Google Cloud integrates Kaggle with BigQuery
Google has announced that it will integrate its BigQuery cloud data warehouse and analytics service with Kaggle. Kaggle is an online community for data scientists and other interested parties in machine learning to analyze and share their work.
By combining BigQuery with Kaggle - which Google acqui... Read more
Google invests one billion euros in Dutch data centers
Google has announced that it will invest a billion euros in the data centres in the Netherlands, according to the Financieele Dagblad. The internet giant is not only going to expand its data centre in Eemshaven, but is also building a new data centre in the province of Noord-Holland.
Google announc... Read more
Waymo investigates with Renault and Nissan launch autonomous car services
Waymo, a subsidiary of Alphabet and sister company of Google, has started a partnership with Renault and Nissan to explore the launch of autonomous mobility services in the international market. The three companies will focus specifically on France and Japan, where Renault and Nissan have their head... Read more
Chrome now protects users from phishing websites
As of today, the current version of Chrome includes basic protection against phishing attacks. You don't have to turn anything on: Google automatically activates it for everyone. It also launches an extension where people can report malicious urls to Google.
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Bypassing fake crypto-currency apps two-step authentication on Android.
ESET researchers have found apps that impersonate the Turkish BtcTurk crypto exchange, but in reality use new techniques to bypass SMS-based two-step verification (2FA). This also circumvents Google's recent SMS authorisation restrictions.
In March this year, Google decided to restrict the use of SM... Read more
Chrome 76 beta completely blocks Flash and hides incognito from payment walls
Google is currently working on Chrome 76 and has just made a beta available. After the great announcement of Dark Mode in Chrome 73 and 74, 75 contained few new features. Chrome 76 promises important novelties for publishers who use a payment wall.
As of Chrome beta 76, websites can no longer detec... Read more
Two-factor authentication on iOS now possible with Android phone
Logging into Google apps secured with two-step authentication is now also possible on iOS devices with the help of an Android phone. The functionality comes both to private users and to G Suite.
In May, Google already launched the option of using an Android phone as a security key for two-factor aut... Read more
Google Cloud takes over for 2.6 billion U.S. dollars Looker
Google has announced to take over business intelligence platform Looker for 2.6 billion U.S. dollars (2.3 billion euros). Looker's services must be added to the Internet giant's Cloud platform. The acquisition is intended to close the gap with the solutions of competitors AWS and Microsoft Azure.
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Android-backdoor entered firmware via supply chain
In 2017, the news sounded that criminals had managed to install an advanced backdoor on certain Android devices, even before they had left the factories. Now, almost two years later, this is also confirmed by Google itself.
The backdoor in question is Triada, a malware that was uncovered by Kaspersk... Read more
Google warns U.S. of possible security risks due to ban Huawei’.
Google is alerting the United States to the risks to national security that may result from the ban on Huawei. That's three people who are briefed on the conversations with the Financial Times. Huawei has been on a blacklist since May, which means that it is not allowed to buy American-made products... Read more