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Samsung, Google and Qualcomm are making a mixed reality platform • TechCrunch

Samsung, Google and Qualcomm are making a mixed reality platform • TechCrunch

Samsung, Google and Qualcomm are joining hands to make a mixed-reality platform. Executives from the companies, namely Samsung’s TM Roh, Qualcomm’s Cristiano Amon, and Google’s Hiroshi Lockheimer came on stage at the Samsung Galaxy Unpacked event to make this announcement. These companies only announced the partnership — they had no future device or hardware product to show. “We are working to create a new era of highly immersive digital experiences that… Source link

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Google Fi hack victim had Coinbase, 2FA app hijacked by hackers • TechCrunch

Google Fi hack victim had Coinbase, 2FA app hijacked by hackers • TechCrunch

On January 1, a technologist who goes by the nickname regexer received an email saying he had successfully reset his account at the crypto exchange Coinbase. Unfortunately — and worryingly — he had actually not requested a password reset. Regexer, who asked to be referred to by his online moniker for fear of being targeted by hackers again, quickly realized he was being hacked, and his attempts to log into his Coinbase to regain control were unsuccessful. Soon after, he noticed he… Source link

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Google to ban unlicensed loan apps in Kenya as new rules take effect • TechCrunch

Google to ban unlicensed loan apps in Kenya as new rules take effect • TechCrunch

Google’s new policy requiring digital lenders in Kenya to submit proof of license to operate in the East African country takes effect today. The policy aims to clamp down on rogue loan apps, which are pervasive in the country. This means that only providers with licenses from the country’s pinnacle bank, the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK), will be listed on Play Store, Google’s digital distribution service. Digital lenders whose applications are yet to get a… Source link

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Google Fi says hackers accessed customers’ information • TechCrunch

Google Fi says hackers accessed customers’ information • TechCrunch

Google’s cell network provider Google Fi has confirmed a data breach, likely related to the recent security incident at T-Mobile, which allowed hackers to steal millions of customers’ information. In an email sent to customers on Monday, obtained by TechCrunch, Google said that the primary network provider for Google Fi recently informed the company that there had been suspicious activity relating to a third party support system containing a “limited… Source link

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Google created an AI that can generate music from text descriptions, but won’t release it • TechCrunch

Google created an AI that can generate music from text descriptions, but won’t release it • TechCrunch

An impressive new AI system from Google can generate music in any genre given a text description. But the company, fearing the risks, has no immediate plans to release it. Called MusicLM, Google’s certainly isn’t the first generative AI system for song. There have been other attempts, including Riffusion, an AI that composes music by visualizing it, as well as Dance Diffusion, Google’s own AudioML and OpenAI’s Jukebox. But owing to technical limitations and limited training… Source link

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Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator, severely impacted by Alphabet mass layoffs • TechCrunch

Area 120, Google’s in-house incubator, severely impacted by Alphabet mass layoffs • TechCrunch

Area 120, the Google in-house incubator responsible for products such as Checks, Tables, Stack and ThreadBite, has been significantly affected by broader layoffs at Google parent company Alphabet. A spokesperson tells TechCrunch via email that the majority of the Area 120 team has been “winded down,” and that only three projects from the division will graduate later this year into core Google product areas. The spokesperson wouldn’t say which specific… Source link

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Epic and Match’s antitrust case against Google heads to jury trial on November 6 • TechCrunch

Epic and Match’s antitrust case against Google heads to jury trial on November 6 • TechCrunch

A date has been set for a trial by jury in a significant antitrust case against Google involving its alleged abuses of power in the Android app market. Fortnite maker Epic Games and dating app giant Match Group, joined by over three dozen state Attorneys General, have accused Google of unfairly leveraging its market dominance and harming competition through its Google Play Store terms and practices. In particular, the plaintiffs take issue with the commissions Google requires on app… Source link

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India’s top court rejects Google plea to block Android antitrust ruling in major blow • TechCrunch

India’s top court rejects Google plea to block Android antitrust ruling in major blow • TechCrunch

Google has been dealt a significant blow in one of its key overseas markets. India’s Supreme Court on Thursday declined to block an antitrust order that requires the Android-maker to make a series of changes that could topple its financial viability. India’s apex court rejected to block the ruling against Google by the nation’s antitrust watchdog Competition Commission of India. The court extended the deadline for enforcement of CCI’s order by one week,… Source link

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UK privacy watchdog silent as Google flicks off critique its Topics API fails to reform ad-tracking • TechCrunch

UK privacy watchdog silent as Google flicks off critique its Topics API fails to reform ad-tracking • TechCrunch

Late last week it emerged Google intends to ignore a call by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) — the international body that works to guide the development of web standards — to rethink the Topics API: A key ad-targeting component of Google’s so-called “Privacy Sandbox” proposal to evolve the adtech stack Chrome supports for targeted advertising. Topics refers to an ad-targeting component of the Sandbox proposal which is based on tracking web users interests via their… Source link

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