• Android TV has access to your entire account—but Google is changing that

    Should sideloading Chrome on an old smart TV really compromise your entire account?

  • US Space Force General Says China's Military Developing Space Assets At "Breathtaking Speed"

    US Space Force General Says China's Military Developing Space Assets At "Breathtaking Speed" Authored by Frank Fang via The Epoch Times, Gen. Stephen Whiting, commander of U.S. Space Command, recently warned about China’s “breathtakingly fast” development of space military capabilities, following his trips to South Korea and Japan. “We are seriously focused at U.S. Space Command on our pacing challenge, which is the People’s Republic of China,” Gen. Whiting told reporters during...

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    WhatsApp rolls out AI tool in SA - says messages still private (but users must watch what they say) | Business

    Meta has started to roll out its WhatsApp generative AI tool to select

  • Space FDI: Finance ministry notifies FDI in space sector; gives better access to capital, say startups

    The ministry of finance on April 16 notified Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the Space sector under the Foreign Exchange Management Rules which will now enable Indian space startups working on capital-intensive space products to now access a global pool of capital.The cabinet on February 21 had allowed 74% foreign direct investment (FDI) under automatic route for satellite manufacturing, upto 49% under automatic route for launch vehicles, and upto 100% under automatic route for manufacturing...

  • Google I/O ’24 Schedule Teases Android 15, Wear OS 5, and New Android TV OS Updates

    Google I/O 2024 is scheduled for a May 14 start, so to get us all ready, Google has posted the schedule of events. If you are a developer or just an Android/Google ecosystem nerd, you might want to pay attention. My understanding of I/O 2024 is that Google is going to show two live keynotes … Continued Read the original post: Google I/O ’24 Schedule Teases Android 15, Wear OS 5, and New Android TV OS Updates

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    How to turn on Private DNS Mode on Android (and why you should)

    Nearly everything you do on your desktop, laptop, phone, and tablet begins with a Domain Name System (DNS) query. Essentially, DNS turns domain names (such as ZDNET.com) into an IP address so web browsers and apps know where to get the information you want. Without DNS, you'd wind up having to type 34.149.132.124 every time you wanted to go to ZDNET.com. Or, if you run a Google search, DNS is at work. Also: How to change your IP address with a VPN The problem is that standard DNS isn't secure,...

  • Google unifies Android and Pixel teams

    Google has announced a major restructuring of its hardware and software teams. The newly established ‘Platforms and Devices’ team, led by seasoned tech executive Rick Osterloh, will bring together Google’s Pixel devices and Android operating system under one umbrella. Before this, Osterloh was responsible for Google’s hardware division, overseeing the development and strategy for products […]

  • Report: How Prabhakar Raghavan Killed Google Search

    Ed Zitron wrote a piece named The Man Who Killed Google Search. It goes through in detail how Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's former head of ads - led a coup so that he could run Google Search, and how an email chain from 2019 began a cascade of events that would lead to him running it into the ground, he said.Everyone in the SEO/SEM space is talking about this article and I came back to the SEO on fire. If you have not read it yet, you should.Update: I added Google's statements to this below:I'll...

  • Google merges the Android, Chrome, and hardware divisions

    Google says the new “Platform and Devices” team will let it move faster.

  • Sarnia scraps food truck spacing requirements

    Sarnia’s food truck scene could be changing this summer, with spacing restrictions recently dropped from the city’s bylaw. Council voted 5-2 recently to scrap clauses requiring food trucks be at least 180 metres apart, and 90 metres from restaurants offering similar fare. Also gone are requirements for separate licences for each business location, and six-metre […]

  • ESG reporting requires across-the-board cooperation in companies

    Firms will have to answer hundreds of questions.

  • Some Apple users say they’ve been mysteriously locked out of their accounts

    Something is up with Apple ID this weekend. As reported by 9to5Mac, Apple users started complaining online last night that they’d been logged out of their Apple IDs on all of their devices without explanation. Upon trying to log back in, some say they were locked out of their accounts despite entering the correct details, and had to reset their passwords. Engadget has reached out to Apple for more information. I was mid FaceTime with @milesabovetech and my Apple account got locked and signed out...