The lawsuit, which was filed on Thursday in Midland County District Court, accuses Google of indiscriminate collection of millions of Texans’ biometric data, including voice prints and records of face geometry through their home products like Google Photos, Google Nest, and Google Assistant. It says that Google has violated the state’s biometric privacy act (aka the Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act) introduced in 2009 that regulates “biometric identifiers,” which is defined as a “retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry....

The new, long-term strategic partnership announced at Google’s Cloud Next conference aims to better serve the growing Web3 ecosystem and its developers. “We want to make building in Web3 faster and easier, and this partnership with Coinbase helps developers get one step closer to that goal,” said Thomas Kurian, CEO of Google Cloud. “We’re proud Coinbase has chosen Google Cloud as its strategic cloud partner, and we’re ready to serve the thriving global Web3 customer and partner ecosystem....

Google has already entered into the field of providing high speed broadband with Google Fiber so it makes a lot of sense to get into the accessories business. OnHub Wi-Fi router is a part of that mega plan of the Google world. Working in collaboration with networking manufacturer, TP-Link, Google today unveiled OnHub a cylinder shaped Wi-Fi router and smart home hub. OnHub contains 13 WiFi antennas and runs on a a 1....

However, Google has found a way to ease that problem. For the last few months, Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) division, DeepMind, has been using machine-learning algorithm at its two datacentres, which has helped the search giant reduce the energy used for data center cooling by 40% and overall energy usage by 15% in power usage efficiency (PUE). “We accomplished this by taking the historical data that had already been collected by thousands of sensors within the data center – data such as temperatures, power, pump speeds, setpoints, etc....

Google has placed an ad looking for “vehicle safety specialists” to be contracted for one to two years of autonomous driving field work. The job will pay chosen ones a pretty decent $20 an hour and you will be expected to work six- to eight-hour work days with potential for road trips as long as a month at a time. The job opening is in Arizona, not California where Google is reportedly testing its self-driving cars....

The Guild War developers, ArenaNet decided to to something unusual to punish a player found to be cheating and hacking his way to victory in the MMO’s player versus player (PVP) mode. User DarkSide had been accused of using multiple hacked accounts in Guild War 2, that allowed him to teleport around the game’s world, dish out huge damage to other players and then escape unhurt. This was near about impossible to achieve in normal gameplay of the Guild War 2, without an hack....

The hacker ‘teapotuberhacker’ who claims to be responsible for the leak on the GTAForums is said to have stolen “GTA 5 and 6 source code and assets, GTA 6 testing build.” The hacker also shared a link to a RAR archive containing 90 stolen videos downloaded directly from Rockstar’s internal Slack groups. They even claim to be the one responsible for the recent attack on Uber. “Here are 90 footage/ clips from GTA 6,” TeapotUberHacker announced on GTAForums....

Clement Lefebvre, leader of the Linux Mint project, informed users of the popular, Ubuntu-based distribution that the servers where the Linux Mint website is hosted have been hacked to point the download links to specially crafted ISOs. Lefebvre stated that the specially crafted Linux Mint ISO includes a backdoor and the users visiting the website were tricked into downloading the malicious ISO image. In a statement issued following the hack attack, Lefebvre said, “I’m sorry I have to come with bad news....

Kali NetHunter 3.0 boasts of a completely redesigned user interface which has been application centric. Offensive Security said that the new appliation will support for new and complex attacks while providing support for managing your Kali chroot independently, including the ability to delete and rebuild the chroot, along with support for selecting individual metapackages in the respective chroot. Offensive Security’s presser on the release says, “NetHunter has been actively developed for over a year now, and has undergone nothing short of a complete transformation since its last release....

Hackers can take over your iPhone/Android smartphone by using radio waves to control Siri/Google NowHow does the hack work :Mitigation : The researchers were able to hack and access/control Apple’s Siri and Android’s Google Now from a distance of 16 feet. How does the hack work : The hack is accomplished by using a radio transmitter to tap into a pair of headphones with integrated microphone plugged into the mobile device, using the headphone cable as an antenna....

For the unversed, Horizon Blockchain Bridge allows users to transfer their crypto assets including tokens, stablecoins, and NFTs, between Ethereum, Binance Smart Chain, and the Harmony blockchain. The company said that on June 23, 2022, they became aware of a malicious attack being successfully carried out on its proprietary Horizon Ethereum Bridge, which compromised the bridge with 11 transactions that extracted tokens stored in the bridge. The estimated value of the stolen crypto at the time of the attack was approximately $100 million....

You can upgrade your 16GB iPhone to massive 128GB in just $60Tip: If you are low on storage then this video is definitely for you However, in just 30 minutes, this video shows how easy it is to increase the storage of your smartphone from 16GB to 128GB and best of all, it only cost the gut $60 to make it all happen. China’s Shenzhen market is where all the magic takes place, but in order for you to increase your storage, you will need to have a fair amount of trust when you give your iPhone to be upgraded....

It is found that an estimated 56% of movie-going Twitter users use Twitter to rant and rave about a film, its actor and actresses and this is manna from heavens for the producers and studios. Over the past few years, many companies are engaged in the media research business for these producers and studios. These companies tune into all the social media network and gather information on how people perceive movies and their stars....

How to easily restrict access to certain websites with these utilities if you share your computer with other peopleHomeGuardQustodioSimple Porn Blocker While one cannot prevent the Internet from distributing material that are considered as not safe by many, there are ways to block access to such websites from the computer. In this article, we bring to you three utilities that are expert in limiting the access of PC users to doubtful domains, mainly adult-oriented websites: HomeGuard, Qustodio, and Simple Porn Blocker....

A damaged or corrupted memory card does not allow its data to function properly. If a card gets corrupted, you may not be able to access data from it and all the stored photos, videos, and other files may simply disappear. So, how can one find out if the SD card is at fault? The first step here would be check if the device is at fault. If the device is not at fault, then you need to check if the SD card is mounted properly....

The all in one privacy tool for Android smartphones/tablets to protect your Apps as well as your images and videos from prying eyesMedia VaultParental controlShared devicesProtection of social networks There is a simple way in which you can give your smartphone to your friends/acquaintances without worrying about the data/app/photos or videos stored on it. Most App lockers available on Google Play help you lock your apps from prying eyes but the problem with these Apps is that you have put in the pin codes even for opening a simple app like Weather....

This record-breaking activity means that if this rate holds, we will end 2021 with the number of attacks overtaking the 10 million attacks recorded for the duration of 2020. This also shows that threat actors are working overtime to conduct their nefarious activities because the first quarter of every year is usually the lowest in terms of the number of attacks, but the numbers show an uptick instead. This surge in attacks can be attributed to the sudden and abrupt change in work dynamics all across the globe brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic....

For those unaware, Huawei in the past has collaborated with Google to create the popular “Nexus 6P” smartphone. Spotted on a new commit on Fuchsia’s official Gerrit source code management page, an engineer from Huawei directly disclosed that all the devices running Huawei’s Kirin 970 chipset will be able to run Fuchsia OS. However, the testing will begin with the Honor Play smartphone, which would make it the first consumer Android device to be tested on Fuchsia....

The blocking notices were sent to Google by the UK law firm Wiggin LLP, which works for several Hollywood studios. However, the Pirate Bay blocking order was obtained by the music groups BPI (British Phonographic Industry) and PPL (Phonographic Performance Limited). While the blocking order targets third-party internet service providers (ISPs) and doesn’t specifically name Google, what is interesting is that the company chose to voluntarily take action and comply and removed the domains without verifying anything....