Google has been accused of spreading ‘misinformation’ by claiming Australians will be denied free internet searches if tech giants like them are forced to pay for news they use. Anyone using the search engine is now confronted with a yellow exclamation mark with a link to a so-called ‘open letter to Australians’ from the company’s … Read more
The NHS Test and Trace smartphone app is being re-launched today with a second round of trials on the Isle of Wight and in the London borough of Newham. England’s beleaguered app, of which the first version had to be scrapped in June, has now been recreated using technology made by Google and Apple. Officials … Read more
Google turns Androids into ‘mini seismometer’ by alerting users of an earthquake before it strikes Google is alert Android users of an earthquake minutes before it strikes The firm generates alerts from using over 700 seismometers in California Google is set to ask users in Google search if they felt a nearby quake By Stacy Liberatore For … Read more
A Google Earth user discovered what they believe to be a ‘400ft ice ship’ lying in an iceberg about 100 miles from the coast of Antarctica. The huge ice structure was picked up on Google Earth south of New Zealand and has a striking resemblance to a cruise liner with a line of windows and … Read more
Google discontinues the Pixel 4 smartphone just nine months after release Google has confirmed the decision the same week as it announced its Pixel 4a The high-end £669 Pixel 4 may not have a place in the current economic climate The Pixel 4 smartphone is still available ‘from some partners while supplies last’ By Jonathan Chadwick … Read more
Google has formally unveiled its much anticipated Pixel 4a smartphone after months of delays due to the coronavirus pandemic. The internet has been awash with rumours and leaks about the mid-market device since Google’s I/O event was cancelled in May. And the device has now finally been revealed and closely resembles the majority of leaks. … Read more
Streaming services that let you play video games without having to download them, such as Microsoft xCloud and Google Stadia, will not work on iPhones, Apple has confirmed. Apple said that these game streaming services violate the terms and conditions of its App Store, as they give access to games the company can’t individually review. … Read more
WhatsApp is trialling a new feature that lets its users inspect forwarded messages sent to them, in a bid to clamp down on misinformation. The ‘Search the Web’ feature, which is being trialled in six markets including the UK from today, lets users do a quick Google search on dubious-sounding content. Users tap a magnifying … Read more
Britons want to go to the Maldives, Americans to Japan and Australians to Fiji: World map based on Google data illustrates nationalities’ most wished for 2021 holiday destinations On the map country names have been supplemented by its residents’ most yearned-for destinations for 2021 Map was created by a holiday firm, which analysed the most-searched … Read more
Photographer Gabor Nagy spends months researching Iceland’s most eye-catching spots on Google Earth and then days driving and hiking its mountain roads to reach them – and snap them. As his incredible pictures of the country’s epic landscape show – the graft pays off. He has captured Europe’s second-largest glacier, a breathtaking ‘bleeding’ volcanic crater and … Read more