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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Sought to Keep Incognito Mode Issues Out of Spotlight, Lawsuit Alleges

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai Sought to Keep Incognito Mode Issues Out of Spotlight, Lawsuit Alleges

According to a new court document, Google CEO Sundar Pichai was warned in 2019 that it was problematic to describe the company’s incognito browsing mode as “private”, but it persisted because he didn’t want the feature” Having attention”. Google spokesperson José Castañeda told Reuters that the document “wrongly described e-mails that reference unrelated second-hand and third-hand accounts.”

In recent years, as the public’s concerns about online surveillance have increased, the privacy disclosures of the Alphabet department have caused regulatory and legal reviews.

In June last year, users accused Google of illegally tracking their Internet usage while browsing incognito in its Chrome browser. Google has made it clear that Incognito will only prevent data from being saved to the user’s device and is fighting lawsuits.

In a written update on trial preparations submitted to the U.S. District Court on Thursday, users’ lawyers stated that they “expected to seek the removal” of Pichai and Google’s chief marketing officer Lorraine Tohill.

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The lawyers quoted Google documents as saying that Pichai “was told in 2019 that as part of a project promoted by Twohill, stealth should not be called’private’ because it may exacerbate the protection provided by stealth mode. Know the misunderstanding.” “

The document continued, “As part of these discussions, Pichai decided that he “does not want to put invisibility in the spotlight,” and Google continues to fail to resolve these known issues.”
Castañeda said that the team “frequently discusses ways to improve the privacy controls built into our services.” Google’s lawyers said they would oppose efforts to remove Pichai and Tuhir.

Last month, the plaintiff dismissed Brian Rakowski, Google’s vice president, who he called the “father of incognito mode” in the document. He testified that, although Google claimed that the incognito function can be browsed “privately”, according to the plaintiff’s statement, the user’s expectations “may be inconsistent with reality.”

Google’s lawyers rejected the summary and wrote that Rakowski also stated that terms including “private,” “anonymous,” and “invisible” and appropriate context “are very helpful in explaining the incognito mode.”

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

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Tom Holland to star alongside Matt Damon in Christopher Nolan’s next, will juggle that with Spider-Man 4 in 2025

Tom Holland, last seen in Apple TV show The Crowded Room last year, has signed his next with Academy Award-winning filmmaker Christopher Nolan.

Tom Holland is going to have a very busy 2025. As per The Hollywood Reporter, the actor has signed Christopher Nolan’s next, which he will juggle the filming of with that of the long-awaited Spider-Man 4. (Also Read – Tom Holland shares why he left alcohol behind: ‘Struggling without booze…’)

Tom signs Nolan’s next

This will mark the first collaboration between Tom and Christopher. While details of his next directorial aren’t known yet, it’s most likely not to have a contemporary setting. It’ll be either set in the past like, his previous film Oppenheimer (2023), or in the future like Interstellar (2014). Matt Damon, who has worked with Christopher in both, has also come on board his next.

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Christopher’s next will be co-produced by him and his wife Emma Thomas’ banner Syncopy Inc and Universal Pictures, as the two production houses will team up after the Academy Award-winning blockbuster Oppenheimer last year. Prior to Oppenheimer, Christopher collaborated mostly with Warner Bros before having a fallout post the debacle of Tenet (2020).

Warner Bros then went on to produce Greta Gerwig’s musical satire Barbie, which clashed with Oppenheimer at the box office and even outperformed it globally. Warner Bros offered Christopher a cheque for the fees he waived off for helming Tenet during the pandemic. While Christopher graciously accepted the belated remuneration, he still went on to pitch his next to Warner Bros.

Tom’s busy schedule

Tom didn’t have any release this year. His last outing was Todd Graff’s psychological thriller show The Crowded Room on Apple TV last year. He’ll juggle the filming of Christopher Nolan’s next and Spider-Man 4 in 2025. Tom has been playing the superhero ever since Russo Brothers’ 2016 blockbuster Captain America: Civil War. He’s slipped into the Peter Parker shoes post that for three standalone films and two Avengers movies. Spider-Man 4 will be helmed by Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings director Destin Daniel Cretton.

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As Tom’s girlfriend and co-star Zendaya will be busy filming Spider-Man 4 in 2025, she’ll reprise her role of Chani in Denis Villeneuve’s sci-fi spectacle Dune 3 only in 2026. Meanwhile, Tom is also likely to make an appearance as Spider-Man in Russo Brothers’ Avengers: Doomsday, which will go on floors in the spring of 2025.

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