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Google Search is facing indexing issues on June 2, 2020 and the bug prevents users from discovering new content across the search engine.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google announced today that they are bringing their Advanced Protection Program to Nest to bring their highest level of protection to your home.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google will start blocking abusive sites from delivering web notifications to Chrome 84 users starting July by automatically enrolling them in the quieter notifications UI launched in January 2020.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google Maps is launching a new feature that generates a unique six-digit code based on your location. This code can be given to others and used when you’re located away from a traditional street address. It’s called a “Plus Code,” and it’s available with a tap of the blue circle icon that represents your location in the app.It's a shame the article doesn't give details about the resolution of this Plus Code compared to What Three Words, which gives me different results in different rooms of my home.
Helpful if you’re in a country where street names are uncommon.www.theverge.com
...and I count #youtube as #socialcontrolmedia (it wasn't originally so, but they added social control-like features, enhanced censorship policies etc.)
#google YouTube has been a BOON for misinformation, dumbing down the public
The concept itself is broken
Google Chrome is the most popular browser in the world, but its standard installer won't work if you are not connected to the Internet or can't reach their servers. This is where a Google Chrome offline installer comes into play as it contains all the files it needs to install the browser.www.bleepingcomputer.com
A new Google Maps update is bringing a feature to aid those in wheelchairs, as it will now list accessible places within the app.#technology #tech #Google #Android #iOS #GIS
Initially, Accessible Places for Google Maps is gradually rolling out for users in Australia, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States from May 21. Google says support for more countries is on the way, but hasn't provide a timeline or any further details.
New 'Accessible Places' feature and special accommodation info for Covid-19 responderswww.techradar.com
Google recently announced tab groups in the Chrome browser, which is an incredibly useful feature to keep your browser tabs more organized. Tab Grouping has been in development for quite a while and Google says the feature is now ready for the users.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google released Chrome 83 yesterday, and with it came numerous features such as a new Incognito cookie control, a Security check feature, new Security settings page, the Tabs Group feature, a new extensions menu, and redesigned cookie controls.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google has released Chrome 83 today, May 19th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel, and it includes massive security and privacy overhaul changes for its users.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Today, Google has announced a new Enhanced Safe Browsing feature that will offer real-time protection against known malicious web sites and downloads.www.bleepingcomputer.com
In Google Chrome 75, Google is planning to improve Tab Groups with a new option to collapse grouped tabs. To enable the new collapse option for Tab Groups in Chrome Canary, follow the steps outlined here.www.bleepingcomputer.com
The NHS coronavirus app’s advisory board is split over whether it has the authority to tell the government to ditch its version and switch to a decentralised model proposed by Apple and Google.Oh! Couldn't see that coming! 😏
After a meeting on Thursday, it emerged that members argued their role on the board is limited to providing guidance on ethical questions – and not to branch out into a broader discussion of whether the app is the right tool for the job.
Members argue role limited to ethical guidance at meeting over whether to switch to decentralised modelwww.theguardian.com
The Google Chrome web browser will start unloading ad iframes using too many system resources without the user's knowledge starting with the stable release coming near the end of August.www.bleepingcomputer.com
The NHS has released the source code behind its coronavirus contact-tracing app.How many more times? Any app using Bluetooth that doesn't use Apple's and Google's code won't work properly. As soon as you run another app, the NHS app can't use Bluetooth.
More than 40,000 people have downloaded the contact tracing app so far, ahead of a wider release.www.bbc.co.uk
Today I learned something new; Google Chrome Mobile has an Easter egg that turns the tab count into a smiley face when you have over 100 tabs.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google has confirmed that one of its senior executives participated in the UK government’s scientific advisory group on Covid-19, raising further questions about the composition of the secretive committee.I'm annoyed that I didn't get an invite. After all, I know hardly anything about pandemics.
