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"Google inks $3bn US hydropower deal as it expands energy-hungry datacenters"
#Google #Technology #Energy

Google has both the worst implementation of AI (AI summary in Google Search) and one of the best, NotebookLM. For me that illustrates that we should focus more on implementation and actual applications that use AI models, instead the models themselves.
#AI #Google

#Google und #PayPal wollen gemeinsam die Bereiche Einkauf und Bezahlung auf Basis künstlicher Intelligenz voranbringen. Dazu seien beide Unternehmen eine auf mehrere Jahre ausgelegte Partnerschaft eingegangen, heißt es in einer Mitteilung von Google und PayPal. Sie sprechen von einer »Revolution im H…

I usually quite like Google Drive, but for some reason my work account is not accepting a change in interface language.
This seems to be a known problem.
#Google #GoogleDrive

When "knowledge cutoff" hits you right in the face 😂 🙈
#gemini #google #ai (gemini-2.5-flash)

Apparently you can't add photos to a #Google doc when accessing as a guest. You have to be signed in, which means you need a Google account.
They're slowly trying to make it impossible to use google #docs without an account.

“It's true that #AI loses money for #Google, but AI earns something far more important (at least from Pichai's perspective): a story about how Google can continue to grow.”

So apparently there's a thing called "#Google Classroom" and I've only learned that because it's used to send #spam en masse. And Google "can't control" these people, so everything's fine!
https://support.google.com/edu/classroom/thread/192735343

"Google's huge new Essex datacentre to emit 570,000 tonnes of CO2 a year"
#Google #Climate #ClimateChange #Technology

Natuurlijk de nodige bloopers, grote fouten ed, maar AI overzichten in Google , daar zal iedereen snel aan wennen. Waarmee Generatieve AI dus onderdeel is geworden van ieders zoekervaring op internet, gezien het marktaandeel van Google.
#AI #Google

Have you or your kids ever tried to use YouTube with content restrictions on? Nearly everything is blocked. Google constantly blocked videos that were required for school. My kids have to log out of their google account just to do schoolwork.
This will be bad.
#youtoube #google

YouTube will start using AI to guess your age. If it’s wrong, you’ll have to prove it
YouTube will begin guessing users’ ages using artificial intelligence on Wednesday, as part of an effort to prevent kids from accessing inappropriate content online.

«What's more, AI Overview will produce a response like this one even when you ask it about air purifiers that don't exist, like the "Levoit Core 5510," the "Winnix Airmega" and the "Coy Mega 700."»
On the faulty economics behind the #Google #AI search previews…

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

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

Krass. #Google übersetzt seit Neuestem unnötigerweise deutsche Emails ins Deutsche. Das Problem besteht anscheinend weiterhin.
Wenn Ihr also in letzter Zeit komische Mails bekommen habt, war das vielleicht der Grund.
Das passende Wort dafür: Verschlimmbesserung. 🙄

Gmail fantasiert: Googles Mail-Programm verhunzt Inhalte
Ohne Vorwarnung verändert sich der Inhalt von E-Mails – und mitten in journalistischen Texten tauchen absurde Fehler auf: t-online deckt auf, dass Google ein Problem hat – und vielen Menschen damit Probleme macht.

Every now and then I check my #Google account quota (https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/quota) to make sure its not pulling any sneaky shit like automatically uploading my

Soderle, es ist so weit.
#Google #Chrome hat #uBlockOrigin endgültig gekillt.
Abgesehen davon, dass dieses Vorgehen den Browser bei mir ebenfalls killt, was ist jetzt die bevorzugte Lösun…

#Google's #CI is checking for gen #AI suspects:

Things change so fast in #Linux #gaming, #Google just invents sh!t from yesterday and states it first and foremost. I don't see more than 1 of 10 correct AI generated responses. …

Gemini Live erhält Zugriff auf Kalender, Notizen, Aufgaben und Map, so #heise - #Google copilotiert ... Leider eben weil es Google ist keine Alternative für mich #KI

Gemini Live erhält Zugriff auf Kalender, Notizen, Aufgaben und Maps
Google schraubt seinen Chatbot Gemini Live weiter auf. Nun können Nutzer im Gespräch Termine, Notizen sowie Erinnerungen erstellen und Maps befragen.

