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FCA To Set Up Connected Vehicle Ecosystem With Harman, Google

AUBURN HILLS - Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. announced that it will use technology from Harman International Industries Inc., a Stamford, Conn.-based subsidiary of South Korea’s Samsung Electronics, and Google, to power a new “ecosystem” that will enhance the connected life of FCA vehicle owners globally. Harman manufactures connected products for automakers, consumers and enterprises, including

By |2019-05-01T16:23:11-04:00May 1st, 2019|Auto Tech, ESD|

Genomenon To Make Genomic Data Available On Google Cloud Platform

ANN ARBOR—Genomenon Inc., the Ann Arbor-based genomics research information provider, has announced a partnership with Google to make the company’s genomic mutation data available on Google Cloud platform. Genomenon’s Cited Variants Reference (CVR) data will be a public dataset available in BigQuery, Google Cloud’s big data and machine learning data warehouse, for use in genomic applications. The

By |2019-04-18T16:54:43-04:00April 18th, 2019|Life Sciences, Life Sciences/Biotech|

Google Officially Opens District Detroit Office – Awards $1 Million In Grants

DETROIT — Google this week officially opened its new office alongside Little Caesars Arena in The District Detroit and marked the occasion by awarding a $750,000 grant to SMASH Detroit and another $250,000 To the Michigan Engineering Zone at the University of Michigan’s Detroit Center. SMASH Detroit (an initiative of the Kapor Center) which works

By |2018-11-09T11:32:50-05:00November 9th, 2018|New Products / Contracts|

CAV Mapping Startup Carmera Raises $20 Million In Series B Round Provided By Google Ventures

NEW YORK - Carmera, a mapping and data analytics startup, has raised $20 million in a Series B funding led by GV, formerly known as Google Ventures. Carmera previously raised $6.5 million in an earlier round. The company announced the funding raise along with a few other updates, including a new feature on its autonomous mapping product

By |2018-08-30T17:21:15-04:00August 30th, 2018|Auto Tech, Automation Alley, News|

Google Made The Titan Key To Toughen Up Your Online Security

SAN FRANCISCO - When Google boasted that none of its 85,000-plus employees had their accounts hacked since early 2017, it was all thanks to an early version of a security key the company was testing. And now the latest version of that security key will be available for the world to use. In an exclusive hands-on,

By |2018-07-27T07:45:58-04:00July 27th, 2018|Cyber Defense|

Report: Google, Facebook Tricking Users Into Sharing Personal Information

SAN FRANCISCO - Google and Facebook are allegedly tricking European users into sharing more personal information than they know.  A consumer advocacy report by the Norwegian Consumer Council, out Wednesday, said the companies are using "dark patterns," or designs and user interfaces to trick users into unintentionally taking an action, to nudge people "toward the least privacy friendly options to a degree

By |2018-06-29T10:30:12-04:00June 29th, 2018|Cyber Defense|

Google Brings Advanced Protection’s Security Features To Apple’s Apps

MOUNTAIN VIEW - Google on Thursday announced that it's expanding its high security features to iOS apps, including Apple Mail, Contacts and Calendar. Google first rolled out the program last October, designed to protect high-risk internet users, like politicians, campaign staffers, business leaders, journalists with confidential sources and people in abusive relationships seeking safety. The protection

By |2018-05-07T20:49:59-04:00May 3rd, 2018|Connected Tech, Cyber Defense|

Google G Suite Gets Anti-Phishing Capabilities

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. -Goole on Wednesday announced security updates to Google Cloud customers' control over their security in Google apps like Gmail, Calendar, Hangouts and Drive. Google states that many of the features turn on by default and users won't have to do anything to enable the new updates. Antiphishing Google is applying machine learning

By |2018-03-22T19:23:19-04:00March 22nd, 2018|Cyber Defense|

The Eyes Of Google Are Upon You – Really

Caston Thomas, CEO and founder of InterWorks Technology in Rochester is both a standing tech expert and co host for he show but he is also an excellent commentator on security on the Web. So we took special note of his response to an article by another security expert on the degree of information that Google has about each of

By |2018-01-30T17:44:29-05:00January 30th, 2018|Internet Advisor, Podcasts|

Alphabet Parent Google Launches Machine Learning Platform To Thwart Hackers

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Ca. - Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has launched a machine learning technology called Chronicle that aims to find hackers faster than they can attack computer networks. Chronicle isn't the first to turn to machine learning to solve this problem. The company joins a crowded field of cybersecurity firms that are trying to

By |2018-01-25T16:18:02-05:00January 25th, 2018|Cyber Defense|