Items tagged with NASDAQ:GOOG
Google has finally rolled out a feature that gives users the ability to easily change usernames. This feature initially became available to a subset of users last year, but it’s now available to most users with a Google account.
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A great benefit of cloud storage is the ability to automatically store backup data off-site, but ransomware can be a serious problem to that approach, since if it too is synced off-site, the entire cloud backup may be useless. Google...
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Driving season is beginning to kick into gear in the US now that it’s springtime, and an even busier summer season is right around the corner. While traveling can be fun, the stress of finding where to charge up an electric vehicle (EV)...
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Google Translate's new Gemini-powered, real-time voice translation feature is finally expanding from Android to iOS devices a well, including iPhones and iPads. The update also extends the new features to more countries and languages...
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Android 17 has reached the Platform Stability and third beta phase. Per Google, Platform Stability means that since "the API surface is locked; you can perform final compatibility testing and push your Android 17-targeted apps to the Play...
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Google has declared Android the "fastest mobile platform for web browsing," citing a series of engineering breakthroughs that have allowed flagship Android phones to leapfrog competitors in real-world speed tests. According to data...
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It’s a never-ending game of cat and mouse between attackers and software makers, with the latest salvo being fired against one of Google Chrome’s key security features. Security researchers at Gen Threat Labs have discovered that a piece...
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Android’s most diehard fans were less than pleased when Google announced plans to limit the sideloading of apps, in an effort to create a more secure platform. The backlash from power users was immediate, with the developers behind the...
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Google Gemini has been integrated into Google Maps to provide two new features: Ask Maps and Immersive Navigation. Of the two new features, Immersive Navigation will likely be the most-welcomed change, and the most radical made to...
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In a welcome move, Google is providing mainline Chrome browser support for ARM64 Linux distros. While Chrome already supports ARM64 and Linux to some degree via Android and Chromebooks, mainline ARM64 support has been limited to...
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In an unexpected move, Google announced it will be bringing some of its mobile catalog to PC. There's now a PC section in the Play Store Games tab, which will serve as "your dedicated home for (Android) games optimized to play on Windows...
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Initial CAD renders of the Google Pixel 11 Pro Fold have surfaced online, offering an early glimpse at a device that prioritizes subtle refinement over a radical hardware overhaul. In other words, unless there are drastic and meaningful...
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Google just unveiled all of the upgrades users can expect with this month’s Pixel Drop. There are a whole host of new features to look forward to, many of which are powered by Gemini AI, spread across Pixel Phones such as the recently...
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Traditional cryptographic signatures that underpin HTTPS can be broken by a sufficiently powerful quantum computer using algorithms like Shor's, threatening the trust model of secure connections. To help protect against this threat, Google...
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Google expanded YouTube Premium Lite from its limited pilot program to the United States back in March of 2025, and just under a year later, it has received two additional features that make it an effective alternative to YouTube Premium...
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Google is flexing its AI muscle in an effort to make its Android ecosystem safer and more secure. Malicious actors are constantly evolving the ways attacks are deployed, including leveraging AI themselves. Google says it was able to use...
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Cybersecurity professionals at Threat Fabric have uncovered a campaign utilizing a new piece of malicious software to target Android users. Massiv, a banking trojan, is described by the security researchers as a “new Device Takeover...
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After launching Android Quick Share functionality on its flagship Pixel 10 devices earlier this month, Google is now bringing the feature to the Pixel 9 series. Android Quick Share allowsAndroid users to send files to Apple users using...
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Official pricing is set for Google's new Pixel 10a smartphone, a midrange handset that will go up against Apple's upcoming iPhone 17e that is expected to be unveiled during an Apple Experience event on March 4. Google gets the jump on its...
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A public radio mainstay is taking on Big Tech over a voice he says sounds a little too familiar. David Greene, the longtime host of NPR's Morning Edition and current co-host of political talk show Left, Right & Center, has filed a lawsuit...
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Attention all Chrome users, Google is rolling out an emergency patch to address a high-severity zero-day security flaw in the world's most popular browser (by market share), and it's not one you want to ignore. That is because Google...
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Google Pixel users who enjoy being on the bleeding edge and participating in Google’s Android Beta program will be happy to hear that an Android 17 beta will be rolling out sooner than they anticipated. It’s only a few weeks since the release of the latest Android 16 beta, which included a new...
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