#Google just sent me a “mandatory” update email about #Gemini. I have never used it. I cannot unsubscribe. This is a spam email.
#AI

Kann man es eigentlich irgendwie schaffen, #Familylink zu deaktiveren oder zu deinstallieren, ohne alle Daten zu verlieren?
#Google #Handy

I love how smart these AI technologies are. They understand that "bigger" for cities can be ambiguous, refer to either the population or the area. It's also great that it's showing the sources in the upper corner, and displaying the basic facts.
Small minus on consistency and correctness, but other than that, really a great answer.
#google

Google carbon emissions up by 65% 2019-2024.
Another reason to #degooglify.
#google #carbon
Google undercounts its carbon emissions, report finds | Google | The Guardian

Hyvä tietää näin aurinkoisena iltapäivänä, että sähkökiukaan palokaasujen lämpötila on tasaisempi.
#AIslop #AI #Google

Why are we still calling them 'Google apps'?
Why not SPYWAREs by Google?
#degoogle #privacy #google

Canceled the Google account for my small business... Less money going to AI bullshit and Google's evil practices.
And I let them know.
(I had to click through a lot of screens where they tried to get me to stay, offered discounts, or offered to archive data for a few dollars a month. No thanks.)
#noAI

"We associate your Google Account with a region so that we can better provide our services to you. Your region association will change within 30 days.
Current: Spain
New: United States — Virginia"
What? The? Fuck?
#Google

The nightmare of the #Google case,
"As punishment for being convinced of obtaining and maintaining a monopoly, Google will be forced to share sensitive data with lots of other search engines. This will not secure competition for search, but it will certainly democratize human rights violations at scale."

Studier-Modus: #Google bringt KI-Lernhilfe in #Gemini
https://www.

Nachdem ich eine Straßensperrung in #GoogleMaps gemeldet hatte, wurde sie schnell für jede*n aktiv. Dann wurde die Sperrung aufgehoben. Aber wie kann ich die Sperrung in Google Maps wieder entfernen?
Neuer Beitrag auf guerda.de

Progress report on our family De-Googling project: #google

De-Google Project Update

Ähm … hat Google grad Stress mit der Nasa oder so?
#google #nasa #dns

See another example of #AI making #Google #Search worse:
Tesla has not reported second quarter earnings. That second quarter only ended yesterday, it takes weeks to do the books.

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. 

The contrast between Google AI search results, which are terrible and totally unreliable, and NotebookLM is amazing.
I think it is irresponsible from Google to integrate AI search results in Google Search...
#ai #googlesearch

Want to check the google trends for a topic? Use {gtrendsR} directly from within your favorite language: #googletrends

GitHub - PMassicotte/gtrendsR: R functions to perform and display Google Trends queries
R functions to perform and display Google Trends queries - PMassicotte/gtrendsR

#Google Docs: "These actions are unavailable using the Edit menus, but you can still use: Ctrl C for copy, Ctrl X for cut, Ctrl V for paste."
Yeah, sure, but I clicked "paste without formatting".
(Yeah, figured out it's Ctrl Shift V but still Google sucks.)

Move your blog from Google blogger to self hosted Ghost. Never get indexed again. 🤦‍♂️ I've even submitted by sitemaps to the major search engines.
#Google #Blogging #Ghost

#Google is planning a #sideloading-ban and is selling it as a measure to enhance security.
But wouldn’t this “security measure” also affect app stores that are already more secure than Google’s Play Store, like @…

Die #EU verhängt fast 3 Mrd. Strafe gegen #Google – Trump nennt es „Diebstahl von US-Jobs“. Im Kern hat er recht: Europas Milliarden für Google fließen zurück in die USA, stärken Abhängigkeiten – und Trumps Wahlfonds. Wer googelt, gmailt, youtube’t, zahlt also doppelt: mit Daten und mit Einfluss.
Ko…

A #Google estš criando uma #ia que torna obsoleta a consulta dos sites que alimentam a busca.
#bigtechs

O Google está prestes a destruir a internet? - BBC News Brasil
Google diz que uma nova ferramenta de IA em seu buscador vai revitalizar a internet. Outros preveem um apocalipse para os sites. Uma coisa é certa: o atual capítulo da história online caminha para o fim.

