Qualcomm announced that it was developing an ultrasonic fingerprint technology that allows manufacturers to integrate a fingerprint sensor directly into the display of a phone. Under-display fingerprint scanning won’t be ready until early 2019, but Chinese manufacturer Vivo showed off the tech in action on a prototype unit of the Xplay6 at Mobile World Congress…
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Google Got Fined $2.7 Billion For Skewing Searches To Advertisers
Google lost its biggest regulatory battle yet, getting a record 2.4 billion-euro ($2.7 billion) fine from European Union enforcers who say the search-engine giant skewed results in its favor to thwart smaller shopping search services. Alphabet Inc.’s Google has 90 days to “stop its illegal conduct” and give equal treatment to rival price-comparison services, according…
Google’s AI Created These Stunning Professional Photos from Street View
Can machines be trained to create photos that most people would think were shot by a professional human photographer? That’s what Google is trying to figure out with a machine learning research project. Whether or not a photo is “beautiful” is a highly subjection question, and Google wanted to see how machines can be taught…
The Best Google Tools, Products And Services You Should Try Now
This blog will introduce the top of Google services you might not know. Google Think Insights Home to an abundance of resources, Google Think Insights is a useful tool for entrepreneurs and industry professionals. There are case studies, new findings and tips on how to grow your business, as well as showcases of exemplary projects….
Google Announces Youtube VR180 and VR Cameras
For all the wild hype around virtual reality (VR) right now, it still isn’t widely used by ordinary people. The headsets are expensive, the tech is daunting, and there isn’t really much must-see content on it that might drive adoption. Google is trying to solve this — by cutting it in half. On Thursday, Google…
Google’s New Tool Helps You Find A Job
Google wants to help you Search for a job. It may have seemed like one of the more boring Google I/O announcements last month, but Google’s new job listing feature may become a useful tool for both end users looking for a new job and companies that post want ads. Google is essentially making Search…
Google And Facebook Fall For $100 MILLION Phishing Scam
Google and Facebook were phished for over $100m, it has been reported, proving not even the biggest technology companies in the world are immune from the increasingly sophisticated attacks of online scammers. Last month it was reported that two major tech companies were tricked by a Lithuanian man into sending him over $100m (£77m). Evaldas…
Apple Siri Speaker, A Home Assistant Like The Amazon Echo
After first appearing on phones, voice assistants entered the home in a big way with the Amazon Echo, a speaker that was equipped with Amazon’s Alexa voice assistant. While Apple has had a voice assistant, Siri, on its phones for some time now, it has so far been left behind when it comes to smart…
Google’s Top-Secret Data Center
If you’re looking for the beating heart of the digital age — a physical location where the scope, grandeur, and geekiness of the kingdom of bits become manifest—you could do a lot worse than Lenoir, North Carolina. This rural city of 18,000 was once rife with furniture factories. Now it’s the home of a Google…
Cloudbleed Is the Latest Internet Problem and It Gets Worse
Huge security disasters like Cloudbleed are never fun. However, as more information about the newly reported vulnerability becomes available, we can understand how dangerous bugs stand to screw up the internet. Luckily, in the case of Cloudbleed, it’s not as bad as it could have been. But it’s not good, either. Cloudbleed, if you hadn’t…
Google Will Start Anti-ISIS Ads in America
Not all weapons have a trigger, but that doesn’t make them any less effective. No, we’re not talking about bombs, but rather about Google’s new strategy to use its highly targeted advertising system in the battle against the Islamic State (IS), Anti-ISIS Ads. Anthony House, the senior manager for public policy and communications at Google,…
Google Wants To Fight Internet TROLLS With It’s New AI
It’s being used to fight ISIS, and now, an app developed by a subsidiary of Google is tackling another kind of vitriol — Internet TROLLS. Jigsaw, an organization that once existed as Google’s think tank, has now taken on a new life of its own and has been tasked with using technology to address a…