Google clones Apple Touch using software
Published in News
Wednesday, 04 March 2020 11:39

Google clones Apple Touch using software


Turns out it was not that hard to do after all

A new feature for Google's Pixel line of Android phones includes the ability to "firmly press" on the screen "to get more help from your apps more quickly" and the Tame Apple Press claims that it has ripped off the idea from their favourite cargo cult.

Developers moan that Google is not supporting Stadia
Published in Gaming


Not paying enough to port games

Developers are moaning that Google Stadia hasn’t been a huge success because Google isn’t willing to spend the money to get more games on the platform.

UK to lose US data protection against Google antics
Published in News


Brexit means that Google can shift data to the US

Google is planning to move its British users’ accounts out of the control of European Union privacy regulators, placing them under US jurisdiction instead.

AMD puts 2nd Gen AMD EPYC on Google Compute
Published in Cloud
Wednesday, 19 February 2020 10:15

AMD puts 2nd Gen AMD EPYC on Google Compute


N2D family of Cloudy Virtual Managers

AMD and Google Cloud announced the beta availability of N2D VMs on Google Compute Engine powered by 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processors.

Apple and Google slammed for playing monopoly
Published in Gaming
Thursday, 13 February 2020 12:31

Apple and Google slammed for playing monopoly


Epic Games boss calls for industry action 

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney opened a game event in Las Vegas by blasting the monopolistic practices of Google and Apple.

Google Pixel 4a could come with Snapdragon 730
Published in Mobiles


One of three phones coming from Google

According to the latest report, it appears that Google upcoming Pixel 4a smartphone will be based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 730 SoC.

Google releases software which can spot fakes
Published in News
Thursday, 06 February 2020 11:36

Google releases software which can spot fakes


Even deepfakes

Jigsaw, a technology incubator at Google, has released an experimental platform called Assembler to help journalists and front-line fact-checkers quickly verify images.

Google does not let humans touch personal data
Published in AI


GlobalData reports

Artificial intelligence (AI) is now central to Google’s operations, which means that the search engine outfit does not need to let a human near any personal data.

Apple finally removes support for Flash
Published in News
Friday, 24 January 2020 10:29

Apple finally removes support for Flash


Now the ghost of Steve Jobs will have to find another reason why Safari keeps breaking

More than a decade ago, Apple's High Priest Steve Jobs moaned that Flash was responsible for things breaking in his software.  Now, it seems Apple is ending all connection with the software which appears to have outlasted Jobs himself.

Boffins succeed in fly experiment
Published in AI
Thursday, 23 January 2020 12:01

Boffins succeed in fly experiment


This will end well

Google boffins at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus have managed to get into the brain of a fly.