Starting with August 25th 2025, #Google shuts down yet another very popular service: #URLshortener goo.gl
Billions of links will go dead.
Background:

Let’s see, anywhere nearby that serves rocks, or pizza with extra glue? #google #slop

So, in a group I'm in, someone shared a campaign call calling on #Google to stop supporting the #Israel government and end its complicity in war crimes in #Gaza
The platform they're using to share these …

»Ab 2026 ist es vorbei mit Androids Offenheit - Ausweispflicht für #Dev's:
Die offene Natur von Android war bisher immer ein Argument für Googles mobiles Betriebssystem gegenüber dem goldenen Käfig von #Apple. Ab 2026 will #Google

Ab 2026 ist es vorbei mit Androids Offenheit - Ausweispflicht für Devs
Die offene Natur von Android war bisher immer ein Argument für Googles mobiles Betriebssystem gegenüber dem goldenen Käfig von Apple. Ab 2026 will Google aber das Sideloading von Apps erheblich erschweren - und führt eine Ausweispflicht für Entwickler ein.

So what do you do when your "privacy search engine" gets in bed with Microsoft?
Google, you are now the lesser evil!
Humanity: 🤦‍♂️ 🤦‍♀️ 🤦
#Google #Microsoft #Joke

Yeah. #Google is really, really, REALLY trying to push the fucking Gemini BS on one's Android devices.
My reply to that, in two words:
Fuck you.

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

WOW! Installing #GrapheneOS was a breeze compared to how we had to install custom roms back in the day!
#Google insisted on installing the latest update that included some #ai garbage I neve…

Hahahaha. #Google KI dreht frei. Accountsperre. Offenbar weil ich in einer Rezension das Wort "Hacker" verwendet habe. Bei einem Hackerspace. Einspruch wurde automatisch abgelehnt. m(

#Perplexity legt 34,5 Mrd. auf den Tisch und will Chrome – symbolträchtiger geht es kaum. #Google schweigt, Regulatoren schauen genau hin. Die KI-Revolution ist nicht mehr aufzuhalten, schreibt FAZ – aber wer rettet eigentlich das Web vor den Rettern?

Interesting effect of #Google’s #AI answer box; Sites used to get visitors by folk clicking on search result answers, but now the sites creating the content see nothing because their site is ingested and the content, or a derivative, is shown by Google directly to users as part of an AI response.
This mas…

"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…

Stop Uploading Your Data to #Google
http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2025/06/11/stop_uploading_your_data_to_google/

Who's more evil (choosing between an iPhone and a pixel) #google #apple #evil

What motivation would there be for #Google to be honest? Their claims are just advertising, just like their claims about “productivity,” “creativity,” or, for that matter, “intelligence.”
https://mastodon.social/@verge/11506…

What motivation would there be for #Google to be honest? Their claims are just advertising, just like their claims about “productivity,” “creativity,” or, for that matter, “intelligence.”
https://mastodon.social/@verge/11506…

Seen this on BirdSite.
The link rot is going to be unreal...
"goo.gl links will no longer function after August 25th, 2025. "
#google #internet

Opal Experimental Tool by #Google Labs for Building AI Mini-Apps 🤖
#Google Labs introduces #Opal, an experimental tool that enables users to build and share powerful

#Google setzt auf #Kernenergie der nächsten Generation und schließt mit dem US-Versorger #TVA einen Stromabnahmevertrag für den geplanten

Google announced the next step in its nuclear energy plans 
Google is supporting the development of a next-generation nuclear reactor in a bid to get enough electricity for its AI data centers.

