SMS messages in #FossifyMessage, like https://messages.google.com/? »

Google rolls out "scheduled actions" in the Gemini app, allowing AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers to ask the AI assistant to perform tasks at specific times (Emma Roth/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/681762/google-gemini-schedul…

Google Gemini can now handle scheduled tasks like an assistant
Google is rolling out a new “scheduled actions” feature in Gemini that lets subscribers ask Gemini to carry out tasks at certain times.

ChatGPT bekommt auf Wunsch Zugriff auf Dropbox, Google Drive und Co.
OpenAI kündigt neue Workplace-Produkte an: Konnektoren und einen Aufnahme-Modus für Meetings und Brainstorming.
https://www.…

Google specifically looking for expertise in machine learning and PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES. Papers at conferences like PLDI/ICFP, experience w/ LC, types, CL… ML slowly coming to its senses. (-:
https://www.google.com/about/careers/appli

Podcast: Google Is Exposing Peoples’ ChatGPT Secrets https://www.404media.co/podcast-google-is-exposing-peoples-chatgpt-secrets/

ÖRR at its best. Unfälle nehmen zu, die sogenannte Plakataktion adressiert gerade mal zu 33% die Hauptgefährder: Autofahrer. Ansonsten werden die schwächeren Verkehrsteilnehmer beschuldigt.
Keine Kritik dazu...
Unfälle im Radverkehr nehmen zu: https://share.google/ttRnr7UkIKqai4AqG

Google Agrees To Pause AI Workloads To Protect the Grid When Power Demand Spikes - Slashdot
https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/05/0144232/google-agrees-to-pause-ai-workloads-to-protect-the-grid-when-power-demand-spikes

This is terrible news for EU citizens with privacy concerns!
EU Age Verification App Sparks Ban on Non Google Licensed Android Apps
https://www.talkandroid.com/512861-eu-age-verification-app-google/

Waarom monocultuur nooit tot iets goeds leidt:
https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/08/05/waar-giethoorn-ligt-dat-hangt-er-maar-van-af-waar-google-maps-het-speldje-plaatst-a4902227

Waar Giethoorn ligt? Dat hangt er maar van af waar Google Maps het speldje plaatst
Navigatie-apps: Heel wat partijen hebben er belang bij hoe appgebruikers navigeren, van lokale bewoners tot horeca-exploitanten. Dat maakt het interessant om Google Maps te beïnvloeden, zoals inwoners van onder meer Zandvoort en Giethoorn zagen.

Zapytaliśmy o miliardowe inwestycje Google w Polsce - Sieć Obywatelska Watchdog
Od @…
https://siecobywatelska.pl/zapytalismy-o-mil…

google_plus: Google (2013)
Snapshot of connections among users of Google , collected in 2012. Nodes are users and a directed edge (i,j) represents user i added user j to i's circle.
This network has 211187 nodes and 1506896 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/google_

I installed the iPhone Google app.
Can you guess how it decided to be useful?
Without any configuration it hijacked google.com URLa from the default browser to open them in the Google app.
This is how desperation smells.

I love reading stories like this!
How Boundary Islet became Australia's shortest 'land border' - ABC News https://share.google/OKR5O37LgEO3hMPnB

How Boundary Islet became Australia's shortest 'land border'
When Tasmania broke away from New South Wales politically in the 19th century it was decided all islands south of Wilsons Promontory would belong to the new colony, but it didn't quite work out that way.

Unter dem Label 'Europäische #DigitaleSouveränität' wird aktuell in #Brandenburg ein Desaster geplant. Das Wasser ist schon knapp, nicht zuletzt durch Tesla, aber auch wegen des Klimas.
"Derzeit gibt es laut Wirtschaftsministerium mehr als 30 Anfragen vo…

"Die völlige Bescheuertheit von Google Maps" [und anderen Karten-Anbietern] analysiert von @…: https://schmalenstroer.net/blog/2025/0

Google setzt die KI-gestützte Suchfunktion "Ask Photos" vorerst aus
Mithilfe Geminis werden Nutzer die Fotos-App von Google durchsuchen können. Doch es gibt Probleme mit dieser Funktion. Google will in zwei Wochen nachbessern.

