Tootfinder

The year is 2027.
Google: "Should we remove HTML from the web platform?
You know it's kind of old and we have barely any resources to keep it running, and there's chatbots anyway."
People: "What?!"
Google: "Well, clearly you don't have anything to say." [deletes code]

«But that just brings us back to the original question: why build an AI division at all? Because Google needs to keep up the story that it is growing. […] For a company like Google, "maturity" is unlikely to be a steady state – rather, it's likely to be a prelude to collapse»
Good collapsology by @… !
https://pluralistic.net/2025/07/15/inhuman-gigapede/

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.

Uff… Das ist ne legit mail. Wie sehr möchten Sie nach Phishing klingen? Google: Ja.

"Google’s new plan to keep its data centers from stressing the grid"
#Google #Technology
https://www.

Google’s new plan to keep its data centers from stressing the grid
AI data centers are set to swamp U.S. power grids. Google’s new utility deals aim to flip the script — shifting workloads to ease strain and speed its…

Hey, Google. What part of no do you not understand? You keep sending this on a semi-regular schedule, and I keep saying NO!

Google product naming at work. There's a "Google AI Premium" and a "Google AI Pro", both for $20/mo. Apparently they're the same thing? Even its own Gemini AI can't keep it straight.

Google will be allowed to keep Chrome but can no longer pay for exclusive search contracts. In busting Google's search monopoly, the court has cemented their web browser monopoly. I don't see how Mozilla survives this.
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/09/02/google-antitrust-search-…

Google stock jumps 8% after search giant avoids worst-case penalties in antitrust case
The ruling comes nearly a year after a U.S. judge ruled that Google holds an illegal monopoly in its core market of internet search.

Is it possible to allow sideloading *and* keep users safe?
https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/is-it-possible-to-allow-sideloading-and-keep-users-safe/

so, google can keep paying mozilla after all

Apparently, my Pixel 9a supports wireless charging, so I’m definitely getting a charger to keep on my desk!
#Pixel9a #Google #GooglePixel

I use Google Keep for my shopping list. Somehow, as I was browsing the supermarket shelves with phone in hand, I managed to add 21 animated GIFs of Edmund #Blackadder to it. Subliminal message to buy turnips?

Bra verktyg för delade att göra listor? Inköpslista? Fixarlista? Skulle behöva något mellan Google keep och Trello i komplexitet. Bör funka både mobil och dator (web eller app). Pluspoäng om det är fri mjukvara, ingen datautvinning, ideellt/stiftelsedrivet etc

"I don't want to talk about those things. I see the worst in people, Henry. I don't need to look past seeing them to get all I need. I've built up my hatreds over the years, little by little... I can't keep doing this on my own... with these, umm... people."

I'm now getting several political spam texts a day. This is a recent escalation and I've done my best to keep my cell phone number a secret for several years now. Politicians are ruining text messaging, just like they ruined phone lines.
So far my Google Pixel is doing a pretty good job blocking most of them as spam. But that's going to be a losing battle.

Did Google Maps and Apple Maps search get worse in the past year?
I keep having a ridiculous amount of trouble locating places to eat or stores in #NYC lately unless I know the precise name of a place - even very similar keywords like “burger” for a place that’s called “Blue Collar Burger” - and it doesn’t come up.
Let alone searching for nearby open restaurants or something by category… most places just don’t come up and instead I see completely irrelevant businesses.
I feel like it’s deteriorated a lot since 2024 but I also might be misremembering how easy it used to be.
#tech #Apple #Google #askfedi