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Google Makes Sending Encrypted Emails Easier for Gmail Users

April 3, 2025

Google is making it easier for Gmail users to send end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) emails to anyone by adopting a process that does away with complex options like S/MIME and instead uses encrypted keys that are controlled by the sender. The post Google Makes Sending Encrypted Emails Easier for Gmail Users appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Epic Games CEO calls Apple and Google ‘gangster-style’ businesses in need of competition

April 2, 2025

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine, called out Apple and Google as “gangster-style businesses” engaged in illegal practices while speaking at a Y Combinator event on Wednesday. The executive also emphasized how the big tech companies’ practices directly affected his own business by scaring…

Roblox partners with Google on ads

April 1, 2025

Google on Tuesday announced a new partnership with gaming company Roblox, which will allow advertisers to purchase and scale Roblox’s Rewarded Video and other immersive ad formats. That means marketers who want to reach the younger Gen Z audience that dominates the platform will be able to use Google Ad Manager to place their video…

The AI Fix #44: AI-generated malware, and a stunning AI breakthrough

April 1, 2025

In episode 44 of The AI Fix, ChatGPT won’t build a crystal meth lab, GPT-4o improves the show’s podcast art, some students manage to screw in a lightbulb, Google releases Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental and nobody notices, and Mark invents a clock for measuring AI time. Graham explains how ChatGPT’s love for Young Adult fiction…

Google rolls out easy end-to-end encryption for Gmail business users

April 1, 2025

Google has started rolling out a new end-to-end encryption (E2EE) model for Gmail enterprise users, making it easier to send encrypted emails to any recipient. […]

Happy 21st Birthday, Gmail! Google’s Present to Enterprise Gmail Users: End-to-End Encryption

April 1, 2025

The new feature is more accessible than S/MIME because it eliminates the need for certificate management.

Data centers love solar: Here’s a comprehensive guide to deals over 100 megawatts

March 30, 2025

New and expanded data centers are expected to double the sector’s power demand by 2029 as tech companies rush to capitalize on AI.

Google rolls out user choice billing on Google Play in the UK

March 28, 2025

Google said today that it will start offering user choice billing in the U.K., giving Google Play developers the ability to use other billing options instead of Google’s own system. The change kicks in on March 29, initially only to non-game developers. If developers opt for it, they cannot replace Google Play billing altogether. Instead,…

Android Malware Exploits a Microsoft-Related Security Blind Spot to Avoid Detection

March 27, 2025

Microsoft’s .NET MAUI lets developers build cross-platform apps in C#, but its use of binary blob files poses new risks by bypassing Android’s DEX-based security checks.

New Utah law makes app stores responsible for age verification

March 27, 2025

Meta, X, and Snap are celebrating a new Utah law that will require Apple and Google to take responsibility for verifying users’ ages on their app stores and obtain parental consent for minors. The tech giants have been battling to determine which party should be responsible for age verification on the app stores. Companies like…

Google fixes Chrome zero-day exploited in espionage campaign

March 26, 2025

Google has fixed a high-severity Chrome zero-day vulnerability exploited to escape the browser’s sandbox and deploy malware in espionage attacks targeting Russian organizations. […]

Google unveils a next-gen family of AI reasoning models

March 25, 2025

On Tuesday, Google unveiled Gemini 2.5, a new family of AI reasoning models that pauses to “think” before answering a question. To kick off the new family of models, Google is launching Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental, a multimodal, reasoning AI model that the company claims is its most intelligent model yet. This model will be…

Google Gemini’s Astra (screen sharing) rolls out on Android for some users

March 23, 2025

At MWC 2025, Google confirmed it was working on screen and video share capabilities for Gemini Live, codenamed “Project Astra”. At that time, Google promised that the feature would begin rolling out soon, and now some users have spotted it in the wild. […]

Fake Semrush ads used to steal SEO professionals’ Google accounts

March 21, 2025

A new phishing campaign is targeting SEO professionals with malicious Semrush Google Ads that aim to steal their Google account credentials. […]

