Google DeepMind touts AI model for 'better' global weather forecasting Bases predictions on historical data, instead of solving physics equations AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 36
£1B lawsuit targets Microsoft for allegedly overcharging Windows customers on other clouds Yes, we've been over this before - several times, in fact Legal04 Dec 2024 | 9
Google India probed after driver fatally followed Maps route over unfinished bridge Asia in Brief Plus: 95 percent of Chinese broadband tops 100 megabits; Yahoo Japan photo album privacy breach; and more Software01 Dec 2024 | 37
Google earns fresh competition scrutiny from two nations on a single day India unhappy about treatment of some games, Canada upset by adware monopoly Legal29 Nov 2024 | 13
Google sues Pixel engineer who allegedly posted trade secrets online 'See you in court', defendant posts Legal28 Nov 2024 | 29
Google to wrap up Christmas Island with new subsea cable Connection will tie remote territory to Darwin in North Australia Networks27 Nov 2024 | 10
Google must face £7B UK class action over search engine dominance Ad slinger alleged to have abused position, resulting in higher prices for consumers Software26 Nov 2024 | 24
How US Dept of Justice's cure for Google could inflict collateral damage Opinion Remedies should be refined with an eye toward broad platform rights and responsibilities Software25 Nov 2024 | 25
Google blocked 1,000-plus pro-China fake news websites from its search results Beijing's propaganda buddies aren't just using social media Security25 Nov 2024 | 14
Why Google's Chrome monopoly won't crack anytime soon Opinion Haven't we heard this story before? Columnists23 Nov 2024 | 77
DoJ wants Google to sell off Chrome and ban it from paying to be search default Updated Filing also suggests it flogging off Android, stops scraping content for AI without opt-out Applications21 Nov 2024 | 61
Google's AI bug hunters sniff out two dozen-plus code gremlins that humans missed OSS-Fuzz is making a strong argument for LLMs in security research AI + ML20 Nov 2024 | 9
Google changes Android release cycle so new versions arrive in Q2 Version 16 developer preview starts the new cycle, with warnings for devs to test sooner rather than later OSes20 Nov 2024 | 10
Google Gemini tells grad student to 'please die' while helping with his homework First true sign of AGI – blowing a fuse with a frustrating user? AI + ML15 Nov 2024 | 67
Google decides Europe's political ad rules are too hard to implement at scale Will stop accepting ads instead before TTPA comes into force Public Sector15 Nov 2024 | 26
Google claims Big Sleep 'first' AI to spot freshly committed security bug that fuzzing missed You snooze, you lose, er, win AI + ML05 Nov 2024 | 19
US Army should ditch tanks for AI drones, says Eric Schmidt And what do you know, Google's former CEO just so happens to have a commercial solution AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 161
Alphabet posts big revenue and profit growth, just 1,100 job losses Google Cloud grows fast thanks to AI, which now writes a quarter of all G-code AI + ML30 Oct 2024 | 35
Russian court fines Google $20,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 Don't hold your breath Putin Software29 Oct 2024 | 260
Google reportedly developing an AI agent that can control your browser Project Jarvis will apparently conduct research, purchase products, and even book a flight on your behalf AI + ML28 Oct 2024 | 50
Google Cloud burst by 12-hour power outage in German region Loose juice led to cooling issue in one zone, but the pain was widespread Off-Prem25 Oct 2024 | 26
Samsung phone users under attack, Google warns Don't ignore this nasty zero day exploit says TAG Cyber-crime24 Oct 2024 | 10
US lawmakers push DoJ to prosecute tax prep firms for leaking taxpayer data to big tech TaxSlayer, H&R Block, TaxAct, and Ramsey Solutions accused of sharing info with Meta and Google Security22 Oct 2024 | 6
Tech giants set to pay through the nose for nuclear power that's still years away Google, Amazon, Microsoft dive into costly deals that aren't generating anything yet On-Prem18 Oct 2024 | 95
Google's memory safety plan includes rehab for unsafe languages Large C and C++ codebases will be around for the 'foreseeable future' Cybersecurity Month16 Oct 2024 | 30
Sysadmins rage over Apple’s ‘nightmarish’ SSL/TLS cert lifespan cuts plot Max validity down from 398 days to proposed 45 by 2027 Software15 Oct 2024 | 128
Google hopes to spark chain reaction with nuclear energy investment Commits to molten salt small modular reactors it thinks can come online in 2035 Off-Prem15 Oct 2024 | 52
Big data vendors introduce Apache Iceberg features in same week Market rivals settle on open table format, while Microsoft and Databricks go their own way Databases14 Oct 2024 | 3
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Uncle Sam may force Google to sell Chrome browser, or Android OS Tech giant snaps back, calls DoJ proposals on splitting up Alphabet and more 'government overreach' Networks09 Oct 2024 | 36
