AWS, Microsoft, Google among businesses owed money after FTX collapse Join the queue, eh? Personal Tech27 Jan 2023 |
What is Google doing with its open source teams? Opinion Nothing good – the recent layoffs hit its best and brightest leaders hard Software27 Jan 2023 | 6
Google slays thousands of fake news vids posted by pro-China group Dragonbridge If you yell 'death to America' and no one watches the video, does it make a sound? Security27 Jan 2023 | 7
Google gives in to India Android antitrust verdict, kinda Tech behemoth says it will appeal 'certain aspects' of the decision Legal26 Jan 2023 | 3
Flutter now has less stutter and plays nicer with the web Version 3.7 shows Google's cross-platform, Dart-based UI framework maturing Software25 Jan 2023 |
Google institutional investor calls for wider cuts: 30k jobs TCI Fund run by Brit billionaire Chris Hohn also wants ad biz to slash salaries Off-Prem25 Jan 2023 | 52
Well that escalated quickly: India demos homebrew mobile OS BharOS is based on the Linux kernel and is apparently incapable of running malware OSes25 Jan 2023 | 37
Break up Google now, says US govt in ad monopoly lawsuit I'm feeling yucky Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 18
Google's Pichai tells underlings exec bonuses will be clipped Staff in Q&A session yesterday to discuss 12,000 job cuts Off-Prem24 Jan 2023 | 12
India's Supreme Court finds Google's appeal against monopoly fines unappealing Vast and unpleasant – for Google – changes to the Android ecosystem remain a possibility OSes23 Jan 2023 | 4
Google dumps 12,000 employees after project probe You can work from home today – to process the news Off-Prem20 Jan 2023 | 55
Hey, online pharmacies: Quit spreading around everyone's data already Google says don't worry, EFF warns of 'potentially horrific outcome' Personal Tech20 Jan 2023 | 20
If your DNS queries LoOk liKE tHIs, it's not a ransom note, it's a security improvement It’s not Google's plan. There’s no way it’s Google's plan. It was Google's plan Networks19 Jan 2023 | 83
Shot down: Google's grand fancy plan for pro-privacy targeted ads W3C's techies have a few choice words for the Chocolate Factory Personal Tech18 Jan 2023 | 22
What's called Grogu but isn't that cute? Google's leaked answer to Apple AirTags Rumored product looks like part of a larger effort to compete with Cupertino's Find My network Personal Tech17 Jan 2023 | 13
Microsoft applies coat of Rust to Azure Sphere IoT platform The hope? To grease the security skids for internet-connected devices – and they need all the help they can get Edge + IoT13 Jan 2023 | 9
Google polishes Chromium code with a layer of Rust Mozilla-incubated systems language should make Chrome shine Software12 Jan 2023 | 7
VALL-E AI can mimic a person’s voice from a three-second snippet Are you really saying what I’m hearing? Security12 Jan 2023 | 17
Hong Kong ups its SEO game to stop Google playing a protest song as its national anthem It's not the anthem – it's the algorithm Off-Prem12 Jan 2023 | 9
German cartel watchdog objects to the way Google processes user data Not transparent, not specific, and too easy to say yes to Security11 Jan 2023 | 16
Sourcehut to shun Google's Go Module Mirror over greed Code hosting service fed up with excessive bandwidth consumption Personal Tech10 Jan 2023 | 5
This is the end, Windows 7 and 8 friends: Microsoft drops support this week Time has run out for users of legacy operating systems – will you upgrade or buy a new PC? OSes09 Jan 2023 | 156
Tributes flow as Creative CEO Sim Wong Hoo - the mind behind Sound Blaster - passes aged 68 Asia In Brief PLUS Tesla China price cuts spark protests; Japan boosts cyber-defences; Google can’t overturn Indian fine Personal Tech09 Jan 2023 | 33
Microsoft said to be thinking of sinking $10m into self-driving truck startup Because it's all going so well for Tesla and co Software06 Jan 2023 | 38
FCC suggests licensing 5GHz spectrum to drone operators What's the WiFly password again? Legal05 Jan 2023 | 5
Microsoft chases Google with ChatGPT-powered Bing Software behemoth infusing search engine with AI machines that go Bing! AI + ML04 Jan 2023 | 31
Google accuses Indian antitrust watchdog of plagiarizing EU ruling At least it was Ctrl C, Ctrl V and not ChatGPT Legal04 Jan 2023 | 6
Google gets off easy in location tracking lawsuits $29.5 million and we don't have to admit wrongdoing? Where do we sign? Security03 Jan 2023 | 4
Computing's big question for 2023: How many more questions can we endure? The answers aren't much fun either Personal Tech31 Dec 2022 | 77
The era of cloud colonialism has begun Opinion Having claimed North America and Europe, the cloud giants hope to add Latin America and Africa to their empires Off-Prem28 Dec 2022 | 40
Too big to live, too loved to die: Big Tech's billion dollar curse of the free Opinion Users may be the product, but we come with a hell of a price tag Off-Prem26 Dec 2022 | 215
