article thumbnail

Watch Google’s Wing drones make deliveries to folks in Virginia

Digital Trends

A trial drone delivery service operated by Google's Wing unit is celebrating a year of operations in Christiansburg, Virginia.

Virginia 122
article thumbnail

Google Doodle honors the legacy of Black baseball legend Toni Stone

Mashable VR

In honor of Black History Month, Google has released an animated Google Doodle tribute to baseball legend Toni Stone — the first woman to play professional baseball in a men's league. Accompanied by a Google Arts & Culture biography , the Google Doodle highlights a story of passion and determination.

Google 98
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

I Would Blame Google Maps for Getting Me Stuck in the Snow for 21 Hours If It Weren't Also My Fault

GizModo VR

Senator Tim Kaine and I have something in common: We were extremely unwise to drive through the state of Virginia on Monday, when the combination of winter storms and the traditional regional practice of doing nothing about them screwed us both over for over 20 hours. Read more.

Virginia 105
article thumbnail

Mega-Popular Muslim Prayer Apps Were Secretly Harvesting Phone Numbers

GizModo VR

Google recently booted over a dozen apps from its Play Store—among them Muslim prayer apps with 10 million-plus downloads, a barcode scanner, and a clock—after researchers discovered secret data-harvesting code hidden within them. Creepier still, the clandestine code was engineered by a company linked to a Virginia… Read more.

article thumbnail

Virginia coronavirus contract-tracing app uses Apple and Google software

Digital Trends

The app is free to download on iPhone and Android devices.

article thumbnail

Big News from Altspace VR, Apple, Disney, Lloyd’s, and the US Justice Department

XR Today - Big XR News tag

Following last week’s theme of layoffs across the tech sector, this week continues the unemployment trend as influential groups reassess the space and US Courts aim at Google. US Justice Department Against Google The US Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Alphabet, Google’s parent company, this Wednesday.

Apple 76
article thumbnail

The Spatial Web: How the Next Generation of the Internet Will Impact Us All

ARVR

Currently, when you’re walking around the United States accessing the web, your digital self is likely heading physically to one of four major data centers operated by Amazon Web Services in either California, Oregon, Ohio, or Virginia. There’s also been much discussion around stocking these edge networks with GPUs?