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Google ‘aggressively intervened’ to forestall deception about coronavirus

Posted on March 12, 2020 by Uma Wright |

Google has “aggressively intervened” in some of its online services to forestall deception about coronavirus, Bloomberg News detailed. Virus-related searches brief news from mainstream publications and data from National Public Radio, the U.S. Centers for Disease and Control and Prevention…

Pixel 4a photograph leaks hint to a no-frills budget phone

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Chris Thomas |

Those early Pixel 4a gossipy tidbits may very well carry some weight. Photograph releases showing up on Twitter and Reddit seem to show Google’s upcoming low-cost phone in the wild, and they appear to approve prior cases. The all-around worn…

Google will currently acknowledge your iPhone as a validation key

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Lisa Miller |

On Monday, Google pushed out an update for the iOS version of Smart Lock, its implicit, on-by-default password manager. Smart Lock – which has been accessible for Google’s Chrome browser since 2017 – presently additionally lets iOS clients set up…

Safari in iOS sends some Safe Browsing information to Tencent

Posted on October 14, 2019 by Lisa Miller |

Apple’s Safari program has since quite a while ago sent information to Google Safe Browsing to help ensure against phishing tricks utilizing its Fraudulent Website Warning element, yet it currently seems Chinese tech goliath Tencent gets some data too. Clients…

Google specialists found a serious Android security flaw that influences Pixels, Samsung phones, and that’s just the beginning

Posted on October 5, 2019 by Justin Beltrame |

Google security specialists regularly reveal extreme security gives that influence different items or operating systems. While they may outrage a portion of the company’s rivals all the while, Google does likewise with its own product. The company just uncovered a…

Ex-Google laborer fears ‘killer robots’ could cause mass atrocities

Posted on September 16, 2019 by Chris Thomas |

Another generation of independent weapons or “killer robots” could unintentionally begin a war or cause mass atrocities, a previous top Google software engineer has cautioned. Laura Nolan, who left Google a year ago in challenge at being sent to work…