Attendance of Demis Hassabis raises further questions about secretive group advising UK government on Covid-19www.theguardian.com
Security researchers are sounding the alarm over a newly discovered Android malware that targets banking apps and cryptocurrency wallets.#technology #tech #Google #Android #malware #hacking #privacy #security
A malicious campaign dubbed PhantomLance has been targeting users of Android devices with spyware payloads embedded in applications delivered via multiple platforms including Google's Play Store and the alternative Android app store APKpure.www.bleepingcomputer.com
On a call accompanying the announcement, representatives from each company pledged for the first time to disable the service after the outbreak had been sufficiently contained. Such a decision would have to be made on a region-by-region basis, and it’s unclear how public health authorities would reach such a determination. However, the engineers stated definitively that the APIs were not intended to be maintained indefinitely.#technology #tech #Apple #Google #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #ContactTracking
New changes to the ambitious contact tracing effort from the two largest tech companies in the worldwww.theverge.com
More than a dozen state-backed hacking groups are actively targeting U.S. Government employees and healthcare organizations in phishing campaigns that use lures designed to take advantage of the fears surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.www.bleepingcomputer.com
A Windows 10 kernel bug made it possible to escape Google Chrome's sandbox, a security researcher with Google Project Zero found. The vulnerability was introduced with version 1903 of the operating system on May 21, 2019.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Apple and Google are working on a Bluetooth contact tracing system that could help track and possibly reduce the spread of COVID-19. But security experts that AppleInsider have spoken to express concerns about privacy and execution, which could undermine its effectiveness.Across my social media, I've seen a number of people claiming that this new contact tracing app won't work, but without giving good reasons why they think that. Here are some good reasons.
Apple and Google are working on a Bluetooth contact tracing system that could help track and possibly reduce the spread of COVID-19. But security experts that AppleInsider have spoken to express concerns about privacy and execution, which could undermine its effectiveness.appleinsider.com
Google says that the malware scanners built within the Gmail free email service blocked around 18 million phishing and malware emails using COVID-19 lures within the last week.www.bleepingcomputer.com
The NHS is in a standoff with Apple and Google after the two tech firms refused to support the UK’s plans for how to build an app that alerts users when they have been in contact with someone with coronavirus.Our phones are too private. It looks like we'll have to plug it into a power pack and leave it in a pocket with the screen set to always-on.
The app would not work if the phone’s screen is turned off or if an app other than the contact-tracing app is being used at the same time. It would require the screen to be active all the time, rapidly running down battery life, and would leave users’ personal data at risk if their phone was lost or stolen while the app was in use.
Tech firms place limitations on how tracing apps may work in effort to protect users’ privacywww.theguardian.com
If you’re one of the millions of people using Google Hangouts for group video calls you may appreciate learning how to share your screen with other participants in the video chat.#technology #tech #Google #Android #Hangouts #VideoConferencing #TeleConferencing
By building contact-tracing into their operating systems, the companies could make a difference in the global pandemic responsewww.theverge.com
On Friday, April 10, news broke that Google and Apple would team up to provide contact tracing solutions for both Android and iOS operating systems to help in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. Limited details were announced initially, though a simplified overview of the system was released to help shed some light on just how these tech giants would build this system into Android and iOS.They could have made all this clear up front rather than relying on tech journalists to make the details clear.
Now, Google and Apple have slightly pulled back the curtain on how this system will be implemented and what precautions they’re taking to ensure user data remains safe.
After disabling FTP support in Google Chrome 81, Google has decided to reenable it again to prevent outages and difficulties in accessing information during the Coronavirus pandemic.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Cloudflare announced that it has moved from Google's reCAPTCHA to hCaptcha, an independent alternative CAPTCHA provider focused on user privacy.www.bleepingcomputer.com
A draft government memo explaining how the NHS contact-tracing app could stem the spread of the coronavirus said ministers might be given the ability to order “de-anonymisation” to identify people from their smartphones, the Guardian can reveal.#technology #tech #Apple #Google #NHS #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #ContactTracking
Exclusive: draft plans for contact-tracing app said device IDs could be used to identify userswww.theguardian.com
How it works, what it does, why it matters and links to further information#technology #tech #Apple #Google #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus #ContactTracing
How it works, what it does, why it matters and links to further informationwww.computerworld.com
Apple and Google’s engineering teams have banded together to create a decentralized contact tracing tool that will help individuals determine whether they have been exposed to someone with COVID-19.#technology #tech #Apple #Google #Android #iOS #Covid-19 #CoronaVirus
Contact tracing is a useful tool that helps public health authorities track the spread of the disease and inform the potentially exposed so that they can get tested. It does this by identifying and “following up with” people who have come into contact with a COVID-19-affected person.
