News in the Google category

Are Recent Google Chrome Changes Alienating Hardcore Users?

Google has made a few changes to recent Chrome versions that most users are bound to disagree with since it takes away some of their control over the browser.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 30, 2017
- 12:05 PM
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Fed up with Intermediaries, Google Becomes Root Certificate Authority

Google announced yesterday plans to become a self-standing, certified, and independent Root Certificate Authority, meaning the company would be able to issue its own TLS/SSL certificates for securing its web traffic via HTTPS, and not rely on intermediaries, as it does now.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 27, 2017
- 12:05 PM
- 0
Chrome Plans to Limit the Activity of Background Tabs to Improve Performance

Google Chrome engineers are working on a throttling system that would impose a limitation on the number of JavaScript (timers) operations that unfocused background tabs can perform.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 26, 2017
- 08:16 AM
- 0
Google Chrome 56 Rolls out with HTML5 by Default, Sticky Elements, and the Web Bluetooth Api

Chrome 56 is being rolled out to Windows, Linux, and Mac users and should be available to everyone over the next few days. Along with 56 security updates, this new version comes with quite a few goodies such as HTML5 by default, support for the Sticky position attribute, and the Web Bluetooth API.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 25, 2017
- 10:51 PM
- 0
Gmail will Block JS Attachments for Security Reasons Starting February 13

To increase security for its users, starting on February 13th Google will begin block JS attachments in Gmail. Though this move This move definitely brings greater security to Gmail users, but will only cause malware distributors to switch to
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 25, 2017
- 09:00 PM
- 2
College Successfully Sues IT Admin After Losing Access to Email System

A former IT administrator for the American College of Education (ACE) in Indiana was ordered to pay damages of $248,350 after a court found him responsible after the institution lost access to its email system.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 22, 2017
- 06:30 AM
- 0
Internet Archive Launches Chrome Extension That Replaces 404 Pages With Archived Copies

The Internet Archive has launched on Friday a Chrome extension that will detect "Page not found" and other web errors and replace them with a copy from its Wayback Machine, if available. The extension is already available on the Chrome Web Store.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 15, 2017
- 08:30 AM
- 0
Two Aggresive Campaigns Detected Pushing Google Ads to Unsuspecting Users

Over the past weeks, security researchers from Sucuri and Malwarebytes have discovered two campaigns that abuse hacked and fake websites to push Google ads and trick users into clicking these advertisments, for the crooks profits.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 11, 2017
- 07:26 AM
- 2
Google Patches Security Holes in Android Bootloader for Nexus Devices

Google's automated over-the-air (OTA) update system has plugged a "high-risk" vulnerability that affected the Android bootloader on Nexus smartphones.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 06, 2017
- 06:10 PM
- 0
Google Bans AdNauseam from Chrome, the Ad Blocker That Clicks on All Ads

Google has banned the AdNauseam Chrome extension from the Chrome Web Store, an add-on that became very popular with users because it automatically clicked on all ads on a page.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 06, 2017
- 07:05 AM
- 6
Google and Samsung Release Touchscreen-Enabled Chromebook That Runs Android Apps

Today at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017, held in Las Vegas, USA, Google together with Samsung will be unveiling the next line of Chromebook laptops that also double as a tablet thanks to its new touchscreen and built-in support for running Android apps.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 05, 2017
- 09:00 AM
- 1
Google Fixes User Tracking Issue in Pixel Smartphones

Google engineers have addressed a serious user privacy bug that affected only versions of the Android operating system installed on the company's latest line of Pixel smartphones.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- January 01, 2017
- 05:35 AM
- 0
Google Releases Tool to Help Developers Find Crypto Bugs

Google released this week a new tool called Project Wycheproof, which is a set of automated tests developers can run on their code and identify weaknesses or problems in the sections that deal with cryptography operations.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 21, 2016
- 06:51 PM
- 3
Google Employee Sues Company Over "Internal Spying Program"

A man who worked at Google as a product manager in its Nest division is now suing the company over what he and his lawyer describe as an internal "spying program."
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 21, 2016
- 01:50 PM
- 5
Google Spins Off Its Self-Driving Cars Division Into New Company Called Waymo

Google has made important changes to its corporate structure today, when it spun off its self-driving cars unit as a separate company called Waymo, which will now be part of the Alphabet group, a parent company that manages a multitude of other Google-based ventures, such as Calico, DeepMind, Nest Labs, and more.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 13, 2016
- 03:00 PM
- 0
Chrome 56 to Show Warnings on HTTP Pages with Payment and Password Forms

Google Chrome 56, currently in Beta stage, will show a distinctive and visible warning text when users navigate to pages hosted on HTTP that contain sensitive form elements such as fields for password or credit card data input.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 09, 2016
- 04:30 PM
- 2
Google Shrinks Android App Update Size by 65%

Google engineers have found a way to shrink the size of Android app updates once again, revealing that a new technology they've recently started deploying has allowed them to cut down the size of app update packages with 65% on average when compared to the original app APK file.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 07, 2016
- 05:00 AM
- 0
Google Preparing "Invisible ReCAPTCHA" System for No User Interaction

The service helped reduce the time needed to fill in forms, and maintained the same high-level of spam detection we've become accustomed from the reCAPTCHA service.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 05, 2016
- 10:55 AM
- 0
Chrome 55 Now Blocks Flash, Uses HTML5 by Default

Chrome 55, released earlier this week, now blocks all Adobe Flash content by default, according to a plan set in motion by Google engineers earlier this year.
- Catalin Cimpanu
- December 03, 2016
- 10:43 AM
- 5
Google Chrome 55.0.2883.75 fixes 36 Security Updates with 70K in Bounties

Version 55.0.2883.75 of Google Chrome was released today, which fixes 26 reported vulnerabilities and others discovered internally by Google. Unfortunately, at this time the severity of these vulnerabilities are not known, but based on the bounty rewards, at least 5 of them could be remote execution or XSS vulnerabilities.
- Lawrence Abrams
- December 01, 2016
- 09:28 PM
- 0