A global hub for privacy engineering, in the heart of Europe
Last week at I/O, our annual developer conference in California, I shared how we’re working to build a more helpful Google for everyone. Keeping people safe...
Following ‘Nanette’, Hannah Gadsby returns to Netflix
Hannah Gadsby broke new ground with her Netflix stand-up comedy special Nanette in 2018, and two years later, she’s set to make a return. The comedian...
White House wants to rebrand ‘trade war’ as ‘trade negotiation’. Stephen Colbert says nah.
Stephen Colbert knows a shady rebrand when he sees one, including the White House’s latest attempt to reframe the escalating trade war between the U.S. and...
Kotlin rising: JetBrains’ census reveals the community’s trends
Kotlin is on the up and up. A recent blog by JetBrains’ Roman Elizarov explained that functional programming is on the rise. At Google I/O 2019, Android...
Geek Trivia: What Substance Is A Key Component In Both Black and White Photography and Jell-O?
What Substance Is A Key Component In Both Black and White Photography and Jell-O? Gelatin Disodium Phosphate Fumaric Acid Citric Acid Think you know the answer?...
Presidential hopeful Pete Buttigieg would also like to ‘Slow Jam the News’
Pete Buttigieg is hoping to smooth his way to the presidency. The mayor of South Bend dropped into The Tonight Show on Monday night, where he...
Shares of SoftBank Group, Uber’s biggest stakeholder, slide after its disappointing IPO
As Uber’s biggest shareholder, SoftBank Group had high hopes for the ride-sharing company’s stock market debut last week. Instead, the Japanese conglomerate’s shares have been sliding...
Walmart announces next-day delivery on 200K+ items in select markets
This month, Amazon announced it’s investing $800 million in its warehouses and delivery infrastructure in order to double the speed of Prime shipping by reducing it...
Report: WhatsApp Vulnerability Used to Secretly Infect Phones With NSO Group’s Notorious Spyware
Powerful spyware developed by Israeli cyber-intelligence company NSO Group exploited a vulnerability in encrypted messaging app WhatsApp to transfer itself to targeted devices, the Financial Times...
Yikes, WhatsApp exploit allowed spyware to be installed with a phone call
A WhatsApp vulnerability allowed attackers to remotely install spyware onto phones — by simply calling them. First reported by the Financial Times and confirmed by WhatsApp,...