Fifth Circuit Strikes Down “Geofence” Warrants – Conflict With Fourth Circuit

March 21, 2025

Geofence warrants are a relatively new tool that allows law enforcement to obtain location data from devices within a specified geographic area during a specific time frame. The post Fifth Circuit Strikes Down “Geofence” Warrants – Conflict With Fourth Circuit appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Gmail’s new AI search now sorts emails by relevance instead of chronological order

March 20, 2025

Google is rolling out a new Gmail update that is designed to help you find the email you’re looking for more quickly. The company announced on Thursday that it will now use AI to consider factors like recency, most-clicked emails, and frequent contacts when surfacing emails based on your search query. Up until now, Gmail…

How a $6M bet on Wiz turned into a massive 200x return for one early backer

March 19, 2025

Wiz’s $32 billion all-cash acquisition by Google parent Alphabet promises a colossal payday for the cybersecurity startup’s early-stage investors. The deal is a big win for Sequoia, one of the best-known VC firms, which stands to make $3 billion, about 25x the money it invested in the company, Bloomberg reported. Despite substantial returns for Sequoia’s…

A key DeepMind robotics researcher left Google and Nvidia has already backed his stealth startup

March 19, 2025

Google now lets kids use Google Wallet for in-store payments in select countries

March 19, 2025

Google announced on Wednesday that kids with Android phones can now tap to pay at stores using Google Wallet in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Spain, and Poland. Parents and guardians in these countries can now allow their children to access digital payments on their Android devices with supervision. Kids can also use Google…

Google Acquires Startup Wiz for $32B to Make ‘Cybersecurity More Accessible And Simpler’

March 18, 2025

Google’s agreement to buy cloud security startup Wiz will face antitrust scrutiny amid Alphabet’s ongoing legal battles.

Here’s why Google pitched its $32B Wiz acquisition as ‘multicloud’

March 18, 2025

Tuesday’s big news that Google is acquiring security startup Wiz for a record-breaking $32 billion comes with a very big qualifier. Google says it will position Wiz as a “multicloud” offering, meaning Wiz will not be a Google-only shop. The reality is that Google had no choice but to do this, and a closer look…

Malicious Android ‘Vapor’ apps on Google Play installed 60 million times

March 18, 2025

Over 300 malicious Android applications downloaded 60 million items from Google Play acted as adware or attempted to steal credentials and credit card information. […]

Google brings a ‘canvas’ feature to Gemini, plus Audio Overview

March 18, 2025

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and Google seems to agree. On Tuesday, the company added a feature to its AI-powered Gemini chatbot that the company is calling Canvas. Similar in concept to OpenAI’s identically-named Canvas tool for ChatGPT and Anthropic’s Artifacts, Canvas provides Gemini users with an interactive space where they…

Google acquires Wiz for $32 billion

March 18, 2025

Google announced Tuesday it will acquire cloud security firm Wiz for $32 billion. The move pairs Google — among the world’s largest cloud service providers — with one of the most promising cloud security startups. The purchase comes less than a year after Wiz rejected a previous $23 billion bid from Google, with executives saying…

Google Agrees to Acquire Wiz in $30B Deal

March 18, 2025

Google today revealed it has acquired Wiz, a provider of a cloud-native application protection platform (CNAPP) for $32 billion cash after initially being rebuffed last year. The post Google Agrees to Acquire Wiz in $30B Deal appeared first on Security Boulevard.

Google plans to release new ‘open’ AI models for drug discovery

March 18, 2025

During a health-focused event in New York on Tuesday, Google announced that it’s developing a collection of “open” AI models for drug discovery called TxGemma. The AI models, which Google said will be released through its Health AI Developer Foundations program later this month, can understand both “regular text” and the structures of different “therapeutic…

Google launches new healthcare-related features for Search, Android

March 18, 2025

Google on Tuesday announced new products and features aimed at healthcare use cases, including improved overviews in Google Search for health queries, medical records APIs, and new health-focused “open” AI models. In Search, Google says it’s using AI and ranking systems to expand “knowledge panel” answers on thousands of health-related topics, and adding support for…

Google is buying Wiz for $32B to beef up in cloud security, sources say

March 18, 2025

Google is making the biggest acquisition in its history. The company’s parent company Alphabet is acquiring Wiz, the cloud security startup, for $32 billion, our sources say. The deal will still need regulatory and other approvals before closing. From what we can see, Google and Wiz have yet to confirm anything official. Other outlets are…

