This week, the Department of Justice revealed its plan to remedy Google’s search monopoly by requiring a sale of its Chrome browser. Ever wonder what the data that companies get from online games is used for? This week, Niantic announced that the geolocation data from its players is used to train an AI model. Finally, what happens to old video games? This week, the Internet Archive was allowed to take over the “Unreal” and “Unreal Tournament” games from Epic.
Google Antitrust Case
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/welcome-to-googles-nightmare-us-reveals-plan-to-destroy-search-monopoly/
- https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/11/report-doj-wants-to-force-google-chrome-sale-android-de-bundling/
Niantic’s AI Model for Geospatial Data
- https://nianticlabs.com/news/largegeospatialmodel
- https://pokemongohub.net/post/news/niantic-announces-large-geospatial-model-trained-on-pokemon-go-player-data/
Internet Archive As A Platform for Old Video Games