Hacker News with Generative AI: Google

A new experiment from Google to help people explore more career possibilities (google)
Career Dreamer is a new experiment from Grow with Google that uses AI to make career exploration easier and more personalized.

Career Exploration, AI, Google, Software, Personalization

11 points by Jimmc414 5 hours ago | 3 comments

Google Ad-Tech Targets National Security Decision Makers, People with Diseases (wired.com)
A WIRED investigation into the inner workings of Google’s advertising ecosystem reveals that a wealth of sensitive information on Americans is being openly served up to some of the world’s largest brands despite the company’s own rules against it.

Google, Advertising, Privacy, National Security, Health

5 points by impish9208 5 hours ago | 0 comments

Google Doesn't Want You to Search (honest-broker.com)
Almost everything in the digital world is turning into its opposite.

Google, Search Engines, Digital Trends, Internet

8 points by thomassmith65 8 hours ago | 3 comments

Google Is on the Wrong Side of History (eff.org)
Google continues to show us why it chose to abandon its old motto of “Don’t Be Evil,” as it becomes more and more enmeshed with the military-industrial complex.

Google, Ethics, Military, Technology

66 points by ta8645 15 hours ago | 39 comments

Mexico issues legal threat to Google (thecomeback.com)
On Jan. 20, United States President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America.”

Mexico, Google, Law, Politics

106 points by thund 17 hours ago | 138 comments

Google Quality Issues: Harmful to Consumers and Possibly Intentional (wallethub.com)
Google is the portal to the internet for millions of people, serving not just as the bridge between searchers and information but also increasingly positioning itself as the final destination, pushing owned and operated properties and features on users.

Google, Search Engines, Consumer Protection, Business Practices

9 points by freediver 1 day ago | 3 comments

Murena now sells a 'deGoogled' Pixel Tablet (techcrunch.com)
Murena, the French privacy firm that’s forked Android to deliver so-called deGoogled smartphones, has repeated the trick with a tablet. So if you’re keen to get your hands on a shiny Pixel Tablet — but without the usual bundle of Google apps and services — Murena has you covered.

Privacy, Android, Tablets, Google

6 points by moose44 1 day ago | 1 comments

Mexico threatens to sue Google over name change of Gulf of Mexico on US maps (cnn.com)

International Relations, Legal Disputes, Geography, Google, Mexico

10 points by doener 2 days ago | 0 comments

Google's new self-installed Android app warns you about nude images in Messages (androidauthority.com)
Google is rolling out a new Android System SafetyCore app that’ll power Sensitive Content Warnings in Google Messages.

Android, Google, Privacy, Security, Messaging

11 points by toss1 3 days ago | 8 comments

Google defends scrapping AI pledges and DEI goals in all-staff meeting (theguardian.com)
Google’s executives gave details on Wednesday on how the tech giant will sunset its diversity initiatives and defended dropping its pledge against building artificial intelligence for weaponry and surveillance in an all-staff meeting.

Google, Artificial Intelligence, Technology, Ethics, Business

94 points by belter 4 days ago | 174 comments

Critics say new Google rules put profits over privacy (bbc.com)
Privacy campaigners have called Google's new rules on tracking people online "a blatant disregard for user privacy."

Privacy, Google, Regulation, Technology, Business

122 points by latexr 4 days ago | 69 comments

Ask HN: Do you still use Google? (ycombinator.com)
Do you still use Google? Gmail? YouTube? Gemini? Chrome? Android?

Google, Search Engines, Technology, User Preferences

22 points by roschdal 4 days ago | 48 comments

Google's Piracy Purge: 3.5B DMCA Takedown Notices in a Year (torrentfreak.com)
Google has completed the busiest twelve months ever on the DMCA takedown front. The popular search engine processed a record-breaking 3.5 billion takedown requests during the year. Ironically, this milestone is in part a byproduct of ongoing anti-piracy measures, including site blocking and search engine removals, with no end in sight.

Copyright, Law Enforcement, Google, Piracy, Internet

66 points by gslin 4 days ago | 8 comments

Will Google Search Be the Next to Join Killed by Google? (stan-kondrat.github.io)
Google Search Is Dying for Me – LLMs Took Over.

