Antitrust regulators from the EU have fined Google a record $5 billion dollars for its use of “Android as a vehicle to cement the dominance of its search engine.” While the fine would hardly dent the $102.9 billion in cash reserves held by Google’s parent company Alphabet Inc., Google must Via...
“Google’s decision to withdraw from some Pentagon business following an internal revolt is creating a moral hazard for itself and its employees, former Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said.” At the Defense One Tech Summit this week, Work argued that the company should also consider the abili...
“Google has promised not to use AI for weapons, following protests over its partnership with the US military. A decision to provide machine-learning tools to analyse drone footage caused some employees to resign. Google told employees last week it would not renew its contract with the US Departmen...
Although Google has declined comment on the matter, Google’s decision to remove itself from Pentagon A.I. partnership comes after a widely circulated petition at the company and several resignations protesting the use of Google technology for warfare. The technology in question was that of Google...
In one of my favorite movies of all time, a brilliant mathematician creates a device capable of breaking the encryption used for air traffic control, global banking, and other critical applications. His company Setec Astronomy (an anagram for Too Many Secrets) has created such a powerful secret brea...
Bob Gourley The CTOvision Mobile application provides intuitive, interactive access to our content and easy ways to find and share the information you and your network need to know on enterprise tech. The upgrade is available for for iPhone, iPad andAndroid users. The application focuses on content...
Amy Medeiros Google Fiber seemingly started as an experiment – but it’s become clear it’s not going anywhere. Move over, Comcast and Time Warner. Google’s here to stay. It’s really no secret that the two biggest ISPs in the United States aren’t exactly well-liked by their customers. ...
If you use Google Chrome, you could be subject to eavesdropping by Google. Similar to what Samsung’s TVs are doing, the Chromium browser listens to conversations in the vicinity of your laptop, PC, or tablet, and transmits it back to Google. Ostensibly, this is part of the “Google No...