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@kubikpixel@chaos.social
2025-10-08 06:40:08

»Digitale Souveränität — Diese Alternativen zu #Google Docs und Microsoft 365 müsst ihr kennen:
Egal ob Google #Docs oder #Microsoft 365 - Das klassische

@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io
2025-10-07 20:39:25

This is bizarre - I made a typo and accidentally ran a #Google search for a comma. Not the word, the punctuation mark.
And yet, somehow, Google thinks that is:
1. A valid enough search to be showing a bazillion results
2. A search that needs short-form vertical videos at the top from a bunch of white women (who are they? Why them? What in the world is relevant to a singular punctuation mark that makes them pull up these videos?)
3. A search with enough inferred intent to show me a whole Q&A interface?
I know we complain about the state of #search online a lot these days and I've been part of the #SEO industry for years but something like this is so blatantly ridiculous it's hard not to stop and wonder.... what the actual fuck?

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2025-11-07 18:16:55

Damn, y’all, I’d have expected better from a trillion-dollar People Farmer that’s helping Israel commit genocide in Palestine…
Maybe we should talk to their Chief Ethics Officer or something?
#google #gmail #genocide

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-11-07 07:23:00

Apple gibt Siri bald ein Google-Hirn: Statt auf Privacy-Purismus setzt Cupertino in Sachen KI auf Milliarden-Deal mit Gemini. Von Revolution keine Spur – Apple kämpft gegen Rückstand, testet Konkurrenz, will aber mittelfristig wieder unabhängig sein. Revolutioniert wird erstmal nur die Bilanz. #Apple #Google

@ncoca@social.coop
2025-09-08 02:45:09

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 …

@gideonstar@mastodon.gideonstar.de
2025-09-07 15:32:44

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

@publicvoit@graz.social
2025-09-04 11:37:51

Studier-Modus: #Google bringt KI-Lernhilfe in #Gemini

@mszll@datasci.social
2025-10-30 15:38:08

Incredible that #google makes it impossible to smoothly delete all your photos, either making you scroll select for hours or forcing you to use 3rd party tools like github.com/mrishab/google-phot

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-09-05 19:42:44

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

Trump about Google fine
@nemobis@mamot.fr
2025-09-04 06:54:05
Content warning: GAFAM propaganda

Hilarious: Google's lobby admits that #Google search got worse* in the past 2 years, but blames #EU regulation. I wonder if something might have happened in the world since 2023, other than the #DMA.

@stefanlaser@social.tchncs.de
2025-09-04 10:03:46

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."

@timbray@cosocial.ca
2025-09-22 17:42:14

The Google AdTech monopoly trial is a really big deal, bigger in my mind than the search monopoly.
bigtechontrial.com/p/its-groun

@tezoatlipoca@mas.to
2025-08-22 15:10:52

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

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-09-01 11:00:58

"Google’s new plan to keep its data centers from stressing the grid"
#Google #Technology

@shoppingtonz@mastodon.social
2025-09-06 22:51:35

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

@vrandecic@mas.to
2025-10-01 06:01:23

Google, which is happy to answer all kinds of questions using their AI, seems to answer with a mix of non-committal results, a few current ones, and plenty outdated results for "who has the majority in the house" and similar questions.
Are you getting better results?
EDIT: I get reports from people that they get better results
#uspol

Three Google results, one highlighting a non-committal answer, and two stating that the Democrats have the majority in the House (since the results are outdated)
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-09-25 15:21:46

How Google is beating Apple
#google

@guerda@ruhr.social
2025-08-20 14:52:46

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

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2025-08-21 14:16:30

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

@rettichschnidi@swiss.social
2025-10-03 08:55:05

Breaking news: #Google ist ein #Arschloch
arstechnica.com/gad…

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-09-03 07:51:00

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.

@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
2025-09-24 20:45:06

I use a Google account on my secondary user profile with GrapheneOS to download apps from Google Play, and I have my subscription list is public over there:
#Google

@frankel@mastodon.top
2025-09-29 17:02:00

#GoogleCloud #Observability Adopts #OpenTelemetry Protocol for Native Trace Ingestion

@datascience@genomic.social
2025-08-27 10:00:01

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

@paun@digitalcourage.social
2025-08-26 07:19:41

#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 @…

@mgorny@pol.social
2025-10-01 04:04:53

Kiedy kupiłem telefon #Pixel, wydałem trzykrotnie więcej niż normalnie. Uznałem, że to uzasadnione, bo w końcu będę miał dobre wsparcie oprogramowania (#GrapheneOS).
Przez ostatnie pół roku, #Google:
1. za…

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-11-05 13:00:09

"Google Earth gets an AI chatbot to help chart the climate crisis"
#Google #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Climate

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2025-08-25 15:07:21

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.

