Google’s backtrack on its promise to kill tracking cookies last year created a huge furor. But all seems to have gone rather quiet since then. In the background, there are all kinds of standoffs as no one can agree on what should happen next. Meanwhile, Google has suddenly brought back digital fingerprinting for some added spice.

Google has announced a new policy for the Chrome browser, under which the synchronization feature will be disabled if the browser has not been updated for several years, the news website about Google and Android,

Google is trying out a new tool that lets AI call businesses to ask questions for you. The feature, called Ask for Me, collects information about the pricing and availability of a service, but it’s only available for nail salons and auto shops for now.

For people who hate making mundane phone calls, Google has an AI solution.

Google has introduced "Ask for Me," a new experimental feature in Search Labs that automates calls to local businesses.

Apple wants to ensure it has a voice in the remedies trial for the Justice Department’s search monopolization case against Google, and filed an emergency motion to stay the proceedings while it appeals the district court’s denial of its request to be more directly heard in the case.

Having been denied full inclusion at the forthcoming trial to determine Google’s future, Apple has filed a motion to delay the whole proceedings, reports AppleInsider. A federal judge Monday denied a