Search Engines, Google, Artificial Intelligence

10 points by stankondrat 5 days ago | 11 comments

Google facilitated Russia and China's censorship requests (theguardian.com)
An investigation has exposed the tech firm’s cooperation with autocratic regimes to remove unfavourable content

Google, Censorship, Russia, China, Politics

30 points by m1 5 days ago | 8 comments

Bristling at 'Gulf of Mexico' name change on maps, Mexico says might sue Google (apnews.com)
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday that her government wouldn’t rule out filing a civil lawsuit against Google if it maintains its stance of calling the stretch of sea between northeastern Mexico and the southeastern United States the “Gulf of America.”

Mexico, Geography, Lawsuits, Google, Naming Conventions

13 points by c420 7 days ago | 4 comments

TikTok is back in the App Store (theverge.com)
Nearly a month after it was banned in the US, TikTok has returned to the App Store for iPhones and other Apple devices as well as the Google Play store for Android phones and tablets.

App Stores, Social Media, TikTok, Apple, Google

130 points by scarface_74 7 days ago | 220 comments

Google to test using AI to determine users' ages (cnbc.com)

Artificial Intelligence, Privacy, Google, Age Determination

4 points by mfiguiere 8 days ago | 0 comments

Jeff Dean and Noam Shazeer – 25 Years at Google: From PageRank to AGI (dwarkeshpatel.com)
This week I welcome on the show two of the most important technologists ever, in any field.

Google, Artificial Intelligence, History, Technology, People

4 points by ctoth 8 days ago | 0 comments

Google defends scrapping AI pledges and DEI goals in all-staff meeting (theguardian.com)
Google’s executives gave details on Wednesday on how the tech giant will sunset its diversity initiatives and defended dropping its pledge against building artificial intelligence for weaponry and surveillance in an all-staff meeting.

Google, Artificial Intelligence, Ethics, Business, Diversity

19 points by vinni2 8 days ago | 8 comments

Google Cloud will start charging $1.50 / alert (cloud.google.com)
Starting no sooner than May 1, 2026, Cloud Monitoring will begin charging for the use of alerting policies.

Cloud Computing, Google, Pricing

13 points by tonymet 8 days ago | 8 comments

Google Calendar removes Black History Month, Pride and other cultural events (theguardian.com)
Google’s online and mobile calendars are no longer including references to Black History Month, Women’s History Month and LGBTQ+ holidays, among other events.

Google, Calendar, Cultural Events, Diversity, Social Issues

8 points by edward 8 days ago | 1 comments

It's a knowledge problem Or is it? (josvisser.substack.com)
Many years ago, Google apparently decided that the engineers in the Zürich office were getting too fat so they hired a nutritionist.

Google, Knowledge Management, Workplace Culture

53 points by 0xKelsey 8 days ago | 17 comments

Google Calendar removed events like Pride and BHM; retains Black Friday (theverge.com)
Google says it switched to only showing default entries for public holidays and national observances last year.

Google, Calendar, Events, Diversity, Public Holidays

72 points by blipr 10 days ago | 62 comments

Google DeepMind: Agency Is Frame-Dependent (arxiv.org)
Agency is a system's capacity to steer outcomes toward a goal, and is a central topic of study across biology, philosophy, cognitive science, and artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence, Google, Philosophy, Science

4 points by Jimmc414 10 days ago | 2 comments

Show HN: Fuckingsearch.com, search Google without AI Overviews (fuckingsearch.com)

Search Engines, Google, Privacy

19 points by seane 10 days ago | 14 comments

Google faked Gemini AI output in Super Bowl ad (theverge.com)
Google appears to have faked AI output in a commercial set to run during the Super Bowl.

Generative AI, Advertising, Google, Super Bowl

7 points by kgwgk 11 days ago | 1 comments

Beyond the golden age: reflecting on 12 years at Google (pnote.eu)
I joined Google in 2012, in the middle of what turned out to be its long golden age of post-IPO growth. The company was doing great, steadily expanding both its revenue and the engineering footprint.

Google, Technology, Business, Personal Reflections, Nostalgia

3 points by kerneis 11 days ago | 2 comments

Google Maps 'almost destroyed' Google when it went live 20 years ago (sfgate.com)
Google Maps ‘almost destroyed’ Google when it went live 20 years ago

Google Maps, Google, History, Technology, Business

8 points by Stratoscope 12 days ago | 0 comments

Google silently installed Client-Side Image Scanning App On Android (partyon.xyz)

Google, Android, Privacy, Security, Surveillance

13 points by rglullis 12 days ago | 3 comments