Google teases AlphaCode 2 – a code-generating AI revamped with Gemini
Don't worry, your developer jobs are safe … for now
AI + ML07 Dec 2023 | 4
US senator claims Google and Apple reveal push notification data to foreign govs
Cupertino promises to reveal its data deliveries, ending silence on the matter
Personal Tech06 Dec 2023 | 5
Google launches Gemini AI systems, claims it's beating OpenAI and others - mostly
Gemini accepts text, images, audio, and video and comes in three flavors
AI + ML06 Dec 2023 | 2
Google unveils TPU v5p pods to accelerate AI training
Need a lot of compute? How does 8,960 TPUs sound?
Systems06 Dec 2023 | 2
Digital memories are disappearing and not even AI or Google can help
Column Technology allows us to keep more of our stuff than previously possible – but what use is it if we can't find it?
Storage06 Dec 2023 | 47
Today's 'China is misbehaving online' allegations come from Google, Meta
Zuck boots propagandists, Big G finds surge of action directed at Taiwan
Cyber-crime01 Dec 2023 | 9
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Uh-oh, update Google Chrome – exploit already out there for one of these 6 security holes
Plus: 3 critical CVEs in Zyxel NAS devices
Security30 Nov 2023 | 2
AI offers some novel crystal materials that could form future chips, batteries, more
What's more, a robot managed to cook some of them up. So, y'know, it might not be entirely science fiction
AI + ML30 Nov 2023 | 13
Time to take action: Google's inactive account purge begins Friday
You should've received an email if you're affected, but here's a reminder just in case
Networks29 Nov 2023 | 8
Google goes geothermal to power some bitbarns
Search giant exploring more locations to squeeze watts from rocks
On-Prem29 Nov 2023 | 31
Japan's digital minister flamed and shamed for using his smartphone in Parliament
His job is to modernise Japan but Googling electoral trivia to ensure accurate answers is not allowed
Offbeat29 Nov 2023 | 9
Either the FBI is recruiting in Iran – or some govt Google ad buyers are getting a lousy deal
Advertisers may be surprised to find where their banners appear
Bootnotes29 Nov 2023 | 5
AI agents can copy humans to get closer to artificial general intelligence, DeepMind finds
Google’s AI offshoot finds copy-cat robots capable of aping living mentors
AI + ML28 Nov 2023 | 35
Google Drive misplaces months' worth of customer files
Updated The horror of logging in only to find everything since May has vanished
Storage27 Nov 2023 | 100
Firefox slow to load YouTube? Just another front in Google's war on ad blockers
Search giant says delays not specific to any browser – just those evading advert breaks. YMMV
Personal Tech21 Nov 2023 | 112
Net privacy wars will be with us always. Let's set some rules
Opinion Size matters, and what you do with it. But keep it safe
Networks20 Nov 2023 | 29
What's really going on with Chrome's June crackdown on extensions – and why your ad blocker may or may not work
Special report Manifest V3 transition deemed 'far from terrible' and yet not great for content filters
Personal Tech18 Nov 2023 | 96
Google Workspace weaknesses allow plaintext password theft
Exploits come with caveats, but Google says no fixes as user security should do the heavy lifting here
Research15 Nov 2023 | 2
Google Chrome coders really, truly, absolutely ready to cull third-party cookies from 2024
Bonfire of the web trackers is coming, industry ready or not
Personal Tech14 Nov 2023 | 20
Google sues scammers peddling fake malware-riddled Bard chatbot download
Updated Plus: Chocolate Factory launches second lawsuit against false DMCA takedowns
Cyber-crime14 Nov 2023 | 13
Google dragged to UK watchdog over Chrome's upcoming IP address cloaking
Exclusive Marketers tell antitrust cops privacy proxy will make it harder to protect kids online, etc etc
Personal Tech11 Nov 2023 | 95
Meta, YouTube face criminal spying complaints in Ireland
Exclusive Tracking code and ad-block blocking breaks Euro computer law, privacy advocate claims
Personal Tech11 Nov 2023 | 44
Google, Amazon among big names in tech axing jobs this week
Hiring boom followed by firing bust?
On-Prem10 Nov 2023 | 20
Google mulled offering paid-for no-logging private Search subscription
Also: Antitrust trial exhibits signals Incognito mode isn't truly private and 100M users may be underage
Personal Tech08 Nov 2023 | 24
Google Bard AI contractors unionize amid anger over 'retaliatory' layoffs
Not actually our problem, says Chocolate Factory, but watchdog decides otherwise - again
AI + ML08 Nov 2023 | 3
Epic Games, Google head to court over epic Play Store cut
Fortnite-maker largely lost against Apple, but can it beat the Chocolate Factory?