Copilot's crudeness has left Microsoft chasing Google, again Opinion Surely Redmond knows that almost nobody has tamed unstructured data? AI + ML09 Oct 2024 | 27
Eric Schmidt: Build more AI datacenters, we aren't going to 'hit climate goals anyway' Perhaps the power-draining tech is the solution after all, posits former Google CEO AI + ML08 Oct 2024 | 80
Where AI meets everyday business apps Access Google’s Gemini at Work event to learn how AI can boost enterprise user productivity Sponsored Post
Epic judge orders Google to let rivals set up app stores Chocolate Factory vows to appeal Applications07 Oct 2024 | 19
An easy route to AI-enhanced productivity How the integration of Google Gemini across Google Workspace turbo charges existing apps with AI power Sponsored Feature
Google Cloud to help India export its Digital Public Infrastructure Bundles free government apps to help digital diplomacy – and maybe find some new customers Public Sector04 Oct 2024 | 2
Google expands visual, audio search, lets AI handle layout AI Overviews get links to referenced websites – and ads AI + ML03 Oct 2024 | 3
Google's Rust belts bugs out of Android, helps kill off unsafe code substantially Memory safety flaws used to represent 76% of 'droid security holes. Now they account for 24% OSes25 Sep 2024 | 14
Hyperscalers are carving up the ocean floor into private internet highways Think tank warns of sovereignty risks from subsea cable consolidation Networks25 Sep 2024 | 6
Who’s watching you the closest online? Google, duh Four Chocolate Factory trackers cracked the Top 25 in all regions Security24 Sep 2024 | 16
Necro malware continues to haunt side-loaders of dodgy Android mods Updated 11M devices exposed to trojan, Kaspersky says Cyber-crime23 Sep 2024 | 2
Google dodges €1.5B EU ads antitrust fine after appeal win Qualcomm, on the other hand, wasn’t so lucky Personal Tech18 Sep 2024 | 13
Google Cloud Document AI flaw (still) allows data theft despite bounty payout Updated Chocolate Factory downgrades risk, citing the need for attacker access Security17 Sep 2024 |
Google sued for using trademarked Gemini name for AI service Even the chatbot allegedly admits to infringement claim AI + ML12 Sep 2024 | 14
Google Chrome gets a mind of its own for some security fixes Browser becomes more proactive about trimming unneeded permissions and deceptive notifications Security12 Sep 2024 | 11
Google bets on carbon capture tech to clean up its mess – in the 2030s Mountain View backs startup Holocene, hoping to slash emissions costs On-Prem11 Sep 2024 | 21
Top EU court crushes Google appeal against $2.65B Shopping antitrust ruling After years of legal wrangling, judges say Chocolate Factory played dirty Networks10 Sep 2024 | 32
Google insists the ad tech business ain't broke, urges Washington not to fix it As its other monopoly trial - the one brought by the DoJ and eight states - begins in Virginia Legal10 Sep 2024 | 9
Google says replacing C/C++ in firmware with Rust is easy Not so much when trying to convert coding veterans Software06 Sep 2024 | 175
Competition watchdog accuses Google of abusing ad dominance Provisional findings echo worries in the US and EC about the search giant's dominance Personal Tech06 Sep 2024 | 7
Deadline looms: Google Workspace mandates OAuth by September 30 27 days to get your users' third-party apps on Google’s sign-in Devops03 Sep 2024 | 7
What is missing from the web? We're asking for Google Besides sanity, of course Offbeat30 Aug 2024 | 37
Yelp accuses Google of being a local search bully in antitrust lawsuit Chocolate Factory claims rival is trying to revive cases it's already lost Legal29 Aug 2024 | 8
Rock Chrome hard enough and get paid half a million Google revises Chrome Vulnerability Rewards Program with higher payouts for bug hunters Security29 Aug 2024 |
Google trains a GenAI model to simulate Doom's game engine in real-ish time The proof of concept shows promise despite big limitations AI + ML28 Aug 2024 | 27
Google’s Irish bit barn plans denied over eco shortfall DCs on the Emerald Isle better be green, says Dublin council - unless your name is Microsoft Systems27 Aug 2024 | 13
The future of AI/ML depends on the reality of today – and it's not pretty Opinion The return of Windows Recall is more than a bad flashback AI + ML27 Aug 2024 | 112
Chrome dumped support for Ubuntu 18.04 – but it'll be back Complaints about lack of notice plus an inquiry from El Reg prompt U-turn by web giant Applications22 Aug 2024 | 23
Digital wallets can allow purchases with stolen credit cards Researchers find it's possible to downgrade authentication checks, and shabby token refresh policies Research20 Aug 2024 | 36
Nvidia's latest AI climate model takes aim at severe weather That tornado warning couldn't possibly be a hallucination... could it? Science19 Aug 2024 | 8
Google raps Iran's APT42 for raining down spear-phishing attacks US politicians and Israeli officials among the top targets for the IRGC’s cyber unit Research15 Aug 2024 | 1
Google's ex-CEO U-turns after saying staff 'going home early' killed winning Eric Schmidt blamed WFH and work-life balance policies for Google's stumbles in AI race Off-Prem15 Aug 2024 | 121