Researchers demonstrate a novel Gemini attack using poisoned Google Calendar invites to trigger smart home devices; Google fixed the flaws earlier in 2025 (Matt Burgess/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-gemini-calendar-invite-hijack-smart-home/…

Hackers Hijacked Google’s Gemini AI With a Poisoned Calendar Invite to Take Over a Smart Home
For likely the first time ever, security researchers have shown how AI can be hacked to create real world havoc, allowing them to turn off lights, open smart shutters, and more.

Google says total organic click volume from Search to websites has been "relatively stable" YoY and it's sending "slightly more quality clicks" than a year ago (Liz Reid/The Keyword)
https://blog.google/products/search/ai-sear…

AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks
We continue to send billions of clicks to the web every day and are committed to prioritizing the web in our AI experiences in Search.

Why Google should proactively break itself up: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/technology/google-antitrust-breakup.html?unlocked_article_code=1.L08.oUPn.B0yCN3RUyZxS&smid=url-share…

What if Google Just Broke Itself Up? A Tech Insider Makes the Case.
Prosecutors aren’t the only ones arguing for a smaller Google. Some critics say it might be better for investors, customers and innovation.

My Google search arguments extension is live on the Firefox add-on marketplace https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search-arguments/

Google debuts AI-powered Android XR smart glasses at Google I/O https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/google-debuts-ai-powered-android-xr-smart-glasses-at-google-io/ar-AA1F9BiU What can Google Gemini AI …

Finally got Google Maps app to display hotel prices in USD instead of Thai baht. Had to uninstall updates & reinstall. Bug has been around for years but Google is busy chasing AI slop.

Le gourou Robert Spatz bientôt arrêté?
Vu d'ici on attend de la Justice Française qu’elle passe Š la vitesse supérieure dans une affaire qui prédate les années 2000, scandaleux après le fracas de la justice belge.
https://www.7…

Le gourou Robert Spatz bientôt arrêté?
Robert Spatz, 81 ans, vit en Espagne, où il pourrait être interpellé à la demande d’un juge français. Il était le gourou de la secte Ogyen Kunzang Chöling (OKC).

Suchdeal: Apple warnt vor möglichem Verlust von Google-Milliarden
Seit bald 20 Jahren bekommt Apple Geld von Google dafür, um den Internetriesen zur Hauptsuche in Safari zu machen. Das Geschäftsmodell sei gefährdet, so Apple.

Seit den 1960ern kommt die #Kernfusion in 30 bis 40 Jahren. 🤪
#Google investiert in #Kernfusion und will künftig 200 Megawatt Strom vom Start-up CFS beziehen.
Doch die Technologie wird…

Google bets on fusion power as its greenhouse gas emissions grow
Google has agreed to purchase electricity from a nuclear fusion power plant, but the technology still has to prove that it’s commercially feasible. 

Yes, #Internet is literal crap!
Why would I want #Google

Kulturstaatsminister Weimers Pläne für eine Digitalabgabe sorgen für Diskussion. Der Bitkom prophezeit, dass die Abgabe einfach durch #Google, #Meta und Co über höhere Preise auf Verbraucher umgelegt wird , Weimer verweist auf positive österreichische Erfahrungen. Klar ist: Die Tech-Konzerne wehren sich…

Google, Meta und Co.: Kulturstaatsminister will Internetriesen zur Kasse bitten
Kulturstaatsminister Weimer plant eine Digitalabgabe. Künftig sollen Internetplattformen wie Google in Deutschland besteuert werden. Für das geplante Gesetz gibt es ein europäisches Vorbild.

