Google settlement: $100 million for Illinois users
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Illinois residents who appeared in a photograph on Google Photos within the last seven years may be eligible to receive a portion of a $100 million settlement.

Illinois Google Settlement: How much could you get and when is the payout date?

Illinois residents who appeared in a photograph on Google Photos within the last seven years may be eligible to receive a portion of a $100 million settlement.

Illinois residents can receive settlement money from Google lawsuit

ARE YOU ELIGIBLE? Illinois residents can receive a payment after a settlement was reached in a class action lawsuit that accused Google of violating state law.

Celebrate Safer Internet Day by securing your online presence
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Google security expert Kaylin Trychon dishes out tips for staying safe online and keeping your information private in lieu of Safer Internet Day.

How local Google trends can help you prepare for the holidays
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Justin Burr, a Google technology expert, joins Good Day Chicago to talk about how data can determine the best times to prepare for the holiday season and beyond.

Google Cloud back up after outage forces major sites offline

“The issue with Cloud Networking has been resolved for all affected projects,” the company posted on its website.

Trump files class-action lawsuits against Facebook, Twitter and Google

Donald Trump announced Wednesday he was serving as lead plaintiff in the class-action suits, claiming he has been wrongfully censored by the companies.

Developers submit proposal for new West Loop apartment building
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Developers are planning to build an apartment building near the Fulton Market to house employees of companies like Google and McDonald's.

House panel led by Illinois congressman calls YouTube Kids 'wasteland of vapid' content

A House subcommittee led by Illinois Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi is investigating YouTube Kids, saying the Google-owned video service feeds children inappropriate material in "a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content" so it can serve them ads.

Suit: Company built 'most dangerous' facial recognition AI database in nation

The lawsuit said Clearview AI scrapes dozens of internet sites, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google and Venmo, to gather facial photos. Scraping involves the use of computer programs to automatically scan and copy data, which the lawsuit says is analyzed by Clearview AI to identify individual biometrics such as eye shape and size that are then put into a “faceprint” database that clients can use to ID people.

Google to provide 100,000 Black women with career, digital skills training

AWESOME! Google on Friday announced an initiative to provide 100,000 Black women with career development and digital skills training by spring 2022.