Google Timeline location purge causes collateral damage
Privacy measure leaves some mourning lost memories
Security13 Dec 2024 | 10
Android beefs up Bluetooth tag stalker protections
Wider ecosystem still has work to do, though
Personal Tech13 Dec 2024 | 17
Google thinks the grid can't support AI, so it's spending on solar for future datacenters
Deal with Intersect Power will see gigawatts of compute capacity come online
Off-Prem12 Dec 2024 | 50
Google Gemini 2.0 Flash comes out with real-time conversation, image analysis
Chocolate Factory's latest multimodal model aims to power more trusted AI agents
AI + ML11 Dec 2024 | 20
Google DeepMind touts AI model for 'better' global weather forecasting
Bases predictions on historical data, instead of solving physics equations
AI + ML05 Dec 2024 | 39
£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
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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 | 11
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
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Epic judge orders Google to let rivals set up app stores
Chocolate Factory vows to appeal
Applications07 Oct 2024 | 19
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How the integration of Google Gemini across Google Workspace turbo charges existing apps with AI power
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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
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