Oh dear, Trump is so predictable,
#trump #google #eu

Das Imperium schlägt zurück: #Google behauptet, die „AI Overviews“ kurbeln Klicks an, während Verlage von dramatischen Traffic-Einbrüchen berichten.Der Konflikt vor der EU zeigt: Wer die Antwort stiehlt, gefährdet die Vielfalt im Netz. Mehr KI heißt nicht automatisch mehr Gerechtigkeit. #heise
Go…

Googles KI-Suche: Berichte über Traffic-Einbruch wegen "fehlerhafter Methoden"
Google verteidigt seine KI-Suche gegen Kritik. Berichte über massive Traffic-Verluste für Publisher basierten auf "fehlerhaften Methoden".

"Google’s data center energy use doubled in 4 years"
#Google #Emissions #Technology

Google’s data center energy use doubled in four years | TechCrunch
Google has pledged to use only carbon-free sources of electricity to power its operations, a task made more challenging by its breakneck pace of data center growth.

#Google ist nicht mehr „dein Freund“, sondern Wettbewerber – dank KI zieht sich die Suchmaschine die besten Inhalte schlicht selbst. Für Publisher heißt das: Augen auf, Gesicht zeigen und Inhalte liefern, die KI nicht kopieren kann. Sonst bleibt der Traffic auf der Strecke.
Google ist jetzt dein schärfster Konkurrent | Jan Tißler | UPLOAD Magazin

I've just discovered that #Google Meet actually "supports" my browser (#Firefox). I just need not to be logged in into the Google account from dayjob. Once I sign in, it claims it's not supported.

Not being allowed to install what I want on a phone is like being told I cant make a sandwich with the bread I bought.
#Android #Google #FreeSoftware

Upgraded image editing in Gemini is jaw dropping ,
#ai

Image editing in Gemini just got a major upgrade
Transform images in amazing new ways with updated native image editing in the Gemini app.

Some years ago when I was degoogling my life I was thinking " man I'll miss Google search "
Now I think " thanks god I already made the switch "
#degoogle #google #privacy

"Google’s emissions up 51% as AI electricity demand derails efforts to go green"
#Google #AI #ArtificialIntelligence

Die Bundeswehr schließt einen Millionen-Deal mit #Google – Kritiker wie Kiesewetter, von Notz und Schönbohm warnen zurecht: Wer sicherheitskritische Systeme an US-Konzerne auslagert, macht sich erpressbar. Technologische Souveränität? Fehlanzeige. Statt „Fort Knox“-Marketing wäre Eigenständigkeit die sicherere Wahl. |
Abhängigkeiten bei der Bundeswehr: Scharfe Kritik an Deal mit Google-Clou…

Abhängigkeiten bei der Bundeswehr: Scharfe Kritik an Deal mit Google-Cloud
Der Beschluss der Bundeswehr, auf Cloud-Dienste von Google zu setzen, kommt bei Sicherheitspolitikern nicht gut an: Deutschland könne politisch erpresst werden.

If you though #Google was achieving anything in relation to reducing carbon emissions, read pages 80-82 of their environmental report.
They try hard to make it look like they’ve achieved something by calling out “avoided emissions” on a graph showing a multi-year upward trend in actual emissions.
Even when, as a planet, we’ve seen multiple years of unprecedented destructive weather anoma…

Chrome bleibt – aber der Wettbewerb beginnt erst jetzt
Das Gericht hat #Google nicht zerschlagen. Das ist ein großer Sieg für den Konzern. Der Browser #Chrome bleibt im Haus – und damit der größte kontinuierliche Zufluss an Nutzerdaten aus dem Google seine Such- und Antwortsysteme speist.

