Google says its A.I.-powered flood prediction program, the Flood Forecasting Initiative it first rolled out in 2018, can now issue life-saving forecasts seven days in advance, up from 48 hours. “Considering the importance and harms of flooding now, with tens of thousands of fatalities a year and hundreds of millions of people affected, there has been a really major gap in the availability of reliable and actionable flood forecasting systems,” says Sella Nevo, the lead engineer on… Source link
Read More »Code analysis tool AppMap wants to become Google Maps for developers • TechCrunch
In December 2021, a vulnerability in a widely used logging library that had gone unfixed since 2013 caused a full-blown security meltdown. The 10/10-rated Log4Shell flaw in Log4j, an open source logging software that’s found practically everywhere, from online games to enterprise software and cloud data centers, claimed numerous victims from Adobe and Cloudflare to Twitter and Minecraft due to its ubiquitous presence. It was described by security experts as a “design failure of… Source link
Read More »Google rolls out tool to request removal of personal info from search results, will later add proactive alerts • TechCrunch
This spring, Google announced it would expand the types of personal information users could request to have removed from Google Search results to include contact information, like a phone number, address or email. At Google’s “Search On” event today, where the company unveiled a number of announcements related to its Search products and services, it said this feature would now be rolling out widely to users in the U.S. and would later expand to include alerts. Originally, Google
Read More »Google’s New Tool Will Let You Remove Search Results
It’s been said that once something is put on the internet, it lives there forever. Christophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty ImagesChristophe Gateau/picture alliance via Getty Images But thanks to Google‘s newest rollout, unsavory personal information that you’d rather not have out there for the masses might be able to be scrapped for good. Google has started piloting a new tool called the “remove… Source link
Read More »Yandex.Maps is the driving tool that can pick the optimal lane
The Yandex.Maps development team announced the expansion of cartographic capabilities and incorporated smart voice commands for drivers in the service. Image source: Yandex press service. The new feature is available for Yandex.Maps. It tracks the location of the car and explains to the drivers how many lane to go in at difficult interchanges. These tips help traffickers change lanes in advance and not miss their turn, especially in metropolitan areas. A miss can significantly… Source link
Read More »Three-day hackathon uncovers hundreds of bugs in Yahoo search engine tool Vespa
Live event brings together bug bounty hunters from across the globe A three-day hackathon held by Yahoo last week uncovered hundreds of security bugs in its text search engine tool Vespa. The event, held in Antwerp, Belgium by bug bounty platform Intigriti, saw 40 hackers from across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa hunt for vulnerabilities in the open source tool. There were 218 bug submissions, with payouts totalling $218,121, with the highest… Source link
Read More »Yandex Open Sources DivKit, A Tool For Accelerating The
One of Europe’s internet service providers, Yandex, has open sourced DivKit, a framework that enables you to design mobile applications more quickly and update interfaces more quickly. When the server instructs the client to use DivKit as part of the server-driven UI strategy. An application can choose what to show in the user interface and can quickly alter how it looks. The developer uploads a unique description of the UI elements to the server, and the This description is transformed… Source link
Read More »Yandex opened the DivKit tool for acceleration of mobile applications development
The company Yandex has published in the public domain DivKit is a framework that can speed up the development of mobile applications and their launch on the commercial market, as well as update their interfaces faster. Source: pixabay.com. By DivKit tool, we implement Server Driven UI, which is controlled from the server. This allows you to change your interface on the fly, without having to update the application itself. The developer defines the elements in a special format on… Source link
Read More »Hackers have a new tool that downloads Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook inboxes
Iranian state-sponsored hackers have built a new tool capable of downloading Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook inboxes, and are using it against unknown high-profile targets. This is according to a new report from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG), which managed to obtain a version of the tool and perform an analysis to see just how dangerous it is. As per the report, the tool in question is called HYPERSCAPE, and was built back in 2020 by the government-backed group known as Charming Kitten.
Read More »Google says Iranian group using tool to download Gmail, Yahoo!, Outlook inboxes
An alleged government-backed hacking group from Iran is being accused of using a novel tool to download Gmail, Yahoo!, and Microsoft Outlook inboxes. Google Threat Analysis Group’s Ajax Bash said in a blog on Tuesday that in December, the company found a tool called “Hyperscrape” being used by the hacking group Charming Kitten – which experts believe to be one of Iran’s primary cyber-espionage outfits allegedly operating under the supervision of Iran’s military intelligence… Source link
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