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Google Adds In-Meeting Emoji Reactions to Google Meet

The chosen emoji reactions will be shown live to both the host and other participants over a member's video tile (or alongside their name) or in a list on the left of the screen. Emoji reactions will finally arrive in April.

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Google Will Make Search Dark Theme Fully Black

The black search background color could potentially help save battery life on smartphones and laptops. However, it won't make any big difference since users do not spend much time in Search.

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Google Is Working on an AR Headset Codenamed Project Iris

Like upcoming headsets from Meta and Apple, Google's headset uses outward-facing cameras to bring computer graphics into the real world, creating a more immersive mixed reality experience.

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Google Abandons FLoC and Replaces Third-Party Cookies With Topics

With Topics, the new concept will assign users five interests per week based on their web activity. These interests will be stored for up to three weeks. To do this, Google created a list of about 350 topics available in its advertising taxonomy.

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Indian Regulator Ordered an Antitrust Probe Against Google

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) suspects Google is violating the country's antitrust laws. The investigation should help determine whether Google imposes any discriminatory conditions or price on digital news publishers.

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Google Shares a List of the Best Chrome Extensions of 2021

On its official blog, the Google team has shared a list of their favorite extensions for the Chrome browser that helped people stay connected, productive, and simply have fun throughout 2021.

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TikTok Becomes the World's Most Popular Website

Cloudflare's latest analytical report indicates that TikTok became the most visited website in 2021. The Chinese social network managed to overtake the domain of Google.com, which was leading in 2020.

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Google's Year in Search 2021 Reveals Popular Search Trends

The company also named the main trends, events, and heroes of 2021. The rating was compiled based on users' search queries over the past year.

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Google Will Make 2-Factor Authentication on by Default

Together with millions of Google users, more than two million content creators on YouTube will also switch to two-factor authentication by the end of this year. Google states that users will also be able to use security keys for authorization.

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YouTube Is Testing New Premium Lite Subscription With No Ads

The Premium Lite subscription will be cheaper than the basic one. Users who opt for it will not be able to download videos to watch them offline or use the background playback feature. Premium Lite only provides an ad-free experience.

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Google Is Paying $2.15 to Google+ Users Affected by a Data Leak

The lawsuit was filed after Google failed to disclose a vulnerability in the Google+ API for third-party application developers. Using this vulnerability, attackers could gain access to such personal data of users as name, gender, age, and email address.

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Google's Parent Company Alphabet Creates a Unit to Develop Software for Industrial Robots

Robotics has been the obsession of Google for many years, but the initiatives in this area have not brought any commercial results for the company so far. Industrial robots are being developed rapidly today, so the need for software will only grow.

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Apple and Google Announce New Emojis for World Emoji Day

July 17 is World Emoji Day. To celebrate the occasion, tech giants Google and Apple introduced a bunch of emoji updates to make them more accessible, universal, and easier to share.

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Joe Biden Signed a Decree to Limit the Monopoly of Big Tech Giants

The document contains about 70 initiatives that relate to agriculture, healthcare, and technology companies. These initiatives will help lower prices, raise workers' wages, and promote innovation and rapid economic growth.

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More Than 30 US States Sue Google Over Google Play Store Fees

More than 30 US states have filed a lawsuit in California federal court against the tech giant for an alleged antitrust violation on an Android app store and monopoly in the market for Android applications.

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Former Google Employees Launch Neeva, A Paid Ad-Free Search Engine

Neeva blocks third-party trackers, you can delete the data it collects or prohibit its storage. The service can also be integrated with calendars, mail accounts, and cloud storage platforms.

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Google Will Start Warning Users About Unreliable Search Results

If the information in the search results is contradictory, based on rumors or unverified sources, the user will be notified that the information from reliable sources will appear later. Google cited recent UFO sightings in Wales as an example.

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Google Announced Requirements for Developers Who Want to Reduce Google Play Commissions by up to 15%

Starting July 1, Google will lower the Google Play commission to 15% for all app developers, but it will only apply to the first million dollars of revenue per year. If the revenue exceeds $1 million per year, the commission will increase to 30%.

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Coinbase Brings Cryptocurrency Payments to Apple Pay and Google Pay

At the same time, Coinbase customers will be able to get cashback when paying via Google Pay or Apple Pay – 1% in Bitcoin or 4% in Stellar Lumens. The Coinbase Card can be used only in the United States, except for Hawaii.

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Google Unveils Project Starline, the "Holographic" Video Chat of the Future

It is currently unknown how long it will take for Project Starline to become available to the general public. Google says it is planning trial deployments with the company’s enterprise partners later this year.

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YouTube to Begin Running Ads on All Videos and Impose Taxes on Bloggers

YouTube will also impose taxes on bloggers who live outside the United States on profits generated from views in the United States. Therefore, the authors will have to provide Google AdSense with a tax ID, legal entity name, and channel name by the end of May.

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Who Are the Top Acquirers of AI Companies?

Four out of the five largest buying companies are American, according to a report by analyst firm GlobalData. Ireland-based Accenture was the only non-US company in the top-5 list.

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Google Chrome Update Consumes Less RAM

The new feature is called PartitionAlloc. It allows users to speed up the browser's loading of pages and free up the computer's RAM.

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Former US Ambassador Demands to Remove Telegram From Google Play and App Store

The president of the Coalition for a Safer Web, a group that advocates removing extremist content from social media, Marc Ginsberg, demanded that Alphabet remove the Telegram messenger from Google Play.