Google Wallet is about to start holding your government ID in five EU countries this summer. The selling point is age verification. The part they skip over: an ad company now sees every time you prove who you are online.
A federal appeals court just ruled the Coast Guard Auxiliary could expel a volunteer over his LinkedIn posts. The court didn't need proof his words actually harmed anything. A reasonable guess that they might was enough.
DuckDuckGo’s US app installs surged 30.5% week-over-week after Google’s I/O move to replace traditional search with AI.
Google now decides more what you see, how you see it, and whether any original source gets traffic at all.
A growing number of users are making the switch...