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Artificial intelligence is increasingly being tapped to address the impacts of climate change. From a report: Google’s latest announcement is one example. Countries across Africa, the Asia-Pacific region, Europe, and South and Central America can now u…
Google has backtracked on its plan to delete inactive YouTube videos—at least for now. Of course, it could change its mind anytime it wants.
It would be nice if this would get people to think about the vulnerabilities inherent in letting a for-pr…
Time magazine once described Lauren Weinstein as an internet-policy expert and privacy advocate. Also a long-time Slashdot reader, he now brings this cautionary blog post “to share with you an example of what Google account recovery failure means to th…
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Google will pay Washington state $39.9 million to resolve a lawsuit accusing the Alphabet unit of misleading consumers about its location tracking practices, state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said on …
A recent move by Google to populate the Internet with eight new top-level domains is prompting concerns that two of the additions could be a boon to online scammers who trick people into clicking on malicious links. From a report: Two weeks ago, Google…
Samsung Electronics won’t be swapping out the default search engine on its smartphones from Google to Microsoft’s Bing any time soon, WSJ reported Friday, citing people familiar with the matter. From the report: Samsung, the world’s largest smartphone …
Researchers are worried about Google’s .zip and .mov domains, because they are confusing. Mistaking a URL for a filename could be a security vulnerability.
An anonymous reader shares a report: Google’s Privacy Sandbox aims to replace third-party cookies with a more privacy-conscious approach, allowing users to manage their interests and grouping them into cohorts based on similar browsing patterns. That’s…
Google’s Device Vulnerability Reward Program helps the company identify security flaws in its operating system and devices. To promote additional security research in areas of their products that will have a greater impact and protect the users&#…
Google has agreed to an $8 million settlement with Texas over deceptive ads for its Pixel 4 smartphone, in which radio DJs were hired to provide testimonials without being given the phone to use. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton made the announcement …