Firefox users have recently started to notice that YouTube does not display videos properly when they enable the browser's anti-fingerprinting technology for better privacy.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google has removed a popular Android VPN from the Play Store after vulnerabilities were discovered in the service that could allow hackers to redirect users to malicious servers.#technology #tech #Google #Android #internet #vpn
SuperVPN - the offending service - has more than 100 million installs and featured among the top five VPN search results in Google’s app store before it was withdrawn.
Google removes offending VPN from its app store, but users remain at riskwww.techradar.com
Google today announced the launch of a virtual braille keyboard for Android that’s designed to enable those with low vision or blindness to type on their phones without additional hardware. The tech giant says it collaborated with braille developers and users to create it, and to ensure it can be used anywhere a user would normally type — including social media, text messaging, and email apps.#technology #tech #Google #Android #disability
Security experts are warning Android users about a particularly nasty strain of malware that's almost impossible to remove.#technology #tech #Google #Android
Researcher Igor Golovin from Kaspersky has written a blog post explaining how the xHelper malware uses a system of nested programs, not unlike a Russian matryoshka doll, that makes it incredibly stubborn.
It's trojans all the way downwww.techradar.com
Microsoft says that Basic Authentication's removal from Exchange Online is being postponed until the second half of 2021 due to the current situation created by the COVID-19 pandemic.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google has released Chrome 81 today, April 7th, 2020, to the Stable desktop channel for the Windows, macOS, and Linux with bug fixes, new features, and 32 security fixes.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Authorities around the world have mooted the use of location data in order to monitor COVID-19 patients and social distancing. Now, Google has offered another solution of sorts in COVID-19 Community Mobility Reports.No, it's not about shaming the stop-outs, it's more about how safe it is to go out.
Google Duo began its life a few years ago as a simple app for making two-way video calls using your smartphone.#technology #tech #Google #Android #GoogleDuo #VideoCalling
Over time Google added a web client, and support for making group video calls. And now a senior Google official has announced the company is increasing the number of people that can participate in a group call to 12, up from the previous limit of 8.
Google warns businesses against disabling their websites during the COVID-19 and, instead, recommends limiting their functionality to avoid being penalized in Google Search results.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google says that it delivered almost 40,000 alerts of state-sponsored phishing or malware hacking attempts to its users during 2019, with a 25% drop when compared to the previous year.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google today announced that Chrome and Chrome OS releases will be resumed on an adjusted schedule after previously pausing them due to the altered work schedules of employees working from home during the novel coronavirus pandemic.www.bleepingcomputer.com
Google is working on providing Google Chrome users with an option to set the browser to always show the full website URLs for all websites they visit.www.bleepingcomputer.com
It turns out that an updated Android app was just the start of Google's plans for a Podcasts overhaul. The internet giant has released its first version of Podcasts for iOS, giving you a way to listen to the likes of Dolly Parton's America or The Engadget Podcast (you knew we'd plug that) that syncs with virtually any device where your Google account works. This new app is also a showcase for a larger redesign (including on Android and the web) meant to not only help you find new shows, but satisfy your curiosity about subjects mentioned in those shows.#technology #tech #Apple #iOS #Google #podcast
It turns out that an updated Android app was just the start of Google's plans for a Podcasts overhaul. The internet giant has released its first version of Podcasts for iOS, giving you a way to listen to the likes of Dolly Parton's America or The Engadget Podcast (you knew we'd plug that) that syncs with virtually any device where your Google account works. This new app is also a showcase for a larger redesign (including on Android and the web) meant to not only help you find new shows, but satisfy your curiosity about subjects mentioned in those shows.www.engadget.com
Due to the change in Google Chrome's release schedule because of the Coronavirus pandemic, Google has announced that they are no longer developing Chrome 82 and will skip to Chrome 83 instead.www.bleepingcomputer.com