Software06 Nov 2023 | 4
YouTube cares less for your privacy than its revenues
Opinion Ad blockers are firewalls for our sanity – turning them off is madness
Personal Tech06 Nov 2023 | 198
Android VPNs to get audit badges in Google Play Store if they aren't comically crap
No promises it's actually secure, just that it doesn't do anything obviously dumb
Applications04 Nov 2023 | 26
Apple slams Android as a 'massive tracking device' in internal slides revealed in Google antitrust battle
Whinges about Chrome maker's privacy stance while taking billions to, er, use its search engine
Personal Tech03 Nov 2023 | 41
Google ends partnership to build four San Francisco GoogleBurbs
Working from home, smaller office footprints, and cost cutting made GoogleVille redundant
On-Prem03 Nov 2023 | 32
Google bins integrity API that looked more than a bit like horrible DRM for websites
Chocolate Factory to focus on more limited attestation for Android WebViews
Applications02 Nov 2023 | 29
Google formally gets to work on Android on RISC-V
Emulators coming in 2024, first for wearables
Personal Tech31 Oct 2023 | 3
Help, Android 14 ate my Pixel! Bug causes endless reboots, loss of storage access
Fix on the way but for those trapped in boot loop hell, data recovery isn't certain
OSes30 Oct 2023 | 11
Alphabet CEO testifies in Google Search trial: We pay billions to keep Apple at bay
As Uncle Sam releases internal docs on Chrome strategy, MSN, more
Personal Tech30 Oct 2023 | 17
Bug bounty hunters load up to stalk AI and fancy bagging big bucks
Google offers AI-specific rewards, HackerOne sees more specializations
Cybersecurity Month27 Oct 2023 | 1
Privacy advocate challenges YouTube's ad blocking detection scripts under EU law
Interview Irish eyes may not be smiling
Personal Tech26 Oct 2023 | 177
US, Australia solicit Google's help with Pacific subsea cable project
$65 million cable project to connect US to Australia by way of Fiji and French Polynesia
Networks26 Oct 2023 | 3
13-year Google privacy settlement pays litigants the equivalent of a Big Mac meal
Chocolate Factory agrees $23m guilt-free settlement
Legal25 Oct 2023 | 14
Google Cloud misses revenue estimates – and it's your fault, wanting smaller bills
Keeping old servers alive is more lucrative than the G-Cloud
Off-Prem25 Oct 2023 | 15
iFixit pries open Google Pixel 8 Pro with clamps and picks
Could be easier to get into, but check out that 7-year update commitment
Personal Tech24 Oct 2023 | 13
When is a privacy button not a privacy button? When Google runs it, claims lawsuit
'It looks like even Sundar Pichai is confused about how this control works'
Personal Tech24 Oct 2023 | 38
Japan to probe Google over 'suspicion' that antitrust laws are being broken
Updated Arrives at the same conclusion about the nexus of Android and search as pretty much everyone else
Legal24 Oct 2023 | 11
Google - yes, that Google - testing proxy scheme to hide IP addresses for privacy
Plan for Chrome echoes Apple iCloud Private Relay
Software23 Oct 2023 | 26
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Beijing slaps Foxconn with a tax audit
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Legal23 Oct 2023 | 7
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What's unconstitutional about Google keyword search warrants? Nothing, says Colorado Supreme Court
Arson case produces a very tricky precedent for anyone who values digital privacy
Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 24
Paying for WinRAR in all the wrong ways - Russia and China hitting ancient app
Incidentally, Windows 11 has native rar support now
Cybersecurity Month18 Oct 2023 | 22
Google and Qualcomm to bring RISC-V to the wrist in next-gen wearable platform
Wear OS is basically Android, so this effort may do some heavy lifting to evade Arm SoCs in future phones
Personal Tech18 Oct 2023 | 3
Australia threatens X with fine, warns Google, for failure to comply with child abuse handling report regs
Elon Musk's social network provided no response – or junk – to official inquiries about its safety practices
Cybersecurity Month16 Oct 2023 | 18
Google offers some copyright indemnity to users of its generative AI services
'If you are challenged, we will assume responsibility'
AI + ML12 Oct 2023 | 8
Google's third-party cookie culling to begin in Q1 2024 ... for 1% of Chrome users
And in full swing starting Q3
Personal Tech12 Oct 2023 | 11
Judge tosses Sonos's $32.5M patent win over Google with savage slam down
'It is wrong that our system was used to punish an innovator and to enrich a pretender'
Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 24
HTTP/2 'Rapid Reset' zero-day exploited in biggest DDoS deluge seen yet
Botnet storm drowned last record with 398 million requests per second
CSO10 Oct 2023 | 13
Google pays Apple $18B to $20B a year to keep its search in iPhone
Bernstein estimates value of agreement, warns it and similar deals may end if DoJ wins antitrust case
Personal Tech10 Oct 2023 | 12
When Microsoft complains that you're a monopolist you know things are bad
Kettle Google and Amazon are both in antitrust trouble as the US gets tough
Legal09 Oct 2023 | 17
Google promises Germany to creep on users less after market power probe
Regulation complements EU's Digital Markets Act to cover more services
Security06 Oct 2023 | 6
Online tracking is alive and well in link decoration
Analysis The pending death of third-party cookies won't do much for other privacy intrusions
Cybersecurity Month06 Oct 2023 | 17
Google introduces phone-shaped housing for its AI tech
Pixel 8 and Pixel 8 Pro out, Chrome goliath ups support to seven years
Personal Tech04 Oct 2023 | 5
Microsoft CEO whinges about Google's default search deals
Alleges it achieved dominance through nefarious means – but who would do such a thing?
Software03 Oct 2023 | 23
CISA adds latest Chrome zero-day to Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog
Chrome’s second zero-day of the month puts fed security at 'significant risk'
Security03 Oct 2023 |
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