
Google in recent months has shown off plans to transform itself from a search engine into a telepathic algorithm that can deliver you information you’ll need without even asking for it. Technology Review’s Tom Simonite reports that Google’s latest venture into this realm involves delivering users information that they never thought to ask about in the first place. Simonite, who personally took part in Google’s latest experiment, says that once a day he’d receive a text message from Google asking him what he wanted “to know recently” but never thought of typing into a search engine. Read the full story at Boy Genius Report.