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Google has discovered that the key to eliminating successful phishing attempts at the company is to give employees physical security keys. The new USB devices make security easy as they use the open source Universal 2nd Factor (U2F) and only require a simple press of a button to authenticate a...

Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Twitter have announced a new project that will enable users to use data from one service to sign up for one of the other services. They say this will allow user data to be transferred in and out of the services involved without the user requiring help from the...

Hello, Selling my Brand new Pixel 2 XL 128GB - Just Black - Verizon phone. Brand new from Google - as my old Pixel was stolen and I just moved into an S9+. I am using the powercord/charger. FYI - $949.00 at the Google store / Verizon. Bonus items, SSD, hhd, cpus, gpus, just ask! $550...

Google has been fined $5 billion by the European Union (EU) for anti-competitive practices. First Google required Android phone manufacturers to bundle Google search and other Google web services with every device as the default in exchange for access to the Google Play store. Secondly, Google...

See the House Judiciary Committee Hearing in which Facebook, Google, and Twitter are answering questions from live right now. Fun questions like "Do you think you are immune from libel?" Live stream.

Over at the Google AI blog they're talking about computer vision and how they are using it to find protein crystallization. According to Google, computer vision will replace human researchers and reduce human error while finding individual protein crystals that can be targeted by new drugs. This...

Reuters is reporting that four senior House Republicans have sent letters to the CEOs of Apple and Alphabet questioning location data, mobile phone privacy and the handling of customer data. The goal of the panel is, to quote the letter: "to probe the companies' representation of third-party...

Don't be evil has nothing to do with Google any more. WSJ (Archive Link) is telling us that even after Google told us that it would not be allowing other companies to go through our Gmail boxes, it still seems to be going on. Whodathunkit? Letting employees read user emails has become...

Several months back we talked about Google and their possible entry into the gaming market. The rumors are still persisting and Kotaku is claiming they have sources that say the rumors are true. If their sources are correct it's going to be a three-pronged approach beginning with a streaming...

DuckDuckGo, most well known for its privacy focused, non-tracking search engine, has announced on their Twitter that they are looking for volunteers on Sunday PM to "examine the extent of Google's filter bubble, i.e. how much results are tailored." It has long been rumored that Google shapes and...

Washington is politely asking Google to pull back on its workings with China's Huawei Tech. Our Government is suggesting that the relationship poses a "security threat." And it seems that some things are being said that do not shine a good light on Google as well. We expect that any moment...

I have to say, I did not see this one coming. Google just pushed to shoot down revenge pr0n legislation according to the New York Post. I guess I still should be worried about "that video" showing up one day. But when you watch it, don't blame me for your nightmares. Guess we should be glad...

Google announced earlier this year that Android Messages users would soon be able to send and receive text messages from your PC desktop. That feature is rolling out this week, if you don't already have it on your Android phone. This page has the full instructions on this which uses a QR code...

Google is soon going to be in the business of telling us when we are going to die. Would have liked to have seen the percentages it gave me when I headed into corner 10 at CoTA off-line at about 120mph. In all seriousness, as morbid as it is, WebMD looks to be in trouble. The hospital’s...

In a report from PhoneArena, a Reddit user noticed that when he accidentally typed an extra period into a google search for "the1975..com" instead of a search result, he received a page showing his text messages. The same page that appears if you asked Google to "show me my text messages."...

Google and LG have revealed the world's highest resolution OLED display for mobile AR and VR at Display Week 2018. This amazing display sports 1443 PPI, 120Hz refresh rate, in a 4.3-inch 4,800x3,840 prototype panel that offers a wide view of 120x96. This resolution is roughly 3x that of the Vive...

Privacy group noyb.eu is accusing Google, Facebook, and others of utilizing forced consent after the General Data Protection Regulation went into effect at midnight. They say accounts are getting blocked if the user doesn't agree to the use of their data. Seeing as this is the EU, and they like...

Reuters is reporting that an Indian antitrust ruling that found Google guilty of search bias has Alphabet scared. In February the Competition Commission of India slapped Google with a fine for $20 million for abusing it's position in online web search. According to a document reviewed by...

So I noticed that google chrome is giving me the stink eye about websites I visit that aren't SSL secured lately. Is this really a big deal that I should be concerned about? What about for personal websites / blogs that don't do e-commerce or financial transactions of any kind? I wanted to see...

Google has removed several fake ad blockers (Warning auto play video) after research firm AdGuard published a blog showing that over 20 million Chrome users had downloaded them over the last year. I have to say that AdGuard did everyone a service by finding this, but the fact that Google didn't...