According to capitalists:
✅ Working for a company like Google or Microsoft that is complicit in genocide.
❌ Displaying images of the genocide.
Maybe if the consequences of your work are considered “Not Safe For Work”, you shouldn’t be doing that work in the first place.*
But, no, it’s just much easier to look away, isn’t it? After all, you’re just following orders, right?
* Update: because I just *know* that someone will pipe in maliciously with “oh, so you mean…

Es ist ein Skandal, wie viel performanter die #Onleihe mit dem kommerziellen #Google Chrome im Vergleich zu offeneren Alternativen funktioniert. (Ohne technischer Rechtfertigung)
#opensource

Oh nice. Google changed my location for one of my (many) accounts... again
Current: Iran
New: Poland
Always on Tor confuses them.

And so it begins.
https://blog.google/around-the-globe/google-europe/we-are-announcing-sparkasse-as-our-first-national-credential-partner-for-eu-age-assurance/

We are announcing Sparkasse as our first national credential partner for EU age assurance.
The lack of a reliable standard for safe, effective age checks across sites and apps online has long frustrated parents and companies. Google’s Credential Manager API — backed by Google Wallet and zero-knowledge proof cryptography — has proven that it’s possible. What’s needed now is collaboration and initiative to bring about the future of digital identity.That begins now. At the Global Digital Collaboration Conference today in Geneva, Germany’s Sparkasse, a trusted network of 343 …

#AI

Google Just Launched Gemini CLI, $200/month Worth of AI for Free.
Just yesterday, Google announced a new Gemini CLI (Command Line Interface) just like Claude Code or Codex from OpenAI, with a catch. It’s completely open-source, and users get 1000 Gemini 2.5 Pro…

ChatGPT can now read your Google Drive and Dropbox | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/679580/chatgpt-google-drive-dropbox-meeting-notes

Safe. Everywhere. Always. | A Canberra Community Survey
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSrRIhL9NhacbREQUPvZ-KN7VN15VelwkoXwIHFCDLq4qgHg/viewform

Safe. Everywhere. Always. | A Canberra Community Survey
Women should be safe no matter where they are, what they’re doing or what they’re wearing. In response to recent horrific events of men’s violence against women in our community, Senator for the ACT and Minister for Women Katy Gallagher is inviting all Canberra women and girls to share their experiences and ideas for change in the survey below. A summary of key findings from the survey will be made public following its conclusion, alongside a list of commitments and proposed next steps. A…

Gemini referencing real-life moments when prompted to write a birthday letter shows how effectively Google is leveraging user data to craft personalized content (Lila Shroff/The Atlantic)

Google rudert zurück: Manche Links mit URL-Shortener goo.gl bleiben funktional
Eigentlich sollte goo.gl Ende August komplett abgeschaltet werden. Doch nun kommt die Kehrtwende. Einige Kurzlinks werden laut Google weiterhin funktionieren.

Da kommt jemand d'rauf, dass #Google bei #Android ohne Nutzerinteraktion Daten in deren #Cloud abschnorchelt.
Statt hier auf

Nearly 100,000 ChatGPT Conversations Were Searchable on Google https://www.404media.co/nearly-100-000-chatgpt-conversations-were-searchable-on-google/

Google agrees with two power utilities to pause non-essential AI workloads during peak demand or adverse weather events that reduce supply (Tobias Mann/The Register)
https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/04/google_ai_datacenter_grid/

Google agrees to pause AI workloads to protect the grid when power demand spikes
: On hot summer days, air conditioning is rather more important than search summaries

You don't want to miss today's extra-packed Metacurity for the most critical infosec developments you should know today, including
--Microsoft enabled Israeli spy agency's mass surveillance of Palestinians' mobile calls,
--Cisco's registered web users disclosed in a likely Salesforce breach-related vishing attack,
--Google confirms customer theft in Salesforce breach-related incident,
--Broadcom chip flaw exposes millions of Dell laptops to attack, …