Google, Speedinvest back Kenya’s Leta, which uses AI to make logistics cheaper

March 18, 2025

African businesses pay up to four times the global average to transport goods. Nairobi-based logistics SaaS provider Leta wants to change that. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Google revives talks to acquire Wiz at higher valuation

March 17, 2025

Google’s parent company Alphabet is again in advanced talks to acquire cloud cybersecurity startup Wiz, a person familiar with the deal told TechCrunch. The two companies were close to securing a deal at a $23 billion valuation last summer, but the transaction failed to materialize. This time, the price being discussed is higher, the person…

iPhone-Android: A Major Privacy Upgrade is Coming Soon

March 17, 2025

This breakthrough will finally allow secure, encrypted messaging between different mobile platforms.

A Google-backed weapon to battle wildfires made it into orbit

March 17, 2025

People are using Google’s new AI model to remove watermarks from images

March 17, 2025

Users on social media have discovered a controversial use case for Google’s new Gemini AI model: removing watermarks from images, including from images published by Getty Images and other well-known stock media outfits. Last week, Google expanded access to its Gemini 2.0 Flash model’s image generation feature, which lets the model natively generate and edit…

Google and Muon Space launch a new satellite to battle wildfires

March 17, 2025

Google adds its HD voice model Chirp 3 to its Vertex AI platform

March 17, 2025

A lot of the focus in generative AI up to now has been on text-based interfaces used to generate text, images and more. The next wave appears to be voice, and it’s rolling in fast. In the latest development, Google today announced that it would be adding Chirp 3 — its HD voice interface —…

Google beefs up its UK AI business with Agentspace data residency and more

March 17, 2025

Google is doubling down on building out its AI business in the U.K., and on Monday morning in London, the CEO of Google DeepMind Demis Hassabis and Google Cloud CEO Thomas Kurian appeared alongside customers BT and WPP to spell out some of its plans. The company said it will be expanding UK data residency…

Borked Chromecasts are beginning to receive their update – just hope you didn’t do a factory reset

March 17, 2025

The news can’t have come too soon for the many Chromecast users who have found themselves unable to stream their favourite TV shows, movies, and other media. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

People are using Google’s new AI model to remove watermarks from images

March 16, 2025

Google is replacing Google Assistant with Gemini

March 14, 2025

Google will replace Google Assistant on Android phones with Gemini later this year, the company announced on Friday. Google said in a blog post that it’ll upgrade more users from Google Assistant to Gemini “over the coming months.” Later this year, Assistant will no longer be accessible on most mobile devices or available from app…

iPhone and Android users will soon be able to send encrypted RCS messages to each other

March 14, 2025

Text messages sent between iPhones and Android devices will soon benefit from end-to-end encryption (E2EE), after the GSM Association (GSMA) yesterday published new specifications for the Rich Communication Services (RCS) protocol that include support for cross-platform E2EE. RCS is a long-standing effort to enable SMS-style cross-platform communications with richer features, such as group messaging, typing…

Android is adding Auracast support, which allows hearing aids to connect to public audio broadcasts

March 13, 2025

Google announced on Thursday that Android phones will soon support Auracast, a new Bluetooth technology that uses a phone to enable a direct connection from hearing aids to audio broadcasts in noisy environments. With Auracast, compatible hearing aids and earbuds can receive direct audio streams, such as a PA system at a train station or…

Chromecast chaos – 2nd gen devices go belly-up as Google struggles to fix certificate issue

March 13, 2025

Has your old Chromecast suddenly developed a problem? You’re not alone it seems. Read more in my article on the Hot for Security blog.

