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Terrifying Camera App Flaw Left Millions of Android Phones Vulnerable to Spying

Even if you’re diligent about app permissions, sometimes you just can’t predict how or when a bad actor will abuse them. This time around, a team of security researchers found a terrifying flaw with the Android camera apps that could let malicious apps completely take control over a phone’s camera to spy on users without…

Privacy & Security Victoria Song Nov 20

Guys, Fitbit Started Profiting Off Health Data Long Before Google Showed Up

Since news broke that Google bought Fitbit for $2.1 billion, one of the big questions was how that massive treasure trove of Fitbit data would be handled. Everyone saw what happened with Nest. As a company, Nest and its data operated separately for a long while, but earlier this year, Nest users were told to…

Tech News Victoria Song Nov 19

Is Your Internet Fast Enough for Google Stadia? If Not, There’s Still Hope

The video game streaming revolution is coming, and Google Stadia is helping to lead the charge—but do you have enough bandwidth to play along when it launches on Tuesday? Here are the minimum requirements for running Stadia, and how you can get your internet connection in shape ahead of time. What you’re going to need…

Gadgets David Nield Nov 18

Google’s Had It Up to Here With the Leaks, Leaked Email Shows

Google has announced an effort to batten the hatches and dam the leaks in a company-wide email, which has also been leaked to the Verge. In the email, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announces that the company will be scaling back its weekly “TGIF” town halls to a once-monthly, strictly-business meeting, due, in part, to “a…

Tech News Whitney Kimball Nov 15

Google Sure Screws Around With Search Results a Lot, Investigation Finds

Google’s search algorithm is a powerful thing—the tiniest tweaks can tank businesses, subtly influence your purchasing decisions, and shape what information you see. Google has long stated that it “do[es] not use human curation to collect or arrange the results on a page,” but a Wall Street Journal investigation has found that the company does…

Tech News Victoria Song Nov 15

All the Best Video Calling Options, Ranked

We now have the technology—and the broadband and cellular speed—to see each other when we want to chat. And when it comes to video-calling apps, you’ve got a plethora of options to pick from on phones, laptops, and even TVs. Here are the ones we like the most, ranked. 1) Microsoft Skype Available on: web,…

Gadgets David Nield Nov 14

Forget Credit Cards, Google’s Looking to Open Its Own Checking Accounts

This year saw plenty of tech giants dabble in finance. Apple released its credit card, Facebook just launched a Venmo competitor and is trying to get its Libra cryptocurrency off the ground, and now Google is reportedly mulling offering a financial product of its own—checking accounts. The project, according to a Wall Street Journal exclusive,…

Tech News Victoria Song Nov 13

Google Reportedly Amassed Private Health Data on Millions of People Without Their Knowledge

Google has tapped a partnership with a prominent healthcare services company to advance its healthcare software services offerings. But a new report alleges the data being used for the project comes from the health records of tens of millions of people who have no idea their data is being used by Google for this purpose.…

Tech News Catie Keck Nov 11

Does the Pixel 4 Have a Bending Issue?

So far, aside from concerns about its face unlock working even when someone’s eyes are closed, the Pixel 4’s launch has been smoother than Google’s previous phones. However, in a recent video, YouTube channel JerryRigEverything may have uncovered a potential issue with the latest Pixel. In Zack Nelson’s (the guy behind JerryRigEverything) most recent durability…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Nov 6

Google Nest Wifi Is All the Router Most People Need

At last month’s big hardware extravaganza, Google finally showed off an update to its three-year-old mesh wifi system that now lives under the company’s Nest smart home brand. Despite a lack of support for the new WiFi 6 standard, Google Nest Wifi includes other hardware and performance upgrades, including access points that double as Nest…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Andrew Liszewski Nov 6

Google Ends Support For Original Pixel, Improves the Pixel 4’s Smooth Display

With the calendar having recently turned over to November, Google has sent out updates to its latest phones with the Pixel 4 getting a handful of improvements. However, anyone still rocking an original Pixel unfortunately got nothing. For November 2019, Google’s latest batch of updates includes six major patches headlined by improvements to the Pixel…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Nov 5

Maybe Don’t Get Too Excited Just Yet Over Google Buying Fitbit

Last Friday, Google plunked down $2.1 billion to acquire Fitbit. If you’ve been paying attention to wearables, the news wasn’t exactly a surprise. Google has been hobbling along in the smartwatch space for what feels like eons, and despite Fitbit shelling out $23 million to buy Pebble in 2017, its foray into smartwatches has been…

