The Spectre exploit certainly lives up to it's name, living on to haunt older hardware like Intel's Skylake family of CPUs but the news is not all horrible. Google have released proof-of-concept…
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If you haven't heard of CloudReady OS you are not alone, but it is something interesting to look into as it can turn an old PC or Apple computer into a Chromebook. …
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Qualcomm and Google hit the headlines with an announcement that they will now "support 4 Android OS versions and 4 years of security updates." This is certainly not a bad...
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Keep your eyes open for what might be a new class action suit against Alphabet, as a lawsuit has been filed by four parties in several states in the US claiming that…
Read MoreIn every long running series, there's usually another episode. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes, it gets taken out behind the woodshed and edited into acceptability. On the menu tonight, we're serving up…
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Google has killed off a long list of software and hardware over the years, from things barely missed like Google Wave, to products with a much larger roll out such as the…
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Google's Launch Night was a bit different from previous years, as is tradition in 2020, which didn't stop them from rolling out a bevy of new hardware or putting on a bit…
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There is a large ongoing conversation about COVID-19 contract tracing apps and if they should be remain voluntary or if the app should be pushed to all compatible phones; leaving it to…
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Google and Apple are working on a tool which will allow them to trace your phones travels and alert you if you may have come in contact with someone who has tested…
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Google is taking a gamble, designing their own custom ARM chip to function as the main processor in upcoming Pixel devices; phones at first and possibly Chromebooks further out. They do already…
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The big names in Cloud services including, but not limited to, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Akamai, and Netflix have announced a project to tame the current insecure mess which is routing on…
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Simon Weckert entitled his recent piece of performance art, 'Google Maps Hacks' and before you tune out completely you should consider the implications revealed by his wagon of old phones. He connected…
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For better or worse, the various companies which have been battling for supremacy have come to a finale which does not leave a clear victor, instead we will see a conglomeration of…
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If you have enjoyed using Google's Cloud Print service then we have some bad news for you, as it will die December 31, 2020. The service was rather interesting, if you connected…
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Google's Creative Labs have come up with a entertaining use of machine learning, seeing how accurate your Freddie Mercury impression is as you belt out your favourite Queen songs. Head on over…
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A small number of Google Home and Google Home Mini devices reacted very poorly to a firmware update pushed out by Google, bricking themselves completely. This was upsetting to those affected, not…
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Google recently announced the Pixel 4 and the Pixel 4 XL smartphones. At around the same time, my (now three-year-old) ZTE Axon 7 started to get cranky without constant reboots and its…
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If you have always had a sneaking suspicion that Amazon's and Google's voice assistants are spying on you, you may well be right. Apart from the previous worries about practices the actual…
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