Microsoft enabled Israeli spy agency's mass surveillance of Palestinians' mobile calls
Cisco's registered web users disclosed in a likely Salesforce breach-related vishing attack, Google confirms customer theft in Salesforce breach-related incident, Broadcom chip flaw exposes millions of Dell laptops to attack, MSFT's Project Ire can ID malware with AI, much more

Some YouTube channels are using AI to turn paywalled articles into videos without the consent of publishers, often adding inaccuracies (Rhi Storer/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-handling-s…

Google 'handling stolen goods' with Youtube theft of paywalled news articles
Youtube channels use AI to turn paywalled articles into videos.

Android 16: Google erklärt, wie Live-Updates genutzt werden können
Mit Android 16 zieht die Live-Update-Funktion ein. Google erklärt nun, was Nutzer vom neuen Feature erwarten können und worauf Entwickler achten müssen.

google_plus: Google (2013)
Snapshot of connections among users of Google , collected in 2012. Nodes are users and a directed edge (i,j) represents user i added user j to i's circle.
This network has 211187 nodes and 1506896 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/google_

Google unveils a Guided Learning mode within its Gemini chatbot to help students and commits $1B over three years to AI education and training efforts in the US (Mark Sullivan/Fast Company)
https://www.fastcompany.com/91380890/google-unveils-n…

Exclusive: Google Gemini adds AI tutoring, heating up the fight for student users
The new tool, and a $1 billion initiative to improve AI education for college-age Americans, will compete against OpenAI’s recently added ChatGPT Study mode.

Google und die Apple Watch: Calendar kommt, Keep verschwindet
Während es nun möglich ist, seinen Google Calendar direkt auf der Apple Watch im Design der Firma einzusehen, wird die To-do-Liste Keep ersatzlos gestrichen.

Former Google staffers and others detail why Google's 2013 effort to build Motorola smartphones in Texas failed, as Trump pushes Apple to make iPhones in the US (Verne Kopytoff/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2025/07/05/what-ap

As Trump pushes Apple to make iPhones in the U.S., Google’s brief effort building smartphones in Texas 12 years ago offers critical lessons
Motorola's failed bet on assembling phones in the U.S. offers important lessons for Apple today.

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Google rudert zurück: Manche Links mit URL-Shortener goo.gl bleiben funktional

Google DeepMind releases its Genie 3 model, which can generate 3D worlds from a prompt and has enough visual memory for a few minutes of continuous interaction (Jay Peters/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/718723/google-ai-genie-3-model-video-g…

Google’s new AI model creates video game worlds in real time
Google DeepMind’s new Genie 3 AI world model is capable of generating real-time interactive 3D environments.

The Independent Publishers Alliance and others submit a complaint to the UK CMA seeking to stop Google from "misusing" publisher content in its AI responses (Charlotte Tobitt/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/urgent

Urgent bid lodged with UK regulator to stop Google AI Overviews 'stealing journalism'
A legal complaint has been submitted to the UK's Competition and Markets Authority over the impact of Google AI Overviews on news publishers.

Google says total organic click volume from Search to websites has been "relatively stable" YoY and it's sending "slightly more quality clicks" than a year ago (Liz Reid/The Keyword)
https://blog.google/products/search/ai-sear…

AI in Search is driving more queries and higher quality clicks
We continue to send billions of clicks to the web every day and are committed to prioritizing the web in our AI experiences in Search.

Staatliche Überwachung: Apple legt erstmals Anfragen zu Push-Tokens offen
Die Push-Server von Apple und Google verschicken täglich Abermilliarden von Mitteilungen. Das weckt Begehrlichkeiten bei Behörden – auch in Deutschland.