Google wants Gemini to get to know you better

March 13, 2025

In the AI chatbot wars, Google thinks the key to retaining users is serving up content they can’t get elsewhere, like answers shaped by their internet habits. On Thursday, the company announced Gemini with personalization, a new “experimental capability” for its Gemini chatbot apps that lets Gemini draw on other Google apps and services to…

Google introduces new developer tools and titles for games on mobile and PC

March 13, 2025

Google announced new features around PC and mobile gaming today ahead of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), including new titles, control customization, and developer tools for making mobile games available on PC. The company first introduced Play Games for PC in 2022 in the beta phase. Over time, it has introduced the program to various…

Google DeepMind unveils new AI models for controlling robots

March 12, 2025

Google DeepMind, Google’s AI research lab, on Wednesday announced new AI models called Gemini Robotics designed to enable real-world machines to interact with objects, navigate environments, and more. DeepMind published a series of demo videos showing robots equipped with Gemini Robotics folding paper, putting a pair of glasses into a case, and other tasks in…

UK competition probe of mobile browsers finds Apple-Google duopoly is ‘anti-innovation’

March 12, 2025

A U.K. competition authority investigation of Apple and Google’s mobile browsers has concluded that the mobile duopoly’s policies are “holding back innovation” and could also be limiting economic growth. “Mobile browsers are apps which provide the primary gateway for consumers to access the web on their mobile devices, and hence for businesses to reach them…

New North Korean Android spyware slips onto Google Play

March 12, 2025

A new Android spyware named ‘KoSpy’ is linked to North Korean threat actors who have infiltrated Google Play and third-party app store APKPure through at least five malicious apps. […]

Lithium-ion batteries are remaking Google’s data centers

March 12, 2025

North Korean government hackers snuck spyware on Android app store

March 12, 2025

Google has given Anthropic more funding than previously known, show new filings

March 11, 2025

Anthropic, a San Francisco startup often cast as an independent player in the AI race, has deeper ties to Google than previously known. Court documents recently obtained by The New York Times reveal that Google owns a 14% stake in the company and is set to pour another $750 million into it this year through…

Gmail gains an ‘Add to calendar’ button, powered by Gemini

March 10, 2025

A nifty new Gmail capability powered by Google’s Gemini AI has arrived for Google Workspace customers. Starting Monday, users can add events to a Google Calendar directly from an email. Gemini will automatically detect calendar-related content in an email and present an “Add to calendar” button. After clicking the button, the side panel in Gmail…

The Buddy System: Why Google is Finally Killing SMS Authentication

March 10, 2025

Like the Buddy System in The Simpsons, SMS authentication was only foolproof if everything went right. But when both “buddies” could be compromised at the same time, the entire system was doomed to fail. The post The Buddy System: Why Google is Finally Killing SMS Authentication appeared first on Security Boulevard.

New DOJ proposal still calls for Google to divest Chrome, but allows for AI investments

March 8, 2025

The US Department of Justice is still calling for Google to sell its web browser Chrome, according to a Friday court filing. The DOJ first proposed that Google should sell Chrome last year, under then-President Joe Biden, but it seems to be sticking with that plan under the second Trump administration. The department is, however,…

Google scrubs mentions of ‘diversity’ and ‘equity’ from responsible AI team webpage

March 8, 2025

Google has quietly updated the webpage for its Responsible AI and Human Centered Technology (RAI-HCT) team, the team charged with conducting research into AI safety, fairness, and explainability, to scrub mentions of “diversity” and “equity.” A previous version of the page used language such as “marginalized communities,” “diverse,” “underrepresented groups,” and “equity” to describe the…

Google debuts a new Gemini-based text embedding model

March 7, 2025

Google on Friday added a new, experimental “embedding” model for text, Gemini Embedding, to its Gemini developer API. Embedding models translate text inputs like words and phrases into numerical representations, known as embeddings, that capture the semantic meaning of the text. Embeddings are used in a range of applications, such as document retrieval and classification,…

Google adds a Gemini panel to Calendar to help you manage your schedule

March 7, 2025

Google is testing a new AI-powered Gemini side panel within Google Calendar that lets users quickly and conversationally check their schedule, create an event, and look up event details. The feature is available as part of the tech giant’s early access testing program, Google Workspace Labs. You can access Gemini by clicking the “Ask Gemini”…

Malicious Chrome extensions can spoof password managers in new attack

March 6, 2025

A newly devised “polymorphic” attack allows malicious Chrome extensions to morph into browser extensions, including password managers, crypto wallets, and banking apps, to steal sensitive information. […]

