Victor Loux Bookmarks Tag: google

28 bookmarks tagged “google

Google "We Have No Moat, And Neither Does OpenAI"

semianalysis.com/p/google-we-have-no-moat-and-neither
Leaked Internal Google Document Claims Open Source AI Will Outcompete Google and OpenAI

As Google Maps Renames Neighborhoods, Residents Fume - The New York Times

nytimes.com/2018/08/02/technology/google-maps-neighborhood-names.html
Google’s digital maps have become the world’s default atlas and the arbiter of what neighborhoods are called, even when many residents disagree.

A fresh new avenue for Google to kill your SaaS startup | Gonzalo Sainz-Trápaga | Medium

gomox.medium.com/google-safe-browsing-can-kill-your-startup-7d73c474b98d
Google Safe Browsing is a Google program that can blacklist any website or SaaS application in Google Chrome and other browsers and platforms.

Google and Apple launching coronavirus contact-tracing system for iOS and Android - The Verge

theverge.com/2020/4/10/21216484/google-apple-coronavirus-contract-tracing-bluetooth-location-tracking-data-app
Google and Apple are introducing an API to allow Bluetooth LE-based coronavirus exposure contact tracing through official public health authority apps and later as a lower-level feature of iOS and Android. The system could help warn users if they were around someone diagnosed with COVID-19.

Google Maps hack

simonweckert.com/googlemapshacks.html
" 99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate virtual traffic jam in Google Maps.Through this activity, it is possible to turn a green street red which has an impact in the physical world by navigating cars on another route to avoid being stuck in traffic. " #googlemapshacks

Why I’m done with Chrome – A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering

blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2018/09/23/why-im-leaving-chrome/
This blog is mainly reserved for cryptography, and I try to avoid filling it with random "someone is wrong on the Internet" posts. After all, that's what Twitter is for! But from time to time something bothers me enough that I have to make an exception. Today I wanted to write specifically about Google Chrome,…