Google launches its asynchronous coding agent Jules out of beta, with a free plan capped at 15 daily tasks and higher limits for Google AI Pro and Ultra users (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/googles-ai-coding-agent-jules-is-now…

Google's AI coding agent Jules is now out of beta | TechCrunch
Powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro, Jules is an asynchronous, agent-based coding tool that integrates with GitHub, clones codebases into Google Cloud virtual machines, and uses AI to fix or update code while developers focus on other tasks.

google: Google internal webpages (2007)
A directed network of webpages from Google's own sites, and the hyperlinks among them. Edge direction indicates that i hyperlinks to j.
This network has 15763 nodes and 171206 edges.
Tags: Informational, Web graph, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/google

Google warns of cybercriminals targeting Salesforce app to steal data, extort companies https://therecord.media/google-warns-cybercriminals-targeting-salesforce-apps

Private Chats bei Google auffindbar: OpenAI nimmt Funktion zurück
Falsch verstandene Funktion macht private Chats öffentlich auffindbar – im Zweifel samt Namen. OpenAI greift nun ein.
https://www.

Material 3 Expressive: Google verteilt Telefon-App mit neuem Design
Googles Telefon-App erhält auf Android-Smartphones ein Design-Update auf Basis der neuen Designsprache Material 3 Expressive. 
https://w…

Google pauses the rollout of Photos' AI-powered Ask Photos feature due to issues with latency, quality, and user experience, per a Google product manager on X (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/678858/google-photos-ask-…

Google quietly paused the rollout of its AI-powered ‘Ask Photos’ search feature
Google paused the rollout of “Ask Photos,” its Gemini AI-powered natural language search feature in Google Photos, citing problems with speed and quality.

PayPal fliegt in den USA aus Google Wallet
In den USA lässt sich über den Google Wallet bald nicht mehr mit PayPal bezahlen. In Deutschland gilt das nicht – die Hintergründe sind unklar.
https://www.

Google rolls out an upgraded preview of Gemini 2.5 Pro and says its Elo scored jumped by 24 points to 1470 and it leads on coding benchmarks like Aider Polyglot (Abner Li/9to5Google)
https://9to5google.com/2025/06/05/gemini-2-5-pro-preview-06-05/

Google rolling out upgraded Gemini 2.5 Pro preview 
Google today released an “upgraded preview” of Gemini 2.5 Pro that will soon be generally available in the coming weeks.

Google pulls 352 apps from the Play Store that were part of an ad fraud scheme behind 1.5B daily bid requests and whose estimated impact is in the seven-figures (Kendra Barnett/Adweek)
https://www.adweek.com/programmatic/google

Google Wipes 350 Android Apps Tied to Ad Fraud Driving 1.5B Daily Bid Requests
Traffic generated by the IconAds scheme primarily originated from Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S.

Montag: KI-Nutzung verschiedener Berufe, Google-Kehrtwende bei goo.gl-Kurzlinks
Microsoft-Studie zu KI für Jobs goo.gl-Ende mit Ausnahmen Wegschau- statt Datenschutzbehörden Titanic-Untergang in VR Tesla-Mitschuld wegen Autopilot

google_plus: Google (2013)
Snapshot of connections among users of Google , collected in 2012. Nodes are users and a directed edge (i,j) represents user i added user j to i's circle.
This network has 211187 nodes and 1506896 edges.
Tags: Social, Online, Unweighted
https://networks.skewed.de/net/google_

Google, OpenAI, Meta, and VCs are increasingly embracing the US military industrial complex, a major Silicon Valley cultural shift supported by President Trump (Sheera Frenkel/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/04/technology/google-meta-openai-…

How Tech Firms Like Google and Meta Are Embracing the Military
In a major shift, Google, OpenAI, Meta and venture capitalists — many of whom had once forsworn involvement in war — have embraced the military industrial complex.

Mittwoch: Pornoseiten verlassen Frankreich, Google pausiert KI-Suche für Fotos
Kritik an Altersverifikation Googles Ask Photos aufgeschoben Fusionsrekord in Wendelstein Youtuber mit stärkstem Hand-Laser Bit-Rauschen über Computex

Genie 3: Googles "Weltmodell" baut interaktive Umgebungen
Google hat mit Genie 3 ein neues "Weltmodell" vorgestellt. Es baut interaktive Umgebungen mit Gedächtnis, die auch zum Roboter-Training genutzt werden können.

