MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA. - Google removed roughly 60 apps that contained hidden pornographic malware from its Play Store after a security research company found the code. Many of the games were aimed at kids. Researchers at Check Point Software Technologies reported the malware on Friday. Dubbed AdultSwine, the malware displayed pornographic images that looked like ads but
WASHINGTON DC - Facebook, Google and Twitter came to Capitol Hill to argue they're ready to fight back against the scourge of fake news and the Russian misinformation campaign that influenced the 2016 US presidential election. The senators were left unimpressed. "You showed a lack of resources, commitment and a lack of genuine effort," said Sen.
SAN FRANCISCO - It's been more than two years since Nest entered a new product category, but the smart home company is now coming off the sidelines. On Wednesday, Nest, which is owned by Google's parent Alphabet, showed off two new devices during a press event in San Francisco. The first is an internet-connected doorbell called Nest Hello, which has a
SAN JOSE, Ca. - Chip maker Intel announced last week that is has partnered with Google spin-out Waymo since 2009. Intel has been supplying Xeon processors, Arria field programmable gate arrays - for machine vision - and gigabit ethernet solutions - to let all the various components talk to each other. "With three million miles
DETROIT – Comcast and Google on Tuesday announced the nationwide launch of YouTube on Xfinity X1, giving viewers quick, easy access to YouTube’s vast online video collection alongside the live, on demand, DVR and other web programming that is already included with their Xfinity TV subscription. YouTube content will be accessible via the X1 voice
ANN ARBOR — ForeSee, the Ann Arbor-based customer satisfaction analysis provider, announced the latest release of its ForeSee CX Suite product. The company said the release includes five enhancements: * Store and Location Leaderboard – increased visibility across locations, ability to instantly identify top and bottom stores and compare performance at various levels of the
NEW YORK - A judge asked federal prosecutors to investigate Uber Technologies Inc. and one of its engineers for potential theft of trade secrets from Google, heightening the stakes of a legal battle between Uber and Google parent Alphabet Inc. over driverless-car technology. U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco referred the case to
MOUNTAIN VIEW - Google shut down a massive phishing scam that targeted users of its Google Docs service. You know, basically everyone. The sophisticated phishing scam spread across the web on Wednesday afternoon, tricking people into giving up access to their Google accounts. Some people, like Reddit user JakeSteam, said the scam is so sophisticated
DETROIT - Registration has opened for Detroit Startup Week, scheduled for May 22-26, this year in partnership with Detroit Entrepreneur Week. Startup businesses of every type and stage are invited to more than 100 completely free events that are designed to support startup growth and build a stronger business ecosystem in Detroit. “In true Detroit
BIRMINGHAM - Global cyber crime costs could reach $2 trillion by 2019. That’s up 3X from 2015 (which was only a paltry $500 billion by comparison). Then President Obama even urged citizens to use safeguards like two-factor authentication. Google is among the most proactive. Recently, they’ve strong-armed webmasters into adding SSL certificates (or HTTPS). In the past, up to 70% of
