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Big Tech Backlash September 26, 2017

John Stossel: Google can fire an engineer but social engineers will never erase the real differences between men and women

Why aren't there more women criminals?! Men in jail outnumber women by a ratio of 14-to-1. We male stutterers outnumber women, too.

Google September 25, 2017

Google Home now allows you to make free calls

Google's smart speaker just learned a new trick.

Big Tech Backlash September 25, 2017

Digital rights group warns that Google's stance on neo-Nazis is 'dangerous'

The Electronic Frontier Foundation warns that Google, GoDaddy and Cloudflare’s decision to expel white supremacist site the Daily Stormer from their services has worrying free speech implications.

Google September 25, 2017

New Android malware can secretly steal your credit card data, calls and texts

At this point, we assume that most savvy Android users know to be on the lookout for suspicious apps and download prompts, but even as smartphone users become more aware of the risks of downloading apps, the creators of the most vicious malware have adapted by releasing increasingly subtle Trojans that can do a great deal of damage behind the scenes without alerting the user.

Solar Eclipse September 25, 2017

Google doodle celebrates the historic Great American solar eclipse

Google is commemorating today's (Aug. 21) epic total solar eclipse with a special animated doodle showing the moon blotting out the sun — with the help of two playful aliens, who bounce Earth's nearest neighbor back and forth with their spacecraft. (Go to the Google search page to get the full effect.)

Google September 25, 2017

Google may take on Surface and MacBook laptops with the Chromebook Pixel

Google may have moved over some of its Project Bison plans to a newly rumored Chromebook Pixel laptop. If true, it would mean new competition for the likes of Apple's MacBooks and Microsoft's Surface range.

Google September 25, 2017

Walmart partners with Google for voice shopping

Hundreds of thousands of Walmart products can be ordered using Google Assistant or Google Home starting next month.

Google September 25, 2017

500+ Google Play apps hit by ad-related malware

The apps containing the malicious Igexin ad SDK received more than 100 million downloads.

Big Tech Backlash September 25, 2017

Google tool for hate crimes questioned by conservative media

Google is attempting to help reporters find hate crime stories with machine learning – though it remains to be seen how impartial the effort is.

Google September 25, 2017

Google built an entire fake city to test the AI of its driverless cars

The self-driving car race is really heating up, with several tech companies zooming towards the finish line. Waymo is using a fake city in the California desert to simulate real-life situations that human drivers confront every day on American roads and highways.

Google September 25, 2017

Google ARCore will bring augmented reality to Android phones

ARCore builds on Tango, 'but it works without any additional hardware, which means it can scale across the Android ecosystem,' Google says.