Google Search’s new ‘AI Mode’ lets users ask complex, multi-part questions

March 5, 2025

Google is launching a new “AI Mode” experimental feature in Search that looks to take on popular services like Perplexity AI and OpenAI’s ChatGPT Search. The tech giant announced on Wednesday that the new mode is designed to allow users to ask complex, multi-part questions and follow-ups to dig deeper on a topic directly within…

BadBox malware disrupted on 500K infected Android devices

March 5, 2025

The BadBox Android malware botnet has been disrupted again by removing 24 malicious apps from Google Play and sinkholing communications for half a million infected devices. […]

Growth at all costs is destroying the internet. PR maven Ed Zitron says that’s an opportunity for startups

March 5, 2025

If you spend any amount of time online, you probably noticed that your user experience keeps getting worse. Websites are waterlogged with autoplay ads, pop-ups, and tracking scripts. Customer service chatbots are useless, despite the promises of generative AI. Social media algorithms boost rage-bait to keep you scrolling and engaged. Dating apps hide all the…

Google’s Shopping tab has a new AI tool that takes your fashion idea and suggests similar clothing

March 5, 2025

On Wednesday, Google announced the launch of a new AI image feature for its Shopping tab, designed to help users find clothing items they envision by allowing them to search using their own words. The company is also expanding its AR beauty and virtual try-on tools. The new feature, “Vision Match,” is now available in…

Google Cuts Off uBlock Origin on Chrome as Firefox Stands Firm on Ad Blockers

March 4, 2025

The problem started with Manifest V3, Chrome’s new extension specification, which is supposed to improve privacy.

Google still limits how Gemini answers political questions

March 4, 2025

While several of Google’s rivals, including OpenAI, have tweaked their AI chatbots to discuss politically sensitive subjects in recent months, Google appears to be embracing a more conservative approach. When asked to answer certain political questions, Google’s AI-powered chatbot, Gemini, often says it “can’t help with responses on elections and political figures right now,” TechCrunch’s…

Google’s March Pixel Drop has AI-powered scam detection and live location sharing with friends

March 4, 2025

Google announced new software updates for the Pixel phones as part of its so-called Pixel Drop program for March. Pixel Watches and all Android devices are also receiving some new features. The most notable parts of the update include using AI to detect scams in messages and calls, better categorization in the screenshot app, menstrual…

Google expands Android AI scam detection to more Pixel devices

March 4, 2025

Google has announced an increased rollout of new AI-powered scam detection features on Android to help protect users from increasingly sophisticated phone and text social engineering scams. […]

You can now talk to Google Gemini from your iPhone’s lock screen

March 3, 2025

Google Gemini users can now access the AI chatbot directly from the iPhone’s lock screen, thanks to an update released on Monday first spotted by 9to5Google. Users can now call up Gemini Live, Google’s relatively real time voice feature for its AI chatbot, before they unlock their phone by adding a Gemini widget to their…

Android security update contains 2 actively exploited vulnerabilities

March 3, 2025

Google addressed 43 vulnerabilities affecting Android devices in its March security update, including a pair of software defects reportedly under active exploitation. Google said the two vulnerabilities — CVE-2024-43093 and CVE-2024-50302 — “may be under limited, targeted exploitation.” The most severe of the flaws under active exploitation, CVE-2024-43093, carries a CVSS score of 7.8 and…

Google Play update makes it easier to find Android apps with widgets

March 3, 2025

Google announced Monday a series of changes to its widgets system on Android that will make it easier for app developers to reach their users. Widgets, which offer at-a-glance views of an app’s most important information — like the day’s weather or upcoming meetings on your calendar — are a key aspect of Android home…

Google releases SpeciesNet, an AI model designed to identify wildlife

March 3, 2025

Google has open-sourced an AI model, SpeciesNet, designed to identify animal species by analyzing photos from camera traps. Researchers around the world use camera traps — digital cameras connected to infrared sensors — to study wildlife populations. But while these traps can provide valuable insights, they generate massive volumes of data that take days to…

Google upgrades Colab with an AI agent tool

March 3, 2025

Google Colab has integrated Google Labs’ Data Science Agent to help data scientists and ML engineers quickly clean their data and get insights on the datasets they upload. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Google’s Gemini now lets you ask questions using videos and what’s on your screen

