Illustration: The Verge Google is making a big change to company leadership. In a memo to staff posted on Thursday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that Prabhakar Raghavan, the senior vice president in charge of search, ads, and other important segments, will now take on the role of chief technologist.Prabhakar has decided it's time to make a big leap in his own career," Pichai writes. After 12 years leading teams across Google, he'll return to his computer science roots and take on the role of Chief Technologist, Google. In this role, he'll partner closely with me and Google leads to provide technical direction and leadership and grow our culture of tech excellence."Raghavan has been in charge of ads and commerce since 2018 and was promoted to the head... Continue reading...

Illustration: The Verge Google Messages is trying to banish spammy job-seeking and package-delivery texts from your inbox, and it's also adding a content warning to blur images that might contain nudity.The Sensitive Content Warning feature is optional, and if enabled, it will show users a speed bump" with help-finding resources and options" before they can view an image with nudity detected via on-device scanning. If users try to share an image with nudity, the app will warn them about the risks.With all of the scanning done on-device, Google says it doesn't see the contents of your images or send them anywhere, and it doesn't break the end-to-end encryption available with RCS. Apple's Messages app added similar protection with Communication Safety... Continue reading...