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Cisco Container Platform Targets Hybrid Cloud Applications
Cisco Container Platform promises a consistent environment to manage and deploy containers across multiple types of infrastructure
Google AutoML Will ‘Democratise’ AI By Minimising Skill Needed To Train Custom Models
Google AutoML tools will make it simple to train custom AI models that are 'beyond the dreams' of most engineers
Google Plots 5 New Regions And 3 New Subsea Cables To Boost GCP
Google makes investments in cloud infrastructure to boost GCP and other apps
Skype Gets End-To-End Encryption With Signal Protocol
The latest preview version of Skype introduces Private Conversations, using the same secure protocol used by WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger and Google
Former Employee Sues Google Claiming Discrimination Against White Men
James Damore’s accuses Google of systematically punishing and terminating employees whose views on diversity, social justice and gender bias differed
CES 2018: Google Assistant Heads To Cars, Smart Screens And Earbuds
Google Assistant expands to more devices, including cars, as Google seeks to establish voice-activated smart assistant dominance
Google Pay Unifies Android Pay And Google Wallet
Google unifies its payment services under a single banner - Google Pay - in bid to drive adoption
Meltdown & Spectre: AWS, Azure & GCP Take Measures To Protect Cloud Customers
Public cloud vendors work to protect users from industry-wide Meltdown and Spectre chip vulnerabilities
DeepMind Chief Recognised In New Year Honours List
Demis Hassabis has been named CBE for breakthroughs by the controversial Google-owned British artificial intelligence company
Google Axes Pixel C Android Tablet
Search engine giant quietly retires its Android-based tablet Pixel C, in favour of Chromebooks
Eric Schmidt Steps Down As Alphabet Chairman
After helping turning Google into a technology titan, Eric Schmidt steps down from his central role
Google Machine Learning Technology Helps NASA Discover New Exoplanet
Machine Learning technology powering many of Google's apps and services finds a new use helping astrophysicists find new planets orbiting distant stars
Google Opens AI Centre In China Despite Search Ban
Google to open AI research centre in China, despite country's ban on its products
Microsoft Previews Quantum Computing Language Q#
The company's quantum computing development kit includes the Q# language as well as local and cloud simulators, libraries and sample code
Google Begins Rollout Of Android 8.1 Oreo
Rollout of next iteration of Android underway as 8.1 looks towards accelerate on-device machine intelligence
Google Tackles KRACK With December’s Android Bulletin
Patch update for Android, but good news is that there are no reports of any flaws being exploited in the wild
Google To Release AI Vision Kit For Raspberry Pi Zero W
The kit includes all the elements needed to make artificially intelligent vision gadgets, with AI tasks carried out on an included Intel chip
Google Slapped With UK Lawsuit Over Data Gathering
Long rumbling argument over Google tracking Safari users results in mass civil lawsuit against the firm
Online Giants, Small Businesses Criticise US Net Neutrality Repeal
The planned removal of a 2015 US law could mean more charges for large businesses and start-ups, not to mention price confusion for consumers
Google Plans Hong Kong GCP Region For 2018
Google to open sixth data centre in Asia Pacific, this time in Hong Kong
Google Has Been ‘Tracking’ Android User Locations
Search engine collects location data on Android users, even when location services are switched off
Google Cloud Diary: GCP Slashes Price Of Nvidia Tesla GPUs By 36 Percent
GCP NEWS: Google makes it cheaper for customers needing to complete high computational tasks
Royal Society: Government Must Increase Computer Science GCSE Funding
Lack of skilled teachers blamed for over half England's secondary schools not offering GCSE computer science
Volkswagen Uses Google Quantum Computer For Research
Volkswagen to carry out traffic optimisation, material, and machine learning research on Google quantum computer
Dreamforce 2017: Salesforce Names Google As ‘Preferred’ Cloud Partner
Salesforce will use Google cloud infrastructure for overseas expansion and will link its tools to Google's cloud apps, a year after its AWS cloud deal
Tech Quiz: Obscure & Obsolete Social Networks
What do you remember at Friends Reunited, Bebo, Myspace and the like?
Google Docs Problem Raises Privacy Concerns, Again
Problems with locked Google Docs files raises privacy concerns due to its monitoring of private files
Bug Found In Google Bug Tracker Database
Discovery of bug in Google's bug tracking database lands researcher $15,600 in bug bounties
Google Appeal Claims EU Misstated Facts When It Imposed Massive Fine
In its appeals of a $2.9 billion fine, Google has claimed that the European Commission misstated the facts about the internet shopping services.