March 3, 2025

Google is adding new features to its AI assistant, Gemini, that let users ask it questions using video and content on the screen in real time. At the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2025 in Barcelona, the company showed off a new “Screenshare” feature, which lets users share what’s on their phone’s screen with Gemini and…

Sergey Brin says RTO is key to Google winning the AGI race

February 28, 2025

Google co-founder Sergey Brin sent a memo to employees this week urging them to return to the office “at least every weekday” in order to help the company win the AGI race, The New York Times reports. Brin told employees that working 60 hours a week is a “sweet spot” for productivity. While Brin’s memo…

Researchers uncover unknown Android flaws used to hack into a student’s phone

February 28, 2025

Amnesty International said that Google fixed previously unknown flaws in Android that allowed authorities to unlock phones using forensic tools. On Friday, Amnesty International published a report detailing a chain of three zero-day vulnerabilities developed by phone-unlocking company Cellebrite, which its researchers found after investigating the hack of a student protester’s phone in Serbia. The…

Google Sheets gets a Gemini-powered upgrade to analyze data faster and create visuals

February 28, 2025

Google is giving Sheets a Gemini-powered upgrade that is designed to help users analyze data faster and turn spreadsheets into charts using AI. With this update, users can access Gemini’s capabilities to generate insights from their data, such as correlations, trends, outliers, and more. Users now can also generate advanced visualizations, like heatmaps, that they…

Serbian police used Cellebrite zero-day hack to unlock Android phones

February 28, 2025

Serbian authorities have reportedly used an Android zero-day exploit chain developed by Cellebrite to unlock the device of a student activist in the country and attempt to install spyware. […]

Here’s what Google is (and isn’t) planning with SMS account verification

February 27, 2025

Google is gradually phasing out SMS-based verification as part of its two-step verification (2SV) process across its suite of services, signaling a significant shift in how the tech giant approaches user authentication and security. The change, which will affect Gmail and all other Google services where users sign in with their Google accounts, marks a…

Google Gemini: Everything you need to know about the generative AI models

February 26, 2025

Pixel Watch 3 is getting ‘Loss of Pulse Detection’ in the US in March

February 26, 2025

Google announced on Wednesday that it has received FDA clearance for the Pixel Watch 3’s “Loss of Pulse Detection” feature and will be launching it in the U.S. at the end of March. The feature can detect when a user’s heart stops beating due to an event like primary cardiac arrest, respiratory or circulatory failure,…

Google makes it easier to delete personal info from Search results

February 26, 2025

Google announced on Wednesday that it’s updating its “Results about you” tool to make it easier for users to protect and remove their personal information from Search results. The company says it’s improved the sign-up process and simplified requesting removals directly from Google Search. The tool can be used to proactively monitor and delete things…

Lock screen platform Glance launches AI-powered shopping experience, gets fresh backing from Google

February 26, 2025

Lock screen platform Glance announced today that it is launching a new generative AI-based shopping experience. It will suggest different outfits on a user’s personalized avatar. The company is partnering with Google to use the company’s Gemini models and Vertex AI to deploy the experience. Separately, the company also got fresh backing from Google —…

Chegg sues Google over AI search summaries

February 24, 2025

Edtech company Chegg has sued Google claiming that the tech giant’s AI summaries of search results have hurt Chegg’s traffic and revenue. In the suit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, Chegg accuses Google of unfair competition — specifically reciprocal dealing, monopoly maintenance, and unjust enrichment. Google, Chegg claims, forces…

Google Drive users can now access and search transcripts for videos

February 24, 2025

After launching automatically generated captions for videos last year, Google Drive is now launching searchable video transcripts. Google announced that starting Monday, Drive users can now view and search transcripts for their videos. The new feature gets rid of the need to upload a video’s audio to a transcription service like Otter. Transcripts will appear…

Google’s new AI video model Veo 2 will cost 50 cents per second

February 23, 2025

Google has quietly revealed the pricing of Veo 2, the video-generating AI model that it unveiled in December. According to the company’s pricing page, using Veo 2 will cost 50 cents per second of video, which adds up to $30 per minute or $1,800 per hour. Google DeepMind researcher Jon Barron contrasted this pricing with…

