A short video about how Google Search works, including how Google’s software indexes the web, ranks sites, flags spam, and serves up results. There’s also a part about a lasagna festival.
Most Americans don’t realize what companies can predict from their data
Every device that you use, every company you do business with, every online account you create – they all collect data about you and analyze it to figure out minute details of your life.
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Google may track your location even if you disable Location tracking | gHacks Technology News
The Location feature that Google built-into the Android operating system and some of its applications power location-based services such as Google Maps and provide Google with information about a customer’s whereabouts. The Location feature is not turned on by default but Google apps, services, and third-party apps may prompt the user to enable it to provide more accurate information.
Open Sourcing the Hunt for Exoplanets | Google Open Source Blog
Recently, we discovered two exoplanets by training a neural network to analyze data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope and accurately identify the most promising planet signals. And while this was only an initial analysis of ~700 stars, we consider this a successful proof-of-concept for using machine learning to discover exoplanets, and more generally another example of using machine learning to make meaningful gains in a variety of scientific disciplines (e.g. healthcare, quantum chemistry, and fusion research).
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How to block the Chrome Software Reporter Tool (software_reporter_tool.exe) – gHacks Tech News
If you run Google Chrome on a Windows PC and monitor processes that run on the machine, you may notice the Software Reporter Tool process eventually.
Software Reporter Tool, the executable file is software_reporter_tool.exe, is a tool that Google distributes with the Google Chrome web browser.
Google’s ‘Advanced Protection’ Locks Down Accounts Like Never Before | WIRED
Google offers a powerful new security setting aimed its most (rightfully) paranoid users.
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10 Useful Gmail Tricks Which The Users Must Know
Gmail Tricks: The most used email services are Gmail. Almost everyone holds an account in Gmail. Email accounts have made our life easier.
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Upload Once, Blog Anywhere: Photos from Google — The WordPress.com Blog
Google Photos is one of the most popular ways of storing and sharing photos online. WordPress.com is one of the most popular ways to blog. Wouldn’t it be great if they played well together — if you could use photos you’ve uploaded to Google on your site?We thought so, too: starting today, you can browse, search, and copy photos from your Google account right from your blog posts and pages. Introducing: photos from Google!
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