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Forget this year’s punchy headlines pitching Tim Cook against Mark Zuckerberg—it’s arguably now Google as much as Facebook that’s in Apple’s sights. This has serious implications for 1-billion-plus iPhone users as the fight for your data and your loyalty has suddenly intensified. This is the context behind recent updates from Apple and Google. And this is why it’s time to start deleting apps—including Google Maps. While Google continues to play privacy catch-up with Apple,… Source link

Google dominates the browser market with Chrome—most of you will be users. But Chrome is now crossing into new, uncharted territory, with new tracking technology that has been described as “creepy” and a “significant risk” to users. And so, if you are one of those 2.65 billion users, it looks like now is the time to quit. Chrome has been under fire for its new tracking technology for some time, but now we have a more detailed technical analysis of the very serious risks to… Source link

It was a stunner when 35-year-old LaMarcus Aldridge announced his retirement in April after a 15-year career. He’d been playing great basketball and was part of a Brooklyn Nets team that was destined to make waves in the playoffs.  With all that in his favor, it wasn’t a decision he reached lightly. Aldridge played his entire career with Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, a heart condition that can cause a rapid or irregular heartbeat. He’d had it under control for years, but as he told The… Source link

Google has just flipped the password privacy switch for billions of users SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images May has been quite the month as far as surprise Google security announcements are concerned. On World Password Day, May 6, Google’s user security director, Mark Risher, told me that the company had suddenly started rolling out two-factor authentication (2FA) automatic enrollment to users. The official confirmation appeared in a Google safety and security blog post… Source link

Little did he know what would happen next. Screenshot by ZDNet Over the last few weeks, I’ve been unreasonably fascinated by Google’s Pixel phones. more Technically Incorrect It isn’t so much the phones themselves, though I know that many who have them find them delightful. Or,… Source link

Google’s Pixel lineup amounts to five generations of What If… But now things look set to change, radically.  Google’s radical new Pixel 6 Pro Jon Prosser MORE FROM FORBESNew iOS 14.5.1 Update Slashing iPhone 12, iPhone 11 PerformanceBy Gordon Kelly Following revelations that the new Pixels will debut Google’s own GS101 ‘Whitechapel’ chipset, a stunning new exclusive from prominent leaker Jon Prosser has confirmed the exteriors of the new phones are just as… Source link

If you’re among the millions of iPhone users relying on Google Maps, then an alarming new update this week will serve as a serious warning that it could be time to quit the app. But, before you hit delete, there’s a little-known catch you need to understand. New Google Maps warning for millions of iPhone users NurPhoto via Getty Images While Facebook has endured the media flak, with early admissions that its data collection is out of step with competitors, Google has been… Source link

If you’re among the billions of people using Chrome, then Google’s stark new data harvesting disclosures should come as a nasty surprise. Worse, a new Chrome revelation, one that hasn’t yet made headlines but which is detailed below, should serve as an even more serious warning. Here’s what you need to do now. It’s time to ditch Chrome—here’s why. Getty Images Google is under fire this week, after the surprising amount of your data harvested by… Source link

Josh Frydenberg, who as federal treasurer would have enormous discretion over the new legislation, has media ties of his own. In 2016, he was the best man at the wedding of Ryan Stokes, the son of Kerry Stokes, the billionaire owner of Seven West Media, one of the companies that have reached a deal with Google. In short, it’s no surprise that the Australian government sees America’s tech companies, which have done themselves no favors by trying to sidestep local taxes, as less worthy of… Source link

As Huawei waits to see whether Donald Trump’s departure will signal a change of fortune for its embattled smartphone business, it has launched a new strike against its Android partners, praising Apple’s iPhone as “the world’s best” 5G phone and talking up the quality of its technology for iPhone 12 users. Apple and Huawei 5G VCG via Getty Images Before its brutal dismantling by Trump’s blacklist, Huawei had built an Android powerhouse,… Source link