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Google creates 3D models of five world heritage sites at risk because of climate change

In an effort to preserve the legacy of some of the world's most famous landmarks, Google has announced a new project transform five of the most endangered by climate change into 3D models.




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Super Bowl: How Australian Mitch Wishnowsky could become second Australian to win a ring

Perth-born Mitch Wishnowsky, 27, will become the second Australian to win a Super Bowl ring if the San Francisco 49ers win the match.




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Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke reveals why she won't Google herself

Former Game of Thrones actress Emilia Clarke has revealed she won't Google herself.




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NICKY MORGAN explains her plan to decriminalise nonpayment of TV levy

NICKY MORGAN: Decriminalisation of TV licence evasion was previously looked at by David Perry QC. It has now been five years since the Perry Review.




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Facebook and Google bosses 'will be held liable for online harm including terror and child abuse'

Culture Secretary Baroness Morgan is set to appoint Ofcom to enforce a legal duty of care demanding online giants operating in Britain shield children from abuse and self-harm material.




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Google removes nearly 600 apps for spam-like ads after they were downloaded 4.5 BILLION times

Apps violated rules on ad policies, by showing ads that were 'displayed to users in unexpected ways, including impairing or interfering with the usability of device functions'




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Google Cloud manager RELEASED by police after being arrested for Microsoft employee wife's murder

Harvard-educated Sonam Saxena, 43, reported his wife Smriti missing on Tuesday claiming the 41-year-old mother-of-two had vanished during a late night stroll on a secluded beach in Hawaii.




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Smart speakers listen to users up to 19 times per day because they hear random words heard on TVs

A Northeastern University study found smart speakers were randomly set off to listen to users by words spoken on television sets that were in the same room as many as 19 times per day.




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How you can get your hands on the stunning Australian bikini Kourtney Kardashian in Sardinia

Made in one size only, the Sydney-made swimwear is stitched without side seams to flatter waistlines of all shapes and sizes. Kourtney's two-piece costs $165 - but it's already selling out.




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Novel privacy tool erases humans from live video feeds in real-time to hide you from webcam spies

A YouTube video posted by Jason Mayes, a Google Web Engineer, shows off an algorithm that eliminates humans from a webcam feed in real-time, leaving only the background in tact.




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The club Beckham built: After six years of legal wrangling Inter Miami are set to begin MLS life

CRAIG HOPE IN FORT LAUDERDALE: Walk around Inter Miami's stadium and there is little of the excitement that will accompany David Beckham's debut as franchise owner.




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ROB WAUGH: The Pixelbook Go is deliciously slim and worth the money

Google's Pixelbook Go is a Chromebook (basically running a browser, but with a few additional apps). I realised that it can actually do pretty much anything from word processing to website editing




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YouTube reduces conspiracy videos but struggles to rein in climate change denial and more

The study analyzed 8 million video recommendations over the past 15 months and used an algorithm that rated videos on a scale of 0 to 1 for likelihood that it pedaled conspiracies.




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Millions of millennials are so bad at DIY they admit they can't change a light bulb

Millennials - people born between the early 1980s and the mid 1990s - can't hang a picture or change a lightbulb without help from a search engine or a family member, a study finds.




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More than one billion Android devices are vulnerable to hackers

More than one billion Android devices around the world are vulnerable to attack by hackers because they aren't supported by security updates, new research by Which? has found.




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Police issue warrant for innocent man's Google information

Zachary McCoy, 30, learned that he was a suspect in a burglary case when authorities in Gainesville, Florida, requested all his Google account information in March 2019.




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UK's broadband network 'won't cope' with millions working from home during coronavirus crisis

The added strain of remote access, video conferencing and the use of VPNs may cause some difficulties for the country's broadband infrastructure.




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Young people are capitalizing on cheap flights because of the coronavirus 

Their need to travel comes as more than 1,000 people in the US have tested positive for COVID-19 across 38 states and the District of Columbia, and 31 people have died.




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Ministers launch a crackdown on Google, Facebook and Amazon to curb dominance online

Ministers have launched a crackdown on Google, Facebook and Amazon to curb the US technology giants' dominance online. Plans will be drawn up over six months in a drive to boost competition.




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Google cancels I/O conference, including online event, amid coronavirus pandemic

The tech giant announced that its annual I/O conference, its biggest event of the year, won't be taking place 'in any capacity this year' after cancelling an in-person conference.




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Coronavirus location data could pave the way for greater public surveillance

An increased use of phone location data by local authorities to track the spread of COVID-19 or observe social distancing could lead to greater public surveillance after the pandemic.




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How to use Australia's new coronavirus app 

The Australian Government has launched a coronavirus app to provide up-to-date information about the pandemic.




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The lockdown zoo: Families staying indoors are using 3D phone app to bring exotic beasts to life

Families in the UK enduring the lockdown are using an augmented reality feature from Google to bring an array of exotic beasts to life in their homes.




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Australia's best and worst April Fool's pranks for 2020 revealed

April Fool's Day has rolled around once again and a few Australian companies still got in on the shameless tricks.




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Google Maps app puts restaurants with delivery upfront so people know where to eat during lockdown

According to 9to5Google, when users open up their Maps app they will now see shortcuts on the home screen that help them find restaurants that are relevant from a delivery standpoint.




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Why worried Australians in self-isolation are searching for bizarre 5G conspiracies

Self-isolating Australians are using the extra time they have holed up indoors to research the internet about anti-5G conspiracy theories, according to analytical search trends by Google.




