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Google Isn’t Killing All goo.gl Links—Here’s How to Check Yours

Google has opted for a mixed approach: links that showed no activity in late 2024 will be deactivated, while those that did will remain usable.

The Verge on MSN · 1d

Google backtracks on plans to deactivate shortened goo.gl links

Google is largely reversing course on its plans to discontinue support for all shortened goo.gl URLs on August 25th. Goo.gl URLS that already show a message saying that they will be deactivated in August will still stop working — the company started showing the deactivation message nine months ago on URLs that “showed no activity in late 2024” — but otherwise,

The Washington Post on MSN · 1d

Google is killing millions of web links to save a few bucks

The company junked its 15-year-old web address format, which will break a deluge of links in academic research, court documents and websites.

Google loses US appeal over app store reforms

Associated Press News on MSN · 1d

Google loses appeal in antitrust battle with Fortnite maker

A federal appeals court has upheld a jury verdict condemning Google's Android app store as an illegal monopoly, clearing the way for a federal judge to enforce a potentially disruptive shakeup that's designed to give consumers more choices.

Yahoo · 2d

Google loses appeal in lawsuit filed by ‘Fortnite’ maker Epic Games as app store verdict upheld

A judge ordered Google in October to restore competition by allowing users to download rival app stores within its Play store and by making Play's app catalog available to those competitors, among other reforms.

Tom's Guide on MSN · 1d

Google just lost an appeal against opening up Google Play to Epic Games and others — what this means for you

Third-party app stores could come to Google Play, now that Google just lost a fresh appeal against an Epic Games antitrust suit.

Your ChatGPT chats may have leaked on Google

PCMag on MSN · 1d

After Backlash, ChatGPT Removes Option to Have Private Chats Indexed by Google

OpenAI deletes the option to publish conversations to search engines because it 'introduced too many opportunities for folks to accidentally share things they didn't intend to,' it says.

Insider on MSN · 1d

Your chats with Meta's AI might end up on Google — just like ChatGPT until it turned them off

Meta lets you share your chats with its AI bot to a public feed. Google can index that feed — and make your searchable and public.

TechCrunch on MSN · 2d

Your public ChatGPT queries are getting indexed by Google and other search engines

It’s a strange glimpse into the human mind: If you filter search results on Google, Bing, and other search engines to only include URLs from the domain “https://chatgpt.com/share,” you can find strangers’ conversations with ChatGPT.

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Security News This Week: Google Will Use AI to Guess People’s Ages Based on Search History

Plus: A former top US cyber official loses her new job due to political backlash, Congress is rushing through a bill to ...

Google releases Gemini 2.5 Deep Think for AI Ultra subscribers

Deep Think is based on the same foundation as Gemini 2.5 Pro, but it increases the "thinking time" with greater parallel ...

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Epic just won its Google lawsuit again, and Android may never be the same

On Thursday, a three-judge panel affirmed the lower court’s decision in Epic v. Google, according to a full opinion you can ...

CNET on MSN2d

Google AI Model Helps Us See the Planet as We Never Have Before

AlphaEarth Foundations could help tackle food insecurity, deforestation, urban expansion and water sharing issues.

Google Patches Vulnerability That Let Anyone Hide Search Results

Google’s Refresh Outdated Content tool was exploited to de-index a press article, exposing a flaw that allowed attackers to ...

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Google is experimenting with machine learning-powered age-estimation tech in the US

Google rolled out similar measures for YouTube earlier this week, and now the company is experimenting with machine ...

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