@andycarolan@social.lol
2025-10-22 09:37:14

2025 and I can't pay a creator directly for an ad-free experience of their work... I have to give £12.99 to Google instead.
How screwed up is that?!
#Dammit #Google #TheWorstTimeline

@eana@s.1a23.studio
2025-10-01 15:14:53

Japanese team’s April (ROT6) Fools project of this year, Gboard Dial Version.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgdWyD0cBx4
(Sadly there doesn’t seem to be a landing page this year.)

@shaun@mastodon.xyz
2025-09-29 02:05:49

The hell kind of farm equipment y'all repairing over there‽‽
#YouTube #ads #google

A sponsored ad on the YouTube recommended videos panel. It says "Expert Farm Equipment Repair Services" but the preview appears as a 1990s-BBS-GIF-quality topless lady with her ta-tas on display.
@Xavier@infosec.exchange
2025-08-13 18:24:05

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

@vrandecic@mas.to
2025-10-20 18:20:41

I asked Google "What is a tank in gaming?", and I just *love* the picture Google selected.
#Google #googlesearch

Snippet from a Google search results for the term tank in gaming, with a picture of Daisy Duck illustrating the result
@michabbb@social.vivaldi.net
2025-09-26 16:22:35

all names and places are purely fictional, this is for illustration to show how incredibly powerful the #google #maps #api s are and how brilliant they can be used for planning, here as an example a ci…

@cdamian@rls.social
2025-08-18 11:17:44

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

@brentsleeper@sfba.social
2025-11-02 06:26:51

Burying #GoogleDrive’s ham-fisted UX design decisions is possibly my favorite feature in #MacOS 26 Tahoe.

Screenshot of the System Settings app’s Menu Bar pane in MacOS 26 Tahoe. An entry for Google Drive is highlighted, emphasizing that its toggle slider is in the off position.
@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-08-26 21:16:55

Upgraded image editing in Gemini is jaw dropping ,
#ai

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-08-22 09:19:01

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…

‪@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2025-08-21 12:38:24

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.”
mastodon.social/@verge/11506…

@mxp@mastodon.acm.org‬
2025-08-21 12:38:24

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.”
mastodon.social/@verge/11506…

@simon_brooke@mastodon.scot
2025-10-30 07:35:06

Oh, Jings. Both #Google and #Amazon are revealed to be #complicit in the #GazaGenocide. In an extraordinary…

@cyrevolt@mastodon.social
2025-09-09 20:39:04

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

@publicvoit@graz.social
2025-10-10 09:56:59

"Freie Alternative zu #Google und #Apple: Free Software Foundation plant #LibrePhone"

@mgorny@pol.social
2025-08-25 15:08:37

Właśnie odkryłem, że #Google Meet jednak "obsługuje" moją przeglądarkę (Firefoksa). Pod warunkiem, że nie jestem zalogowany na służbowe konto Google. Jak się zaloguję, to przestaje być wspierana.
#Firefox

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2025-08-14 02:44:57

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!
support.google.com/edu/classro

@jom@social.kontrollapparat.de
2025-10-18 19:08:36

I had to use #Google as a search engine again for a few hours, for reasons. And that was even without an active ad blocker. Seriously, how do so many people put up with that? And yeah, everyone who's happy with it probably shouldn't try #Kagi, otherwise they'll end up spe…

@ncoca@social.coop
2025-08-15 18:03:07

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.

@kubikpixel@chaos.social
2025-10-21 06:40:03

»Die Macht der Tech-Giganten — Trumps Waffe gegen #Europa:
Deutsche Behörden und Unternehmen sind fast vollständig abhängig von US-Tech-Giganten wie #Microsoft, #Google oder

@77slevin@social.linux.pizza
2025-09-16 21:51:18

Looking up Christina Chong on #Google after watching an episode of #STStrangeNewWorlds. 2 questions in Google changes the output to Christina Chang, a completely different person, age and nationality. If a human did that we'd call them racist for thinking all Asian people look al…

@tezoatlipoca@mas.to
2025-10-14 21:22:35

For those out of the Loop:
#Google, #Meta, Microsoft, any of the tech companies who provide "portals" to news and content, scrape this content and shove it in a feed that they have control over (obstensibly based on your "habits" and "preferences"). The portal keeps the $ad.revenue$ th…