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Google CEO Sundar Pichai donates $1million to support families struggling in the coronavirus crisis 

The donations from Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google.org are going to GiveDirectly, a charity which provides cash to needy families in the San Francisco Bay area.




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Google may be developing own processor for powering its line of Pixel phones and Chromebook laptops

Google's development of a processor for Pixel phones and Chromebooks could materialize a chip as soon as early next year and could help the tech giant support on-board artificial intelligence.




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Nest cameras reduced to default video quality in an effort to preserve internet capacity

According to an email from the Google-owned home security company sent to users, it will lower users' cameras to their default settings automatically to 'conserve internet resources.'




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Google blocks more than 18 MILLION coronavirus scam emails every day

The US tech giant has more than billion users of its Gmail platform and has revealed it is currently blocking more than 100 million phishing emails a day.




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Increase in UK Google searches for home workouts, deliveries and recipes during coronavirus lockdown

Investigators used the search engine marketing tools Google Trends and SEMrush to determine what UK internet users have been looking up in lockdown.




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Online searches for 'bread', 'at home workout', 'animal crossing' and 'buzz cut' soar

Worldwide data reveals an all-time peak in queries pertaining to 'buzz cut' as people are forced to cut their own hair amid lockdown.




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Twitter's Jack Dorsey gives nearly $400m less to charity than the $1 billion he claimed

Dorsey tweeted that he would donate a billion dollars in the form of shares in Square to help coronavirus efforts but Securities Exchange Filings show he has donated less than that.




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A new poll suggests 60 PERCENT of Americans are unable or unwilling to use coronavirus-tracking apps

According to a recent survey, three out of five Americans are either unable or unwilling to use contact tracing technology that uses a phone's Bluetooth signal to track the spread of COVID-19.




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Google makes its video conferencing service Meet free in a bid to unseat popular rivals like Zoom

Meet was previously only available to customers who paid for Google's G Suite, but the service will be free without restrictions until Sept. 30 in a bid to challenge rivals like Zoom.




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How to give your Zoom photo a touch of the exotic: Holiday companies make beautiful photos available

Google Trends data has revealed the most popular destinations for Zoom background pictures, and it's the Caribbean that's in the No1 spot, with searches for locations there up 9,900%.




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Google mobility data shows people are flocking to parks during sunny weather

At a coronavirus pandemic press briefing at Downing Street today, Medical Director for NHS England Professor Stephen Powis shared data showing the public's movements for the first time.




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Apple launches $1million prize program for hackers to learn more about 'zero click attacks'

Today, Apple officially opened a hacking program that will pay people who discover bugs and security holes in the company's full range of devices, with the top prize offered being $1million.




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Hiker lost in dense Florida woods is rescued after helicopter search crew spots iPhone flashlight

Libia Marsack was trekking through the Flatwoods Wilderness Park in Thonotosassa, Florida, on Sunday when she lost her way and called 911 for help.




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Apple customers spent $1.42 billion in App Store in one week - and record $386 million on January 1

The sales totals come as the Cupertino, Califorina,-based tech giant has shifted its focus more toward services, including Apple Music, as sales for its iconic Iphone have slowed.




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Tore Bempasciuto remains locked up in Bali for 'hitting taxi driver'

Tore Bempasciuto, from Ferndale in Perth , allegedly punched Saiful Nurokhim at a taxi rank outside the LXXY Bar in Kuta at 4.15am on Tuesday.




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Hero father who saved his neighbour's life avoids jail after fraud and theft

Darren Kyle Hunter, 31, was involved in an incident in April 2017 and was helped by a man who offered his iPhone so Hunter could call a taxi, the a Western Australian court heard on Friday.




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Balinese taxi driver who bashed by Aussie tradie demands to meet attacker

Tore Bempasciuto, from Ferndale in Perth, has been locked in a cell in Kuta for six days as he waits for an agreement to be reached.




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Bali: Australian arrested over taxi driver attack

Tore Bempasciuto, from Ferndale in Perth, allegedly punched Saiful Nurokhim at a taxi rank outside the LXXY Bar in Kuta at 4.15am on Tuesday.




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Australian tradie accused of headbutting a Bali taxi driver reaches peace deal with alleged victim

Tore Gerard Vincenzo Bempasciuto, from Perth, signed a peace agreement with Saipul Nurokhim for an undisclosed amount of money on Tuesday following an incident last week.




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Motorcyclist saves driver's Ipad who was travelling along Sydney's M5 tunnel with it on bonnet

The rider had been travelling along Sydney's M5 tunnel which has a maximum speed of 80km/h on Monday when he noticed the device sitting on the car's bonnet beside him.




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Trillion dollar club breakdown: Amazon makes $16K per worker while Apple makes $435K an employee

Apple makes more per employee and has the highest profits in a new trillion dollar club breakdown, leading with $59.5, besting Google parent Alphabet, Microsoft and Amazon.




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Rudy Giuliani sidekick Lev Parnas surfed porn and hook-up websites, phone he turned over reveals

A phone that Lev Parnas turned over to the House containing voluminous materials about the Ukraine affair also includes searches of porn and hookup sites, according to a report.




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Republicans introduce bill to stop end-to-end encryption

The bill was proposed by Senator Lindsey Graham and it is titled the 'Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies Act of 6 2019'' or the 'EARN IT Act of 2019'.




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WhatsApp vulnerability discovered which allows hackers to access PRIVATE files

Cybersecurity expert Gal Weizman unearthed a weakness in WhatsApp for desktop computers that exposes the private files of users. WhatsApp fixed the vulnerability globally in December.