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Nest Hello Smart Doorbell

Humans

Smart doorbells may be fun, but we don’t know who is using your face

This changes everything | Training facial recognition algorithms requires masses of data, and big tech companies can go to extreme lengths to get that, says Annalee Newitz

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Humans

Firms and governments use the internet to spy on us. Should we care?

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Dan Russell

Technology

Google scientist has a surprising tip to improve any search

Regulars
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Technology

Will Google bail if its quantum computer doesn’t turn a quick profit?

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Technology

Quantum supremacy has arrived – what happens to computing now?

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Health

Google gets green light to access five years of NHS patient data

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Health

Google is taking over DeepMind’s NHS contracts – should we be worried?

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Mark Zukerberg

Technology

Taking on tech giants: Can anyone stop Facebook, Amazon and Google?

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Let’s cheer workers at Google who are holding their bosses to account

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Technology

Google’s takeover of health app appears to renege on DeepMind promises

DeepMind used 1.6 million patient records from the NHS to develop its Streams app. Now Google is taking over and wants to develop a digital hospital assistant

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Technology

Google+ to shut down after 500,000 people’s personal details exposed

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Technology

Google tracks your location even if you switch off location tracking

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Physics

Google just made it much harder to build a serious quantum computer

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Technology

Google’s human-like phone calls are a clever but nasty trick

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