But are these really the results you want? How do we know if they are trusted sources? How do we know how these content providers are financed? Are they ad-supported, have a political bias, or provide authoritative information as the original information providers or sources of genuine expertise? If you’re using one of the major search engines such as Google or Bing, you won’t be provided with that information. Neeva, a new search engine being developed by ex-Google executive Sridhar Ramaswamy – who once ran the company’s $115B advertising business – wants to return context and control of the search engine experience back to the end-user....

Google’s Compute Optimized VMs offer the highest consistent performance per core to support real-time application performance. They’re ideal for most performance-intensive workloads. The new AMD-powered C2D instances provide the largest VM sizes within the Compute Optimized VM family. They’re best-suited for memory-bound workloads like high-performance databases, gaming, and high-performance computing (HPC) workloads, such as electronic design automation (EDA) and computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The new instances are configurable with up to 112 vCPUs (56 cores), 896 GB of memory, and 3 TB of Local SSD....

Apple supports iPhones for years. Take iOS 15, which is due out later this year. This update will run on hardware going back all the way to 2015. That’s impressive. But it seems that Google could be planning something similar for its new Pixel 6. Must read: The best browser to replace Google Chrome on Windows, Mac, iPhone, and Android For me, the most interesting bit of Jon Prosser’s Pixel 6 exclusive wasn’t the 50MP camera, the 12GB of RAM, or the 5000mAh battery, but the mention of 5 years of software updates....

According to Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG) researchers Benoit Sevens and Clement Lecigne, as well as Project Zero, a distinct government and enterprise-grade iOS and Android spyware variant is now in active circulation. Victims have been located in Italy and Kazakhstan. The spyware, dubbed Hermit, is modular surveillanceware. After analyzing 16 out of 25 known modules, Lookout cybersecurity researchers said the malware will try to root devices and has features including: recording audio, redirecting or making phone calls, stealing swathes of information such as SMS messages, call logs, contact lists, photos, and exfiltrating GPS location data....

After canceling the major event in 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Google made the conference virtual in 2021. This year, there will be a limited in-person audience at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California, primarily comprised of Googlers and some partners. Content this year will be provided on demand and in different languages, with some translated content such as captioned videos available shortly after the event. The event gives developers a chance to network, talk to Google experts and get a first look at Google’s latest developer products....

The new bounty, announced this week, looks to harden the Linux kernel in specific edge cases. It’s offering up to $31,337 (Leet) to security researchers who can exploit privilege escalation in Google’s lab environment with a patched vulnerability; and $50,337 for anyone who can finds a previously undisclosed or zero-day flaw, or for discovering a new exploit technique. “We are constantly investing in the security of the Linux Kernel because much of the internet, and Google – from the devices in our pockets, to the services running on Kubernetes in the cloud – depend on the security of it,” said Eduardo Vela from the Google Bug Hunters Team....

Perhaps it’s fitting, then, that Gerrit Kazmaier, until recently the data and analytics-focused Executive Vice President at SAP, is Google Cloud’s newly minted Vice President & General Manager, Databases, Analytics & Looker. SAP is an enterprise software company if ever there were one. And whether there’s a causal phenomenon at play, or if it’s just coincidentally apropos, Kazmaier briefed ZDNet on a number of new capabilities, being announced today at Google’s Cloud Next ‘21 digital event, that are bringing enterprise software-style “turnkey” operation to Google Cloud’s data platform....

In 2021, Google originally committed, to ending third-party cookie support within the Chrome browser in 2022. The commitment came two years after Google began working on its “privacy sandbox” for Chrome. The efforts were slow and met some setbacks along the way. In a blog post Wednesday, Google’s Privacy Sandbox VP Anthony Chavez said the company has taken a “deliberate approach to transitioning from third-party cookies.” SEE: Best Windows laptop 2022: Top notebooks compared He added, “The most consistent feedback we’ve received is the need more time to evaluate and test the new Privacy Sandbox technologies before deprecating third-party cookies in Chrome....

Google listed all 11 of the fixes as well as the researchers who discovered them and the bounties handed out. But the two that caused the most stir were CVE-2021-30632 and CVE-2021-30633. “Google is aware that exploits for CVE-2021-30632 and CVE-2021-30633 exist in the wild,” Google explained. The two vulnerabilities were the only ones that were listed as being submitted anonymously on September 8. Google added that CVE-2021-30632 related to an “out of bounds write in V8”, and CVE-2021-30633 concerned a “use after free in Indexed DB API....