How AppLovin, which lets advertisers use IP addresses to track users, began eroding Google's ad market share and pushed Google to loosen its privacy stance (Catherine Perloff/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/applovin-scared-google

How AppLovin Scared Google
In 2023, Google ad executives noticed something alarming about one aspect of their business. Once-red hot revenue growth from selling ads promoting mobile apps, a business worth double-digit billions of dollars for Google, had slowed, a former employee said. When staffers discussed what was ...

Android: Millionenurteil gegen Google wegen Datenübertragung im Hintergrund
Wenn Android im Hintergrund Daten an Google schickt, kann das die Mobilfunkrechnung belasten. Laut einem kalifornischen Urteil soll Google dafür geradestehen.

Android 16: August-Update für Pixel behebt nervigen Navigations-Bug
Google hat das August-Update für seine Pixel-Geräte veröffentlicht. Unter anderem behebt die Software einen Fehler, bei dem die Navigation nicht mehr reagierte.

Google unveils Kaggle Game Arena, a benchmarking platform where AI models compete head-to-head in strategic games, starting with a chess tournament this week (Mike Wheatley/SiliconANGLE)
https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/04/go

Google's Kaggle to host AI chess tournament to evaluate leading AI models' reasoning skills - SiliconANGLE
Google's Kaggle to host AI chess tournament to evaluate leading AI models' reasoning skills - SiliconANGLE

Noch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Android: Millionenurteil gegen Google wegen Datenübertragung im Hintergrund

Q&A with Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis on "a 50% chance" of AGI in the next five to 10 years, bad actors and technical risks, AI regulation, jobs, and more (Steven Levy/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/google-deepmin

Google DeepMind’s CEO Thinks AI Will Make Humans Less Selfish
Demis Hassabis says that systems as smart as humans are almost here, and we’ll need to radically change how we think and behave.

/e/ OS 3.0: Murena kündigt neue Version des "entgoogelten" Android an
Der Google-freie Android-Fork /e/OS des französischen Unternehmens Murena ist in Version 3.0 und neuen Funktionen angekündigt worden. 

Android 16: Beta gewährt Blick auf Googles erweitertes Sicherheitsprogramm
Google schafft mit Android 16 eine zentrale Anlaufstelle für Sicherheitseinstellungen und baut die Funktionen des "Erweiterten Sicherheitsprogramms" aus.

Google is ending PayPal account integration in Google Wallet for US users, effective June 13, after stopping new PayPal account linking in April (Mishaal Rahman/Android Authority)
https://www.androidauthority.com/paypal-killing-google-wallet-inte…

PayPal is killing Google Wallet integration for users in the US
PayPal has long let you link your PayPal account to Google Wallet, but that integration is ending soon in the US. Here's what'll happen.

CalyxOS: Android-Custom ROM mit massiven Problemen
Keine Patches, keine Updates für bis zu sechs Monate. Das Team des Google-freien Custom-ROMs CalyxOS steht vor massiven Problemen und setzt die Entwicklung aus.
https://w…

US-TikTok-Verbot: Justizministerium versprach Dienstleistern Straffreiheit
Ein Gesetz verbietet TikTok in den USA, wurde aber nie durchgesetzt. Die Regierung versprach Google und Co sogar Straffreiheit, zeigen veröffentlichte Briefe.

Google says Big Sleep, its vulnerability research tool "powered by Gemini", found 20 flaws in various popular open-source software projects (Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/04/google-s…

Google says its AI-based bug hunter found 20 security vulnerabilities | TechCrunch
The discoveries by an AI-based bug hunter are significant, as it shows these tools are starting to get real results, even if they still need a human.