Paperwork decision scraps Google's $600m Minnesota datacenter project We don't have the power Off-Prem22 Dec 2022 | 6
Fraudulent ‘popunder’ Google Ad campaign generated millions of dollars The scam was lurking behind the content of an adult website Security22 Dec 2022 | 43
Google integrates Indian government's cloud services into Android Collab obviously goes deep – accessing DigiLocker requires use of national identity service Software20 Dec 2022 |
Google adds stronger encryption for some Gmail users, in beta Slowly inching toward E2EE Security19 Dec 2022 | 18
Google datacenters use 'a quarter of all water' in one US city Thirsty officials drained of arguments after media outlet legal battle to free the information On-Prem19 Dec 2022 | 37
Salesforce's new hires are less productive, says CEO Benioff Founder and bossman asks if WFH freedoms to blame SaaS19 Dec 2022 | 34
Meta, Google, TikTok and friends sue California to block kids privacy law Free speech? Or 'roving internet censors' Personal Tech16 Dec 2022 | 14
Google debuts OSV-Scanner – a Go tool for finding security holes in open source Witness the awesome power of this somewhat operational bug-buster Devops15 Dec 2022 | 7
Voice assistants failed because they serve their makers more than they help users Opinion Siri? Google? Alexa? Could ChatGPT save us from this data harvesting nightmare? AI + ML14 Dec 2022 | 172
Google once again stalls Chrome content-blocker shakeup Our v3 prediction comes true Software12 Dec 2022 | 13
Ventana targets hyperscalers with customizable RISC-V server chip RISC-V Summit Aims to take away the pain of designing an SoC in-house Systems12 Dec 2022 | 5
Japan, Australia to bolster cyber-defenses, maybe offensive capacity too Asia In Brief FTX Japan payment promise evaporates; VR/AR to boom across APAC; Google wins privacy case Security11 Dec 2022 | 2
Linux kernel 6.1: Rusty release could be a game-changer Opinion Don't sob into your battered copy of K&R though, the shift will move slowly OSes09 Dec 2022 | 57
Google's Dart language soon won't take null for an answer Unavoidable variable safety coming in version 3 Software09 Dec 2022 | 78
North Korea hits new low by using Seoul Halloween tragedy to exploit Internet Explorer zero-day Evil, pure and simple Cyber-crime08 Dec 2022 | 13
Microsoft reportedly mulls a does-everything 'super app' to expand mobile search Trojan horse could bring more users to Teams, grow advertising, because Windows users just looooove MS ads Software07 Dec 2022 | 66
Google warns stolen Android keys used to sign info-stealing malware OEMs including Samsung, LG and Mediatek named and shamed Security05 Dec 2022 | 4
Google says Android runs better when covered in Rust Banishing memory safety bugs cuts critical vulnerabilities Software02 Dec 2022 | 96
Google frees nifty ML image-compression model... but it's for JPEG-XL Yep. The very same JPEG-XL that's just been axed from Chromium AI + ML02 Dec 2022 | 38
Google warns of commercial Heliconia spyware hitting Chrome, Firefox, Microsoft Defender Meanwhile NSO faces new lawsuit over Pegasus flying onto journalists' phones Security01 Dec 2022 | 3
130,000 UK businesses sue Google over £13.6B in lost ad revenues Parent biz Alphabet also accused of unfair monopoly in online ads Legal01 Dec 2022 | 25
Almost 300 predatory loan apps found in Google and Apple stores Note to self: Lenders don’t need the contact list on your mobile device Security01 Dec 2022 | 34
Android users in 12 US states cleared to sue Google Play Millions of people who bought apps since 2016 eligible for payout Personal Tech29 Nov 2022 | 10
Google Health licenses its AI breast cancer screening tool to a medical biz iCAD will have five years to bring a product to market AI + ML29 Nov 2022 | 4
Google and Microsoft add more renewable energy for datacenters Both announce green power purchase agreements for UK and Irish DCs as European worries over power continue PaaS + IaaS24 Nov 2022 | 11
Someone has to say it: Voice assistants are not doing it for big tech Comment Alexa, how does Amazon decide when the grand plan for conversational commerce has failed? Personal Tech23 Nov 2022 | 229
UK competition watchdog investigates Apple and Google 'stranglehold' over the mobile market Apple doesn't want to bite Software23 Nov 2022 | 28
France says non to Office 365 and Google Workspace in school Hey, teacher, leave those apps alone Software22 Nov 2022 | 81
Google looking outside the usual channels to fix security skills gap 'If your input continues to be monoculture, you can expect the same outcomes' Security20 Nov 2022 | 25
It would take a 'catastrophic' recession to stop tech spend growth, says IBM boss Tells Economic Club of New York no one he knows is trimming IT budgets Off-Prem18 Nov 2022 | 21
Koch-funded group sues US state agency for installing 'spyware' on 1m Android devices Class-action lawsuit seeks $1 in nominal damages Software17 Nov 2022 | 44