walkerOS: A data collection alternative to gtag.js

Take control of your tracking data with an open source platform supporting server-side collection and integrations with GA4 ...
Decrypt

Chrome Can Now Pull Details From Your Gmail to Fill Out Web Forms

Chrome's new autofill uses Google's Gemini AI to search your Gmail for order numbers and other details and fill them into web ...
Android Police

Connecting Claude to Google Sheets made my charts more interesting and interactive

Haroun authors features for Android Police, covering Samsung, Google, and the wider Android ecosystem. He first joined in 2021, cutting his teeth on over 300 news stories before moving on to features ...
MLive

Massive Google data center approved in Wayne County despite residents’ opposition

VAN BUREN TWP, MI - A controversial Google data center project in Wayne County has cleared another major hurdle after township officials approved its site plan despite opposition from residents. The ...
TechRepublic

Google Sheets Canvas Builds Mini-Apps From Prompts: How It Works

Google Sheets canvas uses Gemini to create interactive mini-apps from prompts. Here’s how to build Kanban boards and dashboards, plus subscription and availability requirements. Google Sheets canvas ...
Skift

Fighting Spirit’s Data Sale to Google: Court Filings Show the List Getting Longer

The deal has faced months of delays and pushback, coming to represent a thorny issue of how far bankruptcy code should go to protect employee privacy as AI makes rapid advances. Spirit Airlines’ ...
thenextweb.com

Spirit’s privacy ombudsman backs Google’s $10m data deal

The privacy official in Spirit Airlines’ bankruptcy has recommended approval of the sale of deidentified Spirit Airlines data to Google. In a report filed on 5 October, ombudsman Lucy Thomson said ...
Sun-Sentinel

Is data secure when Spirit sells to Google? US lawmakers seek privacy safeguards for ex-workers

Lawmakers in the U.S. House and Senate on Thursday called on the CEOs of Spirit Airlines and Google to safeguard the privacy of employees whose information would be included in a planned mass sale of ...
The Hill

Lawmakers concerned over Google’s plan to acquire AI models from Spirit Airlines data

A bipartisan group of dozens of lawmakers led by Rep. Steven Horsford (D-Nev.) and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) is concerned over Google’s plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data to train its AI ...
Reuters

Lawmakers raise alarm at Google plan to acquire Spirit Airlines data for AI models

WASHINGTON, Oct 8 (Reuters) - More than 120 US lawmakers raised concerns on Thursday about a deal for Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google unit to acquire defunct carrier Spirit Airlines' ...
Wane

Local officials react to Google’s plan to buy homes near Fort Wayne data center

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Google says it’s planning to pursue purchasing the homes surrounding the data center located in southeast Fort Wayne. Google told WANE 15 on Tuesday that they are taking ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Google Wants to Send Data Centers to Space—and Just Launched an Experimental Satellite to Test Whether Its Ambitious Plan Will Work

On October 1, Google sent a refrigerator-size test satellite to low-Earth orbit, taking a major step in its goal of putting data centers in space. The tech giant aims to put the infrastructure to run ...