GDPR IS COMING, BUT WHAT IS IT? Coming into force on 25th May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is a regulation by which the European Parliament, the European Council and the European Commission intend to strengthen and unify data protection for individuals within the European Union (EU). It also addresses […]

Google published details of the yet-to-be-fixed bug on Monday after giving Microsoft a week to react. Google said the issue was “particularly serious because we know it is being actively exploited”. Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37833146

In a blog post, Google Fiber chief executive Craig Barratt announced he was stepping down and said development in many cities would be “paused”. Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37775602

Amazon, Google’s DeepMind, Facebook, IBM and Microsoft will work together on issues such as privacy, safety and the collaboration between people and AI. Dubbed the Partnership on Artificial Intelligence, it will include external experts. One said he hoped the group would address “legitimate concerns”. “We’ve seen a very fast development in AI over a very […]

Backing up your text messages from your Android phone to your Gmail account is so simple, there’s no reason to not back them up and make them search-friendly in the process. Read on to see how you can turn your Gmail account into an SMS vault. What You’ll Need It’s easy to lose your text messages. […]

Google’s artificial intelligence unit DeepMind is getting serious about healthcare – with ambitious plans to digitise the NHS – but first it needs to convince patients to hand over their medical records. Back in February, it began work with the Royal Free to create an app to help doctors spot patients who might be at […]

Google has just announced a big-money bug-chasing competition for Android – and this one is a contest with an interesting twist. Simply put, you do this: Choose one of Google’s official “over the air” Android 7 firmware releases for the Nexus 5X and 6P phones. Figure out a remotely exploitable sequence of bugs by which […]

How do you shame an unencrypted website? The bard might advise that your sites be foul, undigested lumps, and the developers scullions! Rampallians! Fustilarians! Then he’d likely threaten to tickle their catastrophes and their venomous toad-tainted nonencryptiousness. Google Chrome, on the other hand, plans to strip it down: starting in January 2017, the browser will […]

The latest Google Chrome browser update comes with 33 vulnerability patches, including 13 that are high-severity. It’s all thanks to community contributors and bug fighters who submitted fixes for Chrome’s bug bounty program. Many of the vulnerabilities fixed in this release were part of the browser’s engine Blink, but some of the more high-severity discoveries […]

Google has suspended work on Project Ara, its modular smartphone. The project, which the company launched in 2013. was designed to let users buy a basic phone and add different modules like a keyboard or other sensors, Google had announced during its developer conference I/O in May, its intentions to have a developer version ready […]

Anonymised CT and MRI scans from 700 former University College London Hospital radiotherapy patients will be analysed by Google’s artificial intelligence system, DeepMind. The aim is to develop an algorithm that can automatically differentiate between healthy and cancerous tissues. This “segmentation” is necessary in patients with head and neck cancers. And it is hoped the […]

Google plans to expand a ride-sharing service in San Francisco using its Waze app, setting up a potential showdown with market leaders Uber and Lyft. Waze gives traffic conditions and driving directions in real time. Since May Google has been running a pilot carpooling service, which uses Waze to connect drivers and passengers near its […]

Google has released Android 7.0, codenamed Nougat. The new version of its mobile operating system allows two apps to be run on the same screen at once, and makes it possible for devices to handle more complex 3D graphics. For now, only Nexus-branded handsets and tablets can get the update. Google says a forthcoming phone […]

Its artificial intelligence division, DeepMind, has cut Google’s data centres’ energy consumption by 15%, using a machine-learning algorithm. Data centres run the equipment that processes the data consumed by internet users, and it takes a lot of energy to keep their servers cool. Some of the newer ones are now being built in colder climates. […]

Google’s DeepMind has moved on from playing Go to more serious matters – attempting to solve some of the world’s biggest health problems. Projects include a tie-up with London Moorfields eye hospital, which will see it using one million eye scans to train its artificial intelligence system to diagnose potential sight issues, and development of […]

To say Pokémon GO is wildly popular would be a vast understatement. To say the app’s use of your Google Account is wildly insecure would also be a vast understatement. You should revoke its access to your account now. (But don’t worry, there’s a way to keep playing.) What’s the Big Deal? Pokémon GO is insanely popular. It’s […]

It is a fascinating experiment that brings together Google’s artificial intelligence division and one of the world’s leading centres for the treatment of eye conditions. But the research project that has seen Moorfields Hospital hand over retinal scans to DeepMind has already proved controversial – and, for me, it all feels rather close to home. […]

One million anonymised eye scans from Moorfields Eye Hospital will be used to train an artificial intelligence (AI) system from Google. Machine learning algorithms will scour the images for signs of diseases such as macular degeneration and diabetes-related sight loss. Moorfields is teaming up with Google’s AI division DeepMind during the scheme. Previously, DeepMind faced […]

Google is known for throwing Easter Eggs—hidden games, tricks, and other fun things—into its products. At one point or another, I’m sure you’ve seen some of these little things, whether it’s the Android version icons or one of the many hidden games in Chrome. Today, we’re going to talk about some of our favourites from Chrome, […]

Two-factor authentication is an excellent way to make sure your account is secure, but having to input a code every single time you need to log in can be a real pain. Thanks to Google’s new code-less “Prompt” authentication, however, getting access to your Google account can be a lot simpler—you just need access to […]