Tech News Victoria Song Nov 4

1,000 Google Employees Are Sick of Their Bosses’ Half-Assed Climate Efforts

Google—a company headquartered on Earth—has not always been keen to cave to the demands of its increasingly vocal and organized staff. Nonetheless, 1,000 Googlers have now signed a letter seeking to force the company to reckon with its role in accelerating climate change, a thing that would seem to be a no-brainer. Within the burgeoning…

Climate Change Avery Ellis Nov 4

Google Buys Fitbit, Your Data, and a Wearable OS That Doesn’t Suck

For a long time, it’s felt like Google has left the fate of its smartwatch and wearable platform—Wear OS—to third-party device makers like Fossil. But that’s all about to change now that Google has agreed to acquire wearable giant Fitbit. In a press release, Fitbit says it was acquired for $2.1 billion. Meanwhile, in a separate…

Tech News Sam Rutherford Nov 1

Google’s New Anti-Smartphone Apps, Ranked

We know that we’re all spending too much time glued to our phones, rather than looking at the person we’re talking to, the movie we’re watching, the sunset we’re missing, or the children we’re ignoring, and Google and Apple know it too. Google has pushed out six ‘experimental’ apps to try and curb our collective…

Gadgets David Nield Nov 1

The New Pixel 4 Real-Time Transcription App Is Amazing—What to Use If You Can’t Get It

Among the new features onboard the Pixel 4 and Pixel 4 XL phones is a Recorder app that can transcribe spoken audio in real-time—a tool that could prove hugely useful in lectures, interviews, and more besides. It works offline too, but it’s not your only option for converting speech into text. If you have bought…

Gadgets David Nield Oct 29

Maybe This Is How We Finally Get a Pixel Watch

Looks like Google is getting ready for a serious dive back into wearables. Both Reuters and CNBC are reporting that Alphabet, Google’s parent company, has made an offer to acquire Fitbit. Yes, that Fitbit. According to Reuters, which initially broke the news, negotiations aren’t locked down quite yet—and, it’s unclear how much Alphabet is willing…

Tech News Victoria Song Oct 28

Microsoft Beats out Amazon for Pentagon’s $10 Billion Cloud Computing Contract

The Pentagon’s $10 billion deal to provide cloud computing services to the Department of Defense officially went to Microsoft Friday. The news came as an upset to Amazon, whose competing bid appeared to be the frontrunner for most of the contract’s deliberations. Throughout the yearlong process, President Donald Trump has repeatedly rebuked Amazon’s prospects, which…

Politics Alyse Stanley Oct 26

Comcast Slides Reveal It’s Lobbying Against Plans to Encrypt Browser Data: Report

Comcast, one of the largest and most reviled internet service providers in the country, has reportedly been lobbying against efforts by companies like Mozilla and Google to switch on or test, respectively, a tool for encrypting your browser history, thereby making it trickier for ISPs to snoop on it. Motherboard obtained a presentation that was…

Tech News Catie Keck Oct 25

The Nest Mini Is an Excellent, if Unnecessary, Upgrade

If it ain’t broke, and you manage to sell over 100 million units, don’t fix it. That best sums up the latest version of Google’s Nest Mini (formerly the Home Mini) smart speaker. If you’re in the market for a cheap smart speaker that will occasionally be used for listening to music, it’s still Google’s…

Home Entertainment & Smart Home Andrew Liszewski Oct 25

Terrifying Camera App Flaw Left Millions of Android Phones Vulnerable to Spying

Guys, Fitbit Started Profiting Off Health Data Long Before Google Showed Up

Is Your Internet Fast Enough for Google Stadia? If Not, There’s Still Hope

Google’s Had It Up to Here With the Leaks, Leaked Email Shows

Google Sure Screws Around With Search Results a Lot, Investigation Finds

All the Best Video Calling Options, Ranked

Forget Credit Cards, Google’s Looking to Open Its Own Checking Accounts

Google Reportedly Amassed Private Health Data on Millions of People Without Their Knowledge

Does the Pixel 4 Have a Bending Issue?

Google Nest Wifi Is All the Router Most People Need

Google Ends Support For Original Pixel, Improves the Pixel 4’s Smooth Display

Maybe Don’t Get Too Excited Just Yet Over Google Buying Fitbit

1,000 Google Employees Are Sick of Their Bosses’ Half-Assed Climate Efforts

Google Buys Fitbit, Your Data, and a Wearable OS That Doesn’t Suck

Google’s New Anti-Smartphone Apps, Ranked

The New Pixel 4 Real-Time Transcription App Is Amazing—What to Use If You Can’t Get It

Maybe This Is How We Finally Get a Pixel Watch

Microsoft Beats out Amazon for Pentagon’s $10 Billion Cloud Computing Contract

Comcast Slides Reveal It’s Lobbying Against Plans to Encrypt Browser Data: Report

The Nest Mini Is an Excellent, if Unnecessary, Upgrade

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