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Weeks after agreeing to settle a lawsuit that accused Google of illegally tracking browsing activity even after users activated Chrome’s incognito mode, the company has quietly updated how the browser describes its private browsing feature. The updated text, spotted by MSPowerUser, can be found in the latest Canary build of Google Chrome, version 122.0.6251.0.  Here’s the updated text (emphasis added):  “Others who use this device won’t see your activity, so you can browse more… Source link

Google announced the general availability of regionally-scoped security policies for Google Cloud Armor: Google’s premier DDoS defense and Web Application Firewall (WAF) solution. A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is a malicious assault aimed to overwhelm a targeted server, network, or device with an excessive influx of traffic, rendering it unavailable to legitimate users. The sheer volume of traffic effectively chokes the target’s resources, causing it to crash or… Source link

Next month, Google will enforce stricter rules for businesses and groups that send large volumes of email to Gmail accounts. Initially announced in October, these new policies are intended to reduce spam and make email more secure. New Standards For Bulk Email Any entity that sends more than 5,000 emails per day to Gmail addresses must now follow specific guidelines. First, bulk email senders must authenticate their messages using protocols like SPF, DKIM, or DMARC. This validates that the… Source link

According to the latest CoinMarketCap report, Flare was a top gainer on Jan. 15 in response to Google Cloud’s contributor announcement. As stated on CoinMarketCap’s top gainers, Flare (FLR), operating as an EVM-based layer 1, experienced a 20.8% price surge to $0.0212 in the last day, with a 24-hour trading volume of $38.9 million. Top crypto gainers today |Source: CoinMarketCap The surge is said to come alongside an announcement of Google Cloud into the blockchain arena,… Source link

The cloud division of tech giant Google (GOOGL) has joined the Flare blockchain as a validator and infrastructure provider. Google Cloud is one of 100 organizations adopting this combined role, both securing the network as a validator and contributing to the Flare Time Series Oracle (FTSO), according to an announcement shared with CoinDesk on Monday. Flare, which calls itself “the blockchain for data,” gives developers access to decentralized data via its Oracle system. In blockchain… Source link

Google is introducing a handy new dropdown menu for sharing documents in some of its most popular apps. The new menu aims to streamline the sharing process in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, and Drawings. The change means saying goodbye to the full-screen sharing popup. Instead, users will be able to access sharing options through a simple dropdown menu. This should allow for quicker and easier sharing without interrupting workflow. The new sharing menu can be accessed by clicking the arrow next… Source link

FILE – The Google logo is displayed at their offices, Nov. 1, 2018, in London. In a letter, Wednesday, Aug. 23, 2023, children’s advocacy groups including Fairplay and Common Sense Media asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, saying the tech giant serves personalized ads to kids on YouTube despite federal law prohibiting the practice. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File) (NewsNation) — In a move towards sustainability, Google endorsed the proposed Oregon Source link

“Thank you, our corporate overlords, for our new annual tradition.” If you had taken a peek last week at Memegen, Google’s irreverent internal meme board for employees, you’d have seen that quote with thousands of upvotes. Even during a particularly nasty week of tech layoffs, Google led the way by suddenly cutting over 1,000 people with barely any explanation. Since 12,000 people were axed a year ago, smaller layoffs have continued to roll through the sprawling conglomerate at a… Source link

On Wednesday, Google announced big leadership changes that will inevitably see Fitbit move closer to the parent company. One way that’s already manifesting is with a new Fitbit Help Center that’s hosted on Google’s existing support infrastructure. Fitbit Help articles are now found and hosted on support.google.com/fitbit after previously being located at help.fitbit.com. The content remains the same, while the native dark theme is a particular upside.

Google doesn’t like me. That’s the only assumption I can make when it consistently finds ways to make my life more difficult. Google+, Inbox, Pixelbook, these are dead Google products that I love, but at least I could find alternatives for them easily enough. The same can’t be said for driving apps. Google has messed with its driving apps for the worse twice now, and it looks like it’s about to happen again. What came before Google’s first solution to create a driving… Source link