Google first announced Android 12L in October, emphasizing that the update would focus on devices with larger screens, like foldable phones and tablets. To experience the primary changes found in Android 12L you’ll need a compatible tablet or you can set up the Android emulator via Android Studio. In other words, if you’re planning on testing the Android 12L Beta on your Pixel phone, you can sign up for it, or if you’re still enrolled in the Android beta program you’ll automatically get the update....

If ’time crystal’ sounds pretty sci-fi that’s because they are. Time crystals are no less than a new “phase of matter”, as researchers put it, which has been theorized for some years now as a new state that could potentially join the ranks of solids, liquids, gases, crystals and so on. The paper remains in pre-print and still requires peer review. Time crystals are also hard to find. But Google’s scientists now rather excitingly say that their results establish a “scalable approach” to study time crystals on current quantum processors....

The investment will comprise $700 million to acquire a 1.28% stake in Airtel and up to $300 million towards potential multi-year commercial agreements to bolster the telco’s digital offerings. One of the first commercial agreements, according to the telco, will see the pair work together to build on Airtel’s range of Android-enabled consumer devices, and remove barriers of owning a smartphone by working with various device manufacturers. Both companies will also explore the possibility of co-creating India-specific network domain use cases for 5G and other standards....

(A screenshot from an HP ad) The prospect of another recession lowered profitability and even, gasp, an uncertain future fills tech leaders with a peculiar horror. How can the future be uncertain when tech companies have always been used to creating it? It was bracing, then, that Google CEO Sundar Pichai muttered heresies the other day. He demanded, of all things, more productivity from his staff. He spouted heinous concepts....

If you don’t know what comprises synthetic data, you have plenty of company. Synthetic data is information that’s artificially manufactured by machines rather than generated by real-world events. Synthetic data is created algorithmically and is used as a stand-in for test datasets of production or operational data to validate mathematical models and, increasingly, to train machine-learning (ML) models. This substitutional data helps preserve privacy in personal information and can save IT systems a great deal of time, trouble, and money in the process....

Ransomware gang Groove leaked half a million login credentials belonging to users of Fortinet’s VPN solution on a newly launched hacking forum, named Ramp. The hackers likely scraped the names and passwords from compromised devices. Who’s Groove? Groove is a new ransomware gang that became more active in August this year. Like other gangs, they implement a double extortion ransomware model: first, they encrypt files, then they threaten to expose exfiltrated data....

Hackers Compromise FBI Email Server On November 13, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) became aware of a security incident compromising one of their email servers. An unknown perpetrator managed to hijack the server and send out tens of thousands of fake emails. Researchers at the Spamhaus Project, an international nonprofit organization that tracks spam and related cyber threats, detected two waves of spam emails, one shortly before 5 am UTC and another shortly after 7 am UTC....

And even those who don’t actively hate the changes Microsoft made in the Windows user interface still have plenty to complain about. This isn’t a new phenomenon, of course. Every new version of Windows brings out its share of negative reactions from people who wonder why Microsoft felt it necessary to change things up for no obvious reason. Windows 11, however, seems to have kicked that reaction up to, uh … 11, especially with the decision to remove some features that power users took for granted....

Dr. Nayyar is a leader in the all-fronts fight for better well-being, helping bridge the divide between clinical medicine, business, and digital health. As Chief Medical Officer at Salesforce, she ensures that data flows seamlessly throughout the healthcare system, empowering clinicians with the insights they need to deliver the high-quality care every patient deserves. As a rheumatologist and a preceptor for the University of Miami Mitchell Wolfson Sr. Department of Community Service (DOCS) program, Dr....

Unfortunately, Hola is still one of the many VPNs that just doesn’t make the cut and doesn’t reliably unlock Netflix’s content libraries. If you’ve tried using it with the streaming platform you’ve likely already seen their annoying message: So, if you’re looking for a VPN that’d work with Netflix, there are a few premium providers that offer a much better service with the platform. Currently, my preferred choice is ExpressVPN....

To get a better feel for each individual provider, I set up the most basic account possible and performed a series of tests. In this article, we’re going to dive into Hostinger’s offerings. Hostinger at a glance Shared hosting starting at $0.99 per month. VPS hosting starting at $3.95 per month.Cloud hosting starting at $9.99 per month. Because there’s such variability among plans and offerings among hosting providers, it’s hard to get a good comparison....