Google expands its privacy tools, including to alert users when their personal info appears in Search and to remove consensual explicit images from Search
how to use it Timi Cantisano / XDA Developers : Google Search update brings revamped UI, personal info removal tool enhancements, and more Imad Khan / CNET : Google Makes It Easier to Track and Remove...
Google says its multi-service outage on Monday was caused by updates to its account authentication system which resulted in a system usage reporting error
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Google says a planned server update gone awry caused Nest cameras to go down for over 16 hours
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Apple accuses Google's Project Zero of stoking fear by creating a “false impression of mass exploitation”, says the sophisticated attack was narrowly focused
And They're Wrong PYMNTS.com : Apple, Google At Odds On iPhone Security Flaws Tied To Attacks Michael Tsai : Apple Responds to Project Zero Abner Li / 9to5Google : Google stands by iOS vulnerability r...
Apple accuses Google's Project Zero of stoking fear by creating a “false impression of mass exploitation”, says the sophisticated attack was narrowly focused
And They're Wrong Michael Tsai : Apple Responds to Project Zero Firstpost Tech : Apple hits back at Google, accusing it of creating a ‘false impression’ of ‘mass exploitation’ around iPhone exploits A...
Google open-sources its robots.txt parser and submits a proposal to IETF to make the Robots Exclusion Protocol an official standard
Code Issues 1 Pull requests 12 Projects Security Insights Google Webmaster Central Blog : A note on unsupported rules in robots.txt Roland Moore-Colyer / Inquirer : Google open sources robots.txt to c...
Study: adding a recovery phone number to a Google Account can stop up to 100% of bot hijacking attempts, 96% of bulk phishing attacks, 76% of targeted attacks
Should You Provide It? Richard Lawler / Engadget : Google stats show how much a recovery number prevents phishing Patrick Howell O'Neill / Gizmodo : Here's the Best Way to Protect Your Accounts From H...
Recap of Pichai's testimony before Congress, where he said Google had 100+ people working on a Chinese search engine but has no plans to launch it “right now”
does it? Washington Post : Google CEO Pichai says in Post interview the company is still figuring out China and hate speech … Ina Fried / Axios : Google's Pichai on antitrust: There's more internation...
A look at competition for a DoD cloud contract worth potentially $10B over 10 years; sources say some inside Google likely will object to participation
Baseball Cards Are a More Sensible Investment Than Bitcoin Marlize van Romburgh / Silicon Valley Business Journal : After employee outcry over Pentagon deal, Google execs say they're drafting ‘ethical...
Google allows users to report offensive autocomplete suggestions and Featured Snippets, will show more authoritative content for obscure and infrequent queries
I was, frankly, amazed when I saw this tweet: Tech2 : Facebook and Google announce new plans to tackle the problem of fake news Gizmodo India : Google wants your help to tackle fake news Barry Schwart...