Leaked Google Pixel 4 photos show orange color variant
Google’s annual Pixel unveiling is likely around a month away, but we’re starting to hear and see a lot more about the upcoming Pixel 4. A potential leak from Weibo (spotted by Android Central) suggests that the Pixel 4 may come in a new bright orange color this year. Rumored images appear to show the …
Facebook and Google antitrust investigations: all you need to know | Technology
Attorneys general in a number of US states are opening antitrust investigations into Facebook, New York’s attorney general, Letitia James, announced on Friday. A separate inquiry into Google is expected to be announced Monday. The new investigations mark yet another blow to the major tech players, which have faced increasing scrutiny from the government – …
Tile teams up with Google to bring its lost item finding technology to Google Assistant – TechCrunch
As rumors about Apple’s plans to launch a Tile competitor swirl, Tile today announced it’s teaming up with Google to make it easier for users to locate their lost items using their Android devices and Google Assistant. For the uninitiated, Tile is a small hardware accessory that you can attach to items like keys, purses, …
States to Launch Google, Facebook Antitrust Probes
WASHINGTON—State attorneys general are formally launching separate antitrust probes into Facebook Inc. and Alphabet Inc.’s Google unit starting next week, according to people familiar with the matter, putting added pressure on tech giants already under federal scrutiny. The Google probe is expected to be announced at a news conference outside the U.S. Supreme Court on …
Regulators Fine Google $170 Million for Violating Children’s Privacy on YouTube
The agreement split the F.T.C. down partisan lines, with the agency’s three Republican commissioners voting to approve the settlement and the two Democratic commissioners dissenting. In a statement, two of the Republican commissioners, Joseph J. Simons, the agency’s chairman, and Christine S. Wilson, said that the settlement “achieves a significant victory for the millions of …
Android 10 released: everything you need to know about Google’s update | Technology
Google has released its big new update to Android 10, and for the first time it is available for more than just a couple of Google-made smartphones. Announced in May, Android Q – known as Android 10 – ditches the pudding-based names that have been used for versions of Google’s software for the past 10 …
The iPhone-Hacking Sites Google Found Apparently Went After Android and Windows Users Too
Photo: Jenny Kane (AP) Those hackers Google’s researchers sussed out earlier this week apparently went after more than just iPhone users. Microsoft’s operating system along with Google’s own were also targeted, according to Forbes, in what some reports are calling a possibly state-backed effort to spy on the Uighur ethnic group in China. Google’s Threat …
The drama surrounding Google and Huawei’s new phone – explained | Technology
Huawei, the number two smartphone maker in the world, will launch its next flagship device without licensed access to the number one smartphone operating system in the world – Google’s Android – or any of Google’s ubiquitous apps. The 5G-capable Mate 30 will be revealed at a 19 September event in Munich, Germany, CNBC reported …
Google Warns iPhone Users of Data-Stealing Malware Attacks
Five privilege escalation exploit chains actively used to compromise iOS devices by unknown attackers have been discovered in the wild by Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) and Project Zero teams earlier this year. The threat actors used compromised websites to run watering hole attacks targeting users of iPhone devices running almost all versions between iOS 10 …
Google reveals major iPhone security flaws that let websites hack phones
Security researchers working in Google’s Project Zero team say they have discovered a number of hacked websites which used previously undisclosed security flaws to indiscriminately attack any iPhone that visited them. Motherboard reports that the attack could be one of the largest ever conducted against iPhone users. If a user visited one of the malicious …