It looks like Gmail will soon have an option to allow you to put an expiration date on email you send. It's not clear if this will work outside of Gmail, but it's still an interesting little capability. I don't know anyone that's been clamoring for this, though I can see how it might be useful...

Google is stepping up and is now going to not allow fake ID generators in its Play Store. I have to admit that I was left asking, "How is these even a thing?" While I have not used any of these, there does not seem to be a shortage of these apps available for free. I am sure there are not...

Google has been fighting with itself for a long time having Android and Chrome OS overlapping each other, and now Slash Gear is reporting that Google is apparently working on a third wheel. "Andromeda" was a rumor that had started from people thinking that Google would merge their two current...

The New York Times is reporting that thousands of Google employees, have signed a letter protesting Googles involvement with a Pentagon program that uses artificial intelligence to interpret videos and could improve the targeting of drone strikes. The letter has been signed by more than 3,100...

The New York Times is reporting that Apple has hired Google’s chief of search and artificial intelligence, John Giannandrea. Apple has stated that Giannandrea will run Apple's "machine learning and A.I strategy." Google has announced that Giannadrea's role will be split, with Ben Gomes leading...

Last year we published multiple articles on Kodi, and all the backlash it faced from Hollywood, the UK, and even Canada, now the software faces a new hurdle. Google has banned the term "Kodi" from it's autocomplete feature according to an article from TorrentFreak. The change means that...

In the latest news from the battle between Google and Oracle ongoing since 2010, Bloomberg is reporting that the U.S Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday that Google's use of Java shortcuts to develop Android was too far, and a violation of Oracle's copyrights. Oracle was originally seeking $8.8...

Grab Games has developed a new tool for Android users that lets you watch AR replays of Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on your android device. The company is using Google's ARCore tech to make this software work. They hope to leverage this software for all the popular esports titles. Check...

Those wily scammers have once again tricked Google into serving up a scam Amazon ad. This one showed up at the top of the search list and looked like a normal Amazon ad and once you clicked it you were sent to a page the mimicked Apple or Windows support pages and told you your computer was...

Google has released their fourth annual Android security report and they believe their OS is as secure as iOS. According to the report, one of the things that makes Android secure is their use of machine learning to find malware within the Play store. Additionally, every year they have been...

Google has announced that they are making it's Maps API work with the Unity game engine. The integration turns buildings, roads and parks into game objects within Unity, that developers can then re-skin to build literally global scale game worlds. In practice game designers could take New York...

Consumer Intelligence Research Partners, LLC. or CIRP has released new research that finds that Android users are more loyal to their platform that iOS users. They survey of 500 people shows that Android has a 91% loyalty rate while iOS loyalty is at 86%, which is as high as the research company...

Yesterday Google shared a preview of Bristlecone, their new quantum processor. The purpose of the new gate-based superconducting system is to be a testbed for research into system error rates and scalability of their qubit technology, as well as applications in quantum simulation, optimization...

BGR is speculating that Google will likely release Android P later this month. Both Android N and Android O were released in March for developer preview, and according to the article. Since Google likes to be a bit clever, and Android P is rumored to have "pie" in the name, the speculation is...

Google is being sued by a former recruiter who alleges he was fired for complaining to his managers about hiring practices to "boost diversity" that discriminated against white and asian men. USA Today is reporting that Arnie Wilberg, who was a recruiter for YouTube alleges that management also...

Dropbox is going to partner up with Google to provide an integrated solution to the G Suite. This will be a welcome solution for Dropbox users since about half of them use Gmail or other G Suite applications. I know this is something I'll definitely use and I'm looking forward to it. Nice job...

In a report from CNBC, a file on Apple's website called the iOS Security Guide confirms that it is relying on Google's public cloud for storage for iCloud Services. Previous versions of the guide had stated that Apple was relying on Amazon Web Services, as well as Microsoft Azure for data...

Nissan is testing their new autonomous vehicle ride-sharing service called Easy Ride. They have developed in-house software that hails a ride like Uber or Lyft. The test starts in Japan next month and once everything checks out they plan to offer the service across Japan in the early 2020's...

In a report from Androidpolice, security researchers recently discovered a bug in the Infineon TPM firmware which allows hackers to potentially brute-force a Chromebook to obtain encrypted data. The bug potentially affects all Chromebooks using the newest Infineon TPM chip, the full list can be...

Google's Project Zero has exposed a security flaw in Microsoft Edge according to a report from Neowin. Microsoft began using Arbitrary Code Guard in Edge with the creators update which forced the use of Just-in-Time (JIT) compilers to an isolated sandbox. The problem with this is the address for...