Google will end its free unlimited Photos storage on June 1, 2021, imposing a 15GB cap, but photos and documents uploaded before then will not count against cap
but Pixel owners get an exemption Babu Mohan / Android Central : Google's future Pixel phones won't offer unlimited Google Photos backups Mehreen Kasana / Input : Google Photos won't be free and unlim...
Five Eyes governments as well as India and Japan make a new call for backdoors into products that are end-to-end encrypted
A number of experts have pointed to the information … Manik Berry / Fossbytes : Five Eyes, India, And Japan Want ‘Backdoor’ To End-To-End Encryption Phil Muncaster / infosecurity-magazine.com : Five E...
TikTok sues the Trump administration in federal court, arguing Trump's EO deprived it of due process
Today we are filing a complaint in federal court challenging … Hollie McKay / Fox News : Microsoft's ‘tight’ ties to China under scrutiny ahead of potential TikTok purchase Sabri Ben-Achour / Marketpl...
Facebook, Telegram, Google, and Twitter say they have suspended requests for user data from Hong Kong police, following a new national security law by China
Apple is committed to being transparent … Kim Lyons / The Verge : Google, Facebook, and Twitter halt government data requests after new Hong Kong security law Tom Grundy / Hong Kong Free Press HKFP : ...
In its first revenue disclosure for Google's cloud division, Alphabet says it generated $2.61B Q4 revenue and $8.92B in fiscal 2019, up from $5.84B YoY
here's how it compares to Amazon and Microsoft Colm Gorey / Silicon Republic : Alphabet finally reveals how much YouTube earns in ad revenue Tweets: Ryan Browne / @ryan_browne_ : Wonder what YouTube c...
MalwareBytes: an Android phone offered free by Assurance Wireless as part of the US Lifeline Assistance program comes pre-installed with Chinese malware
With help from John Hendel and Eric Geller Paul Wagenseil / Tom's Guide : ‘Obamaphones’ come preloaded with malware Catalin Cimpanu / ZDNet : Unremovable malware found preinstalled on low-end smartpho...
SpaceX submits paperwork for 30K more Starlink low-earth-orbit satellites, on top of the 12K already approved by the FCC
there isn't ‘a cop up there’ Ron Mendoza / International Business Times : Space Startup CEO Slams Elon Musk: ‘You Need Regulation’; Wants To Beat SpaceX Mariella Moon / Yahoo Finance : SpaceX is reque...
Cerebras Systems unveils the world's biggest semiconductor chip that is the size of a large mousepad, with 400K cores, 1.2T transistors, and 18GB of SRAM memory
In the late 1970s, I sat down with technologist … Colm Gorey / Silicon Republic : World's largest semiconductor with 1.2trn transistors could supercharge AI Andy Hock / Cerebras : Introducing Cerebras...
In European Parliament, Zuckerberg was barraged with questions on Facebook's power and conduct, but the format let him cherry-pick the ones he wanted to answer
WELCOME to Connected Rights … YouTube : Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg Discusses Data Privacy With European Parliament President | … Rebecca Hill / The Register : Zuckerberg gets a night off: Much-hyped...
Facebook hired a digital forensics firm to conduct an audit of Cambridge Analytica, but their team had to step down at the request of the UK ICO
and maybe the platform Chris Ciaccia / Fox News : Silence from Zuckerberg, Sandberg on Facebook scandal like putting ‘gasoline on the fire’ Jonathan Garber / Business Insider : Facebook is sliding on ...