#EU age verification done by #Google or #Apply only?
Well, Michał has a better and cheaper proposal for implementing that process:

Ok, update on #Google Meet crap. It's not about signing in. It's literally about opening the site for the second time.
I clear cookies. It works once. Once I visit the site again, "unsupported browser".
What a piece of shit.
#Firefox

🔧 Fine-grained control
over app logic through visual interface or description-based modifications
📱 Instant sharing capabilities
allowing others to use your apps with their #Google account
📚 Demo gallery
with starter templates for immediate use or customization
🚀 Currently available in US-only public beta
for rapid

#Googles #CO2-Emissionen sind 2024 auf 15,2 Millionen Tonnen gestiegen.
Das ist ein Plus von 51 % seit 2019. Haupttreiber ist der wachsende #Energiebedarf durch Künstliche Intelligenz. Trotz Eff…

Googles Kohlendioxid-Emissionen steigen erneut
Der Suchmaschinen-Konzern Google befindet sich mit seinen Treibhausgas-Emissionen weiter im Aufwärtstrend. Grund dafür ist auch künstliche Intelligenz.

Oh great, now I can’t trust the emails from #Google not to change between readings.
One of the reasons I value email is for the ability to store what’s been said at a point in time and refer back to it knowing it will not change, kind of like, books or letters.

#Gemini Embedding model now generally available in #Google #API and #VertexAI 🚀🏆 Top performer on…

Die Medienwelt erstickt an „Enshittification“: Plattformen wie #Twitter und #Google rauben uns hochwertigen Journalismus, indem sie Leserinnen und Produzentinnen gegeneinander ausspielen. #RSS ist die kluge …

#Google verteidigt seine #KISuche „AI Overviews“ gegen Vorwürfe von #Verlagen, die teils bis zu 79 % #Traffic

Googles KI-Suche unter Druck: Verlage klagen über massiven Traffic-Verlust
Der Konzern verteidigt die Features und spricht von "wertvolleren" Klicks. Verlage hingegen sehen einen "irreparablen wirtschaftlichen Schaden"

"Google nimmt sich das Recht heraus, KI-Antworten zu generieren, ohne dass eine explizite Zustimmung der Inhalte-Anbieter vorliegt oder eine Vergütung geklärt wäre. Dies gleicht einer automatisierten Inhaltsaneignung, die redaktionelle Arbeit zur reinen Trainingsmasse degradiert." #Urheberrecht
KI-Zusammenfassungen bei

"Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’"
#Google #FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’
Interior Sec. Doug Burgum told an AI conference that data centers should be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear. Ruth Porat called his comments "fantastic.”

I am old enough to remember when Android was still cool!
#Android #Google #GrapheneOS #CalyxOS

Was ist das denn nun schon wieder?
Ab dem 7. Juli erhält #Google #Gemini vollen Zugriff auf Anrufe, #SMS, #WhatsApp

Google Gemini is about to control your messages and calls, even if you say no
Google’s AI assistant is about to get full access to your calls, texts, and WhatsApp — even if you’ve disabled activity tracking.

Die #EU verhängt Milliardenstrafe gegen #Google, #Trump nennt das laut #Tagesschau gleich „Erpressung“. Aber …

"Google shares new data on energy consumption of Gemini AI prompts"
#Google #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Energy

#google plans to forbid that I may install any app I like on my #Android #smartphone.
New #Pixel phones cost as mu…

Do you use #Orbot?
#Android #GrapheneOS #Privacy #Security #Tor #TorBrowser #Google #Apple #iOS
Yes
Yes, but...
No, but...
No

A scary thought for your morning.
We reached the absurd point in technology, where sending a file between two of your devices is so absurdly hard that for a lot of people using e-mail for that became a de facto standard — sending files to yourself.
This means that a lot of people either has or have had scans of all kinds of documents, including ID cards, on #GMail.
#Google is training their #LLM on all that.
#GAFAM #AI

#Gemini 2.5 Flash #Image: #Google launches state-of-the-art image generation and editing model 🎨 #ai …

Unpopular opinion (yes, I know y'all going to ban me now): #Microsoft #Teams is not the worst videoconferencing tool I've used at dayjob.
#Slack: tested screen sharing before the job interview using the browser. During the interview it turned out that the test mode is different than the actual "huddle", and had to install the app real quick.
#Google Meet: "Meet doesn't work on your browser". Tells me to install one of the support browsers, e.g. #Firefox. Except that I'm using Firefox. 🤦
#Zoom: "install our app".
Teams: miraculously just worked.