Google’s content recommendation algorithm is a black box. Here’s how it decides what to show you
Google Discover often shows us content we never actually searched for – but it’s anything but random.
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Julian Assange on Google, surveillance and predatory capitalism
Since the last time we were together inside his prison lodgings at the Ecuadorian embassy in London, a few things have changed. Julian Assange has grown a beard, looks more pallid and pauses when I ask…
How to know if you can trust an AI’s answer to your question
One Google response asked for my medical history. Another answered a personal health question without asking who I was. Both replies came across as authoritative advice.
The ACCC is suing Google for misleading millions. But calling it out is easier than fixing it
Following a privacy policy change in 2016, Google has collected users’ data from third-party websites and apps. The ACCC argues users were misled into signing away their privacy.
Google has lost its Buzz and missed the Wave, but is there a Plus?
It’s hard to know what to think about Google these days. Financially, the company is booming, but its reputation has suffered following the lukewarm reception for Google+, and an embarrassing outburst…
Google search just got way more personal … and that’s a problem
In what has been labelled a “bad day for the internet”, Google last week changed its search engine to include personalised results from Google+. The introduction of Google Search plus Your World has led…
Confusion over Google’s paid services could land it in trouble, again
Most Australians do not understand how the Google search engine works and what is paid or free content in any search results.
Google’s murky Washington lobbying is making Apple look good
While technology companies have embraced Washington, they haven’t yet embraced political disclosure.
Every step you take: why Google’s plan to buy Fitbit has the ACCC’s pulse racing
The watchdog has voiced concerns over the proposed US$2.1 billion merger, from which both users and Australian health services could lose out.
Google proposes to the European Commission, but hold the confetti
It’s taken nearly three years, but the European Commission and Google last week reached some form of agreement regarding alleged abuses of the search engine’s dominant position in the European Union. Google’s…
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