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Google has removed at least six anti-virus programs after it was discovered that they were stealing passwords and other user data. Researchers from Check Point found that the program was downloaded a total of more than 15,000 times. Malicious antivirus Google has removed apps from the store following a notification from cybersecurity experts at Check […]
In recent years, large neural networks trained to understand languages and generate text have achieved amazing results in a wide range of tasks. The OpenAI GPT-3 AI system has shown for the first time that large language models (LLMs) can achieve exceptional results even without large-scale data collection for specific tasks or updating model parameters. […]
This year’s Google Summer of Code Developer Contest is celebrating its seventeenth anniversary. It will take place without participants from Russia, Belarus and the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine. Both ordinary participants and mentors or administrators from these regions will not be admitted to the competition. More details below. Google comment The company gave some […]
The Russian propaganda channel Tsargrad TV received a billion rubles from Google as compensation for blocking the channel on YouTube. The Russians promised to spend the money to finance the war in Ukraine. The amount of one billion rubles was previously frozen in the company’s Russian accounts as a result of lawsuits. It was launched at […]
Google has released an update for Workspace, where video chat can be launched directly in Docs. The video call will be transferred to Tables or Slides without switching between tabs. Google says the update will be released in the coming weeks. Among the innovations is the addition of picture-in-picture support for Meet. This feature will […]
Google has begun deploying updates for Search and News to reduce the spread of misinformation. From June 2021, the company assigns shortcuts to results on “fast topics”, including such things as breaking news and viral videos that are spreading fast. The search engine may ask you to return to the information later for details if […]
Google is launching a new MUM machine learning model to find “a wide range of personal search queries in crisis.” This system first introduced at I / O 2021, and MUM will now be able to detect search queries related to complex personal situations. “MUM can help us understand longer or more difficult questions, such […]
Roskomnadzor plans to draw up two administrative reports against the American company Google LLC in the near future because YouTube video hosting refused to delete materials in accordance with the requirements of the General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia. This was reported by Channel 24 about the Russian regulator Roskomnadzor. The latter accuses the platform of […]
Google has announced the creation of a special support fund for startups in Ukraine. This is provided by a new initiative called Google for Startups Ukraine Support Fund. Allocate $5 million for the creation of the Google Fund, and the fund itself will take over the distribution of cash grants among Ukrainian businesses in 2022. […]
Play Protection has started to consider the YouTube Vanced and YouTube Music Vanced download manager malicious and offering to remove it. This applies to version 2.6.0, which was downloaded from APKMirror. The current version has the number 2.6.2 and Play Protection does not respond to it. Google Play Protect is reportedly telling users to uninstall […]