Google releases several updates for its Search engine
Google announced several improvements to its core search engine, focusing on the deployment of AI to help users. With these improvements, the search engine will better answer questions with specific answers or those with very broad scopes.
The company also announced a new algorithm that will han... Read more
France and Netherlands asked the EU Authority to regulate tech giants
France and the Netherlands yesterday called for a European Union authority to step in and introduce stricter regulations for large tech companies like Facebook and Google. The two companies, especially, are so dominant that they have effectively become the internet's default gatekeeper.
France a... Read more
Atlassian adds new machine learning features in Jira and Confluence
Atlassian announced on Wednesday that it has taken its collaboration and productivity software to the next level. The changes will reflect in both Jira and Confluence to push the company’s efforts of integrating machine learning a step ahead.
Atlassian used ML to build intelligent and predicti... Read more
Zoom’s end-to-end encryption will roll out in 4 phases
Zoom will start rolling out end-to-end encryption next week. The company plans to begin with a technical preview to get feedback from users in the first 30 days. After that, it will follow phase 1 with three more stages before fully launching.
The announcement was made on Wednesday as part... Read more
The pandemic led to a surge in DDoS and Password Login attacks
In May and June, businesses may have caught a break, but cyberattacks are still becoming increasingly common. It is a well-documented fact that cyber-attacks against businesses and consumers have dramatically increased due to the pandemic.
F5 labs recently revealed more about the methods and t... Read more
The Google Analytics update brings ML to reveal useful customer data
Brands want more and better information about their target markets. Just this week, Twilio bought the customer data startup Segment for a reported $3.2 billion. Google is no different than any other company in the same space.
Yesterday, it announced a slew of updates to Google Analytics to help ... Read more
Palo Alto Networks adds new cloud security modules to Prisma Cloud
This week, Palo Alto Networks said that it is adding four new cloud security modules to Prisma Cloud, its multi-cloud security offering, which helps developers block vulnerabilities during app development and deployment.
Prisma Cloud is a new player in the market, combining several technologies ... Read more
Microsoft plans to make AI more inclusive of people with disabilities
In a new initiative, Microsoft is launching a new series of AI systems that will make AI more accessible to people with disabilities. The project wants to address what it’s calling a ‘data desert’ that has left machine learning algorithms without adequate, relevant data that can be effective ... Read more
Microsoft helms campaign to disrupt TrickBot, the infamous botnet
Microsoft claimed that it disrupted the infamous botnet named TrickBot, in partnership with other companies. The evidence shows that only part of the botnet was affected by the takedown. TrickBot first appeared back in 2016 and is believed to be in more than 1 million machines.
It was used to ge... Read more
Android Studio 4.1 brings better TensorFlow Lite support
Google launched Android Studio's 4.1 version. As is the norm for Android Studio, the small uptick in version number does not quite capture the update's scope. Included in the new version are improved features geared toward making developers have an easy time working.
The team fixed over 2,370 bu... Read more