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Google Maps turns on Incognito Mode to stop tracking you

You’ll soon be able to stop Google Maps from tracking you.  The tech giant announced Tuesday that it’s introducing a new privacy feature to its mapping app, called Incognito Mode. When this feature is switched on, people can hide their activity within Google Maps. That means places they’ve searched for or gotten directions to won’t be saved to their Google …

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Google working to fix AI bias problems

Google is trying to keep AI bias at bay. At the company’s Google I/O conference Tuesday, Chief Executive Sundar Pichai described research to gain insight into how Google’s artificial intelligence algorithms work and make sure they don’t “reinforce bias that exists in the world.” Specifically, he described a technology called TCAV (testing with concept activation vectors) that’s designed to do …

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