@qbi@freie-re.de
2025-08-12 19:20:21

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

@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
2025-08-27 21:02:20

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

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-09-16 16:00:33

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

@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu
2025-08-15 01:05:51

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. …

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-09-23 11:12:01

Google gibt den Suchenden oft schon in der KI-Zusammenfassung Antworten auf ihre Fragen zu Symptomen, Medikamenten oder Reisezielen. Außerdem sind Reichweitenverlierer der neuen Google-Suche in Europa Nachrichtenseiten und Community-Plattformen #Handelsblatt #Google

@GroupNebula563@mastodon.social
2025-08-14 11:00:15

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

@kubikpixel@chaos.social
2025-08-26 06:15:10

»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

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-08-18 08:04:59

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

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2025-08-26 05:24:06

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

@cdamian@rls.social
2025-09-13 06:39:49

"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

@mgorny@pol.social
2025-08-26 05:25:02

Mała aktualizacja z #Google Meet. Jednak myliłem się, to nie jest kwestia logowania. To jest po prostu kwestia otwarcia strony po raz drugi.
Czyszczę ciastka. Raz zadziała. Za drugim wejściem na stronę, "przeglądarka nie jest wspierana".
Co za gówno.
#Firefox

@michabbb@social.vivaldi.net
2025-09-20 06:53:08

🚀 #Google #Gemini AI now built directly into #Chrome browser bringing intelligent assistance right where you browse without switching tabs

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2025-11-02 18:29:05

Was könnten diese Firmen und Menschen gemeinsam haben?
#Google, #Meta, #Apple, #Blackrock,

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-09-18 07:51:04

#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…

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-09-12 06:17:19

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

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-08-13 11:30:37

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

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-08-22 13:00:42

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

@kingconsult@berlin.social
2025-10-10 18:29:29

Klage gegen #SocialMedia-Plattformen
New York City hat #Google #Bytedance und #Meta, die Betreiber von

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-09-11 11:26:03

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…

@ErikJonker@mastodon.social
2025-10-13 13:46:47

Always fun/challenging to read new AI (pre)papers like this. "Base models know how to reason, thinking models learn when".
#AI #Google #reasoning

BASE MODELS KNOW HOW TO REASON,
THINKING MODELS LEARN WHEN
@publicvoit@graz.social
2025-08-26 21:35:16

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

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2025-10-01 04:02:37

When I bought a #Pixel phone, I've spent three times as much as I usually spend. I figured out it's justified, since I'm finally going to have a phone with good software support (#GrapheneOS).
Over the last 6 months, #Google:
1. locked down the device tree,
2. increased embargo to security updates to 3 months,
3. broke battery charge limiter.
Won't recommend this to anyone.
#Android

@mariyadelano@hachyderm.io
2025-08-18 21:38:09

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

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-08-09 16:55:00

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…

@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
2025-08-29 18:56:05

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

@unchartedworlds@scicomm.xyz
2025-10-22 08:46:48
Content warning: privacy laws, back doors & remote bricking risks

Good points well made by @…:
"It's well past time for a post-American internet. Every device and every service should be designed so that the people who use them have the final say over how they work. Manufacturers' back doors and digital locks that prevent us from updating our devices with software of our choosing were never a good idea. Today, they're a catastrophe. ...
"For the rest of the world to escape dictators' demands, they will have to accelerate their independence from American tech – not just Russian gas. A post-American internet starts with abandoning the laws that give US companies – and therefore Trump – a veto over how your technology works."
#tech #privacy #law #USPol #Apple #Google

@primonatura@mstdn.social
2025-08-25 13:00:42

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

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2025-10-16 05:07:02

#SteadySupporter
Mit Klicklauten und Pfeifen kommunizieren #Delfine seit jeher. Jetzt will #Google mithilfe von #KI

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-08-13 06:10:33

#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?

@michabbb@social.vivaldi.net
2025-08-26 14:45:08

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

@michabbb@social.vivaldi.net
2025-09-25 11:10:36

😳 How did I miss this?!
If you’ve got a #Samsung #Galaxy, you can grab #Google One #AI Premium…

@tinoeberl@mastodon.online
2025-08-12 08:10:56

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

@mgorny@social.treehouse.systems
2025-08-22 18:16:38

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.

@digitalnaiv@mastodon.social
2025-09-11 09:19:03

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

@midtsveen@social.linux.pizza
2025-09-14 13:06:33

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