Google Cloud introduces quantum-safe digital signatures in KMS

February 23, 2025

Google Cloud has introduced quantum-safe digital signatures to its Cloud Key Management Service (Cloud KMS), making them available in preview. […]

Google Chrome disables uBlock Origin for some in Manifest v3 rollout

February 21, 2025

Google continues its rollout of gradually disabling uBlock Origin and other Manifest V2-based extensions in the Chrome web browser as part of its efforts to push users to Manifest V3-based extensions. […]

Google Announces Quantum-Safe Digital Signatures in Cloud KMS, Takes “Post-Quantum Computing Risks Seriously”

February 21, 2025

This news about Google Cloud Key Management Service is part of the tech giant’s post-quantum computing strategy.

SpyLend Android malware downloaded 100,000 times from Google Play

February 21, 2025

An Android malware app called SpyLend has been downloaded over 100,000 times from Google Play, where it masqueraded as a financial tool but became a predatory loan app for those in India. […]

Google’s ‘Career Dreamer’ uses AI to help you explore job possibilities

February 19, 2025

Google is launching a new experiment that uses AI to help people explore more career possibilities. The company announced on Wednesday that a new “Career Dreamer” tool can find patterns between your experiences, educational background, skills, and interests to connect you with careers that might be a good fit. With Career Dreamer, you can use…

Google pulls Gemini from main search app on iOS

February 19, 2025

Google is pulling its AI assistant Gemini from the main Google app for iOS devices. The move is meant to encourage users to download the standalone Gemini app instead, which would allow Google to more directly compete with other consumer-facing AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Claude, or Perplexity. However, the change could also risk reducing Gemini’s…

Google brings a ‘Circle to Search’-like feature to iPhone users

February 19, 2025

Google on Wednesday is rolling out a new update that lets users search what’s on their screen via a simple gesture when browsing within the Google Chrome or Google Search app on iOS. The feature is similar to Android’s built-in “Circle to Search” feature which also lets users search what’s on their screen using a…

Darktrace: 96% of Phishing Attacks in 2024 Exploited Trusted Domains Including SharePoint & Zoom Docs

February 19, 2025

The cyber security firm reported in its latest annual report that their researchers found more than 30.4 million phishing emails last year.

How Phished Data Turns into Apple & Google Wallets

February 18, 2025

Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers. Happily, the broad deployment of more secure chip-based payment cards in the United States has weakened the carding market. But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new…

Google Chrome’s AI-powered security feature rolls out to everyone

February 16, 2025

Google Chrome has updated the existing “Enhanced protection” feature with AI to offer “real-time” protection against dangerous websites, downloads and extensions. […]

YouTube TV reaches new deal to keep Paramount content

February 16, 2025

After warnings that Paramount content was about to disappear from Google’s pay TV service YouTube TV, the companies announced late Saturday that the’d reached a deal that averting any disruption to channel availability. Those announcements didn’t include many specifics about the agreement, but a statement from a Paramount spokesperson said it includes “an expanded streaming…

Google Gemini now brings receipts to your AI chats

February 13, 2025

Google’s Gemini AI chatbot can now tailor answers based on the contents of previous conversations, the company announced in a blog post on Thursday. Gemini can summarize a previous conversation you’ve had with it, or recall info you shared in another conversation thread. This means you won’t have to repeat information you’ve already shared with…

Spyware maker caught distributing malicious Android apps for years

February 13, 2025

Italian company SIO, which sells to government customers, is behind an Android spyware campaign called Spyrtacus that spoofed popular apps like WhatsApp, per security researchers. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

Lines Between Nation-State and Cybercrime Groups Disappearing: Google

February 12, 2025

Threat researchers with Google are saying that the lines between nation-state actors and cybercrime groups are blurring, noting that gangs backed by China, Russia, and others are using financially motivated hackers and their tools while attacks by cybercriminals should be seen as national security threats. The post Lines Between Nation-State and Cybercrime Groups Disappearing: Google…

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft Patches Two Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaws

February 12, 2025

February’s report on Microsoft patches includes 56 vulnerabilities, two of which are zero-day flaws that have been exploited.

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