Google rolls out its Veo 3 video generation model to Google's AI Pro subscribers in more than 159 countries, with a cap of three videos per day (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/07/03/google-rolls-out-its-new-…

Google rolls out its new Veo 3 video-generation model globally | TechCrunch
Google on Thursday said it has begun rolling out its Veo 3 video generation model to Gemini users in more than 159 countries.

The US General Services Administration approves OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic for AI contracts with civilian federal agencies via its Multiple Award Schedule (Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-0…

Google veröffentlicht App zum Testen lokaler KI-Modelle
Google hat ohne große Ankündigung eine App veröffentlicht, mit der Nutzer lokale KI-Modelle auf ihren Smartphones ausprobieren können.
https://ww…

OpenAI says it has 3M "paying business users", up from 2M in February; ChatGPT Team users can now use a "record mode" for taking notes during meetings (Hayden Field/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/news/679580/chatgpt-google-d…

ChatGPT can now read your Google Drive and Dropbox
ChatGPT now has 3 million “paying business users” and is adding new features like meeting notes.

Google erhöht Einsatz für Kernfusion
Google investiert erneut in ein Kernfusions-Startup und garantiert die Abnahme von Strom. Das soll die Innovation beschleunigen.
https://www.heise.de/news…

Google und Sparkassen arbeiten an Altersverifikationssystem
Basierend auf Googles Wallet wollen Google und die Sparkassen ein Altersverifikationssystem starten.
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OpenAI rolls out connectors for services like Dropbox and OneDrive for ChatGPT Team, Enterprise, and Edu users; MCP support is coming to Pro, Team, Enterprise (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/06/04/chat

ChatGPT introduces meeting recording and connectors for Google Drive, Box, and more | TechCrunch
OpenAI's ChatGPT is adding new features for business users, including integrations with different cloud services, meeting recording, and MCP connection

Google Fotos: Neue Funktionen zum 10. Geburtstag
Google Fotos wird 10 Jahre alt. Anlässlich des runden Jubiläums schenkt Google der Foto-App neue Funktionen und ein Redesign des Editors. 
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After Google's two antitrust losses in the past year, a look at critics' claims that its breakup might be better for investors, customers, and innovation (David Streitfeld/New York Times)
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What if Google Just Broke Itself Up? A Tech Insider Makes the Case.
Prosecutors aren’t the only ones arguing for a smaller Google. Some critics say it might be better for investors, customers and innovation.

NotebookLM erleichtet das Teilen von Inhalten mit öffentlichen Links
Google hat sein KI-Werkzeug NotebookLM mit der Möglichkeit versehen, Notizbücher und Audioübersichten ähnlich wie Workspace-Dokumente öffentlich zu teilen. 

Google quietly released an Android app called Google AI Edge Gallery on GitHub, letting users run some AI models from Hugging Face locally on their phones (Kyle Wiggers/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2025/05/31/goog

Google quietly released an app that lets you download and run AI models locally | TechCrunch
Last week, Google quietly released an app, Google AI Edge Gallery, that lets users run a range of openly available AI models from the AI dev platform Hugging Face on their phones.

Salesforce und Co.: Wie viel Arbeit übernimmt die KI schon – und was heißt das?
Google, Salesforce und Microsoft prahlen mit KI-Effizienz. Doch wie viel Arbeit wird wirklich von KI übernommen und was bedeutet das für Beschäftigte?

KI-Update DeepDive: Wie steht es um den AI Act?
Der AI Act soll ab August GPAI regulieren, also etwa KI-Modelle von OpenAI, Meta und Google. Doch es gibt Bedenken, ob es so kommen wird.
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heise | Googles Video-KI Veo 3 ausprobiert: Kosten, Funktionen, Limits
Veo 3 verspricht fotorealistische KI-Videos mit Sound, jetzt auch in Deutschland. Das müssen Sie wissen, bevor Sie für den Google-Dienst bezahlen.