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Cookie stealing kits represent yet another cookie headache
In the never-ending game of whack-a-mole between cybersecurity teams and malicious actors, cookie hijacking is a trending threat. As teams get smarter about using secure passwords and multi-factor authentication, hackers are using cookies to gain unauthorized access to sessions and accounts.
As ... Read more
Microsoft: ‘Only Google can compete in the AI race alone’
According to Microsoft, its partnership with OpenAI is necessary to provide Google with any competition. Speaking to the European Commission (EC), the tech giant argues that Google is the only company that can be at the forefront of AI without outside help.
Microsoft has been asked to explain it... Read more
Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla launch speed test for browsers
Speedometer, a benchmarking tool browsers, has been updated to version 3.0. Remarkably, the companies behind the four most-used browsers are joining forces for the new release.
The first version of Speedometer dates back to 2014 and was developed by Apple's WebKit team. Version 2.0 subsequently ... Read more
Big Tech tries to make developers and users pay for DMA costs
At midnight, gatekeepers should be in place for the Digital Markets Act (DMA). It already turns out the legislation is not yet perfect, or at least not being implemented perfectly. Big Tech is cunningly trying to get out from under the rules. What goes wrong?
The DMA already proofs it is not a s... Read more
Google: new code increasingly written in ‘memory safe’ languages like Rust
Google expects to increasingly use 'memory safe' programming languages like Rust for its code. In widely used -and now decades old- languages like C and C++, bugs caused by errors in memory management are commonplace. However, these languages are so ubiquitous that it makes more sense to transition... Read more
Google makes changes for businesses and developers to comply with DMA
Google outlines the changes it is making to comply with the Digital Markets Act. Due to the changes, businesses generate less web traffic on their pages, while developers can offer alternative payment systems to app users.
Google, as "gatekeeper," must comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA).... Read more
‘Claude 3 is better than GPT-4 and Gemini’: OpenAI has more and more competitors
Anthropic is throwing a new version of Claude into the fray against OpenAI's GPT-4. Claude 3 outperforms GPT-4, according to testing by the company. That makes Claude 3 the second LLM to outperform GPT-4. Google already beat the model with Gemini Ultra, but Anthropic says Claude 3 also outperforms ... Read more
Google accused of abuse of power by 32 major media companies
Dozens of European media companies claim Google has deprived them of 2.1 billion in ad revenue. The tech company is accused of abuse of power.
The group of media companies comes from 13 different European countries. Axel Springer, publisher of Politico, is also part of this collective. "Without ... Read more
Google pays publishers for featuring AI-generated articles
Google is said to pay publishers $10,000 a month to feature articles created with an unknown AI tool from the company.
Google, Adweek writes, is said to have recently reached an agreement with a number of independent publishers. This will give these publishers access to an as-yet-unknown AI tool... Read more
Google quickly brings back image generator Gemini after criticism
In the next few weeks, Google's AI tool that generates images of people will be available for use again. Google withdrew the feature just last week because of inaccuracies in the generated images.
The image generator appeared this month in the AI assistant Gemini. The tool allows users to issue ... Read more