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Google has urged Chrome users to update as yet another emergency security fix is released. Here’s what you need to know. A little over a week ago, I warned readers that Google had issued a very rare emergency update for all 3.2 billion Chrome users. Rare because this was a security update that patched a solitary security vulnerability. As for the emergency, Google confirmed that an exploit had been seen in the wild and that means attacks were already underway. Fast forward to now and… Source link

Google Docs could soon suggest ways to improve the quality of your writing in addition to fixing straightforward grammar and spelling errors, the company has announced. A purple squiggly line will appear under suggestions to help make your writing more concise, inclusive, active, or to warn you away from inappropriate words. These new Google suggestions have long been available via third-party services like Grammarly, which is able to integrate with Google Docs and aims to help improve… Source link

Google announced in a statement that its Chrome browser is vulnerable to a dangerous hack. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2022-1096 exists in the wild,” the company said. In the statement, the company said is the threat level was high and that the attack was reported anonymously. The company said it will be several days before it rolls out an emergency update. Microsoft confirms its Edge browser has the same issue and has already issued a fix. Other browsers like Samsung, Amazon… Source link

Google announced in a statement that its Chrome browser is vulnerable to a dangerous hack. “Google is aware that an exploit for CVE-2022-1096 exists in the wild,” the company said. In the statement, the company said is the threat level was high and that the attack was reported anonymously. The company said it will be several days before it rolls out an emergency update. Microsoft confirms its Edge browser has the same issue and has already issued a fix. Other browsers like Samsung, Amazon… Source link

Russian search engine company Yandex is harvesting data from millions of Android and iOS app users and sending it to Russia, a new report from the Financial Times has claimed. Yandex is regarded as Russia’s answer to Google. The firm is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and offers a variety of services, including search engine and advertising tools. Thousands of apps with millions of customers use the Yandex SDK which is capable of collecting user data from iPhone and Android… Source link

A report today says that ‘Russian Google’ Yandex is sending data harvested from millions of iOS app users to Russia – whether or not you use the company’s apps. Laws there could compel the company to make the data available to the Russian government. Your data can be grabbed from a wide range of third-party apps which use a developer tool created by Yandex. Developers save time and money by using the Yandex API AppMetrica to obtain analytics data for their app, while the… Source link

CINCINNATI (WXIX) – Google issued an urgent warning Friday imploring all chrome users to update their browsers now. The tech giant issued a security update and confirmed attackers are exploiting a severe vulnerability. Typically, when technology updates are available, they contain bug fixes, but this problem is so pressing that the update resolves just one thing. FOX19 NOW Tech Expert Dave Hatter said it should indicate the urgency. “So deep down inside your web browser. There are all these… Source link

Spotify Technology SA has reached a deal with Google to offer an alternative payment method within its app for users, the latest sign of the weakening grip that app stores have over third-party software. The streaming music service and Alphabet Inc.’s search giant announced the deal Wednesday, allowing Spotify’s SPOT 0.75% app within the… Source link

War is not only on the battlefield. Hackers are actively struggling with each other as well. Recently, Anonymous said that they had breached Russian search engine Yandex.ru and put 150k users at risk. However, it’s impossible to claim whether this information is accurate. Moreover, many users claim that the passwords do not work. And even if they work, 2FA would make them useless. JUST IN: The network of the Russian search giant https://t.co/yGsYTZ1Lyr has been breached by #Anonymous,… Source link

Google Maps is currently down for some users around the world as the mapping service is experiencing a partial outage, Google confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday. “We’re seeing reports of difficulties accessing some Google Maps and Google Maps Platform services. Our team is investigating and working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible,” a spokesperson from Google said in an email. Google did not elaborate on the outage or explain what may be causing… Source link