Day: May 11, 2025

Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission

Posted on by Robin Edgar

[…] “For years, Google secretly tracked people’s movements, private searches, and even their voiceprints and facial geometry through their products and services. I fought back and won.” The agreement settles several claims Texas made against the search giant in 2022 related to geolocation, incognito searches and biometric data. The state argued Google was “unlawfully tracking Read more about Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle claims the company collected users’ data without permission[…]

Study Uncovers the One Thing That Cuts Through Climate Apathy: Loss – use clear binary data

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[…]“People definitely noticed that they were able to get out onto the lake less,” said Liu, who’s now a Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University. “However, they didn’t necessarily connect this trend to climate change.” When the university’s alumni magazine featured her research in the winter of 2021, the comment section was filled with wistful Read more about Study Uncovers the One Thing That Cuts Through Climate Apathy: Loss – use clear binary data[…]