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Cisco, Google Buddy Up For Hybrid Cloud Push
Taking the cloud fight to Amazon, Google and Cisco partner for new hybrid cloud solution
Google Allows Third-Party Add-ons For Gmail
Gmail opened up for direct integration with business applications across desktop and mobile devices
Google Investigates Reported Pixel 2 XL Screen Issues
Users have reported ghosted images on the screen, amongst other problems marring the launch of Google's iPhone 8 competitor
Google DeepMind AI No Longer Needs Humans To Learn
Skynet anyone? DeepMind's Go-playing artificial intelligence system can now learn without human assistance
Samsung Partners With Google For ARCore Augmented Reality
Google to bring its ARCore platform to Galaxy devices thanks to augmented reality deal with Samsung
Google Says Its AI Can Program AI Better Than Humans Can
Google's AutoML programme, announced earlier this year, has now produced machine-learning models that outperform hand-built ones
Google Adds ‘Advanced Protection’ Account Security Option
The feature, aimed at 'high-risk' users including politicians, journalists and dissidents, requires two hardware keys amongst other protections
Fake AdBlock Plus Chrome Extension Installed By More Than 30,000 Users
Google has removed malware that appeared identical to the AdBlock Plus advert blocker and was listed on the official Chrome Web Store
FCC Approves Google Project Loon for Hurricane-Devastated Puerto Rico
ANALYSIS: FCC approves license for Google's to set up its Project Loon communications system in hurricane-devastated Puerto Rico
Google Pixel 2 And Pixel 2 XL Are Pure Android 8.0 Oreo Smartphones
Design and display tweaks with smarter features seen an evolution over the Pixel's predecessors
Rolls-Royce Uses Google Cloud To Build Autonomous Ships
Rolls-Royce is to use Google's machine learning technology to train intelligent, cloud-based systems for recognising and tracking objects at sea
Additional Google Account Security Aims To ‘Deter Political Hackers’
The programme, aimed at high-profile executives and politicians, is to introduce a secont physical key and block access to data by third-party tools
Google Cloud IoT Core Goes Live For GCP Users
Google Cloud IoT Core aims to simplify the management of an IoT environment.
Google Buys Bitium To Boost Secure Cloud Access & Adds Per-Second Billing
The search giant has also introduce more pay-per-second billing to its cloud services
FEC, Lawmakers Propose Disclosure Rules For Political Web Ad Sources
ANALYSIS: New rules would place disclosure requirements on online political advertising similar to those already in place for TV ads
Google Adds Natural Language Support To Enterprise Search Tool
Cloud Search now lets users search for enterprise content scattered across databases, documents and other sources using natural language.
Google Buys HTC Smartphone Talent For $1.1bn
UPDATED: HTC will continue to operate a phone brand and push deeper into virtual reality
Britain, France And Italy Will Pressure Internet Companies To Tackle ‘Terrorist Content’ Faster
EU-US Privacy Shield Heads Into First Annual Review
The controversial pact faces its first test, as data protection policies under the new US administration spur European criticism
Google To Add ‘Man-In-The-Middle’ Warning To Chrome In December
The Chrome browser is to get a new 'Safe Browsing' feature that warns users when programs are intercepting their web traffic in an usafe way
Google Appeals £2.2bn EU Antitrust Fine For Search Abuse
Google will appeal the fine issued by the EC but it will still have to change practices by 28 September
All Android Versions Except Oreo Affected By ‘Critical’ Security Flaw
The 'high-severity' bug could allow malicious apps to take over a device by drawing a false window - but Android 8.0 Oreo isn't affected
DolphinAttack Exposes Speech Recognition Software Vulnerability
Siri, Alexa and Google Now can be used to hack and control smart devices, including connected cars.
Pivotal, VMware & Google Team Up For Enterprise Kubernetes
VMWORLD 2017: VMware and Pivotal Software, along with Google, team up to help push enterprise takeup of Kubernetes
Google Submits Compliance Plans For EU Antitrust Order
Google sends antitrust regulators its proposed fixes to compile with shopping results antitrust order
Amazon To Get More Competition As Walmart, Google Link Up
ANALYSIS: Physical retailers are struggling to compete with Amazon, but now an alliance between the biggest may give it a run for its money
Google Titan Security Chip Looks To Protect GCP Data Centre Hardware
Titan Security chip is size of stud earring and is already installed on thousands of servers within Google data centres
Google Targets Larger Businesses With Cloud-Based Chrome Enterprise OS
Google adds security, management and off-premise features to Chrome Enterprise
Google ‘Plans’ Chromebook Pixel & Google Home Mini For Autumn
A refresh to the Chromebook Pixel laptop line may be in the offing, along with a miniaturised Google Home smart speaker and voice-activated headphones