A Vast Trove of Exposed Social Security Numbers May Put Millions at Risk of Identity Theft

A database left accessible to anyone online contained billions of records, including sensitive personal data that criminals ...
eWeek

Fake AI Chrome Extensions Exposed 260,000 Users, Targeting Gmail

Over 260,000 users installed fake AI Chrome extensions that used iframe injection to steal browser and Gmail data, exposing ...
InfoWorld

Google tests BigQuery feature to generate SQL queries from English

The ability to write parts of SQL queries in natural language will help developers speed up their work, analysts say. Google is previewing a new AI-driven feature in its BigQuery data warehouse that ...
NBC Chicago

Google accused of using AI to exploit data from Gmail accounts

The world’s largest email platform may be using AI to access and exploit your private data, according to a class action lawsuit. That lawsuit was filed against Google in recent days, and NBC 5 ...
Gizmodo

Google Is Spending Over $4 Billion on a Data Center Company

Alphabet, Google’s parent company, announced on Monday that it has agreed to buy the data center and energy company Intersect in a deal worth $4.75 billion. Intersect specializes in developing data ...
Reuters

Google lawsuit says data scraping company uses fake searches to steal web content

Dec 19 (Reuters) - Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab on Friday sued a Texas company that "scrapes" data from online search results, alleging it uses hundreds of millions of fake Google search requests ...
Digital Trends

NotebookLM can turn your messy data into structured tables for Google Sheets

NotebookLM has always been about helping users make sense of scattered notes, PDFs, and documents using AI. Data Tables builds on this idea by handling one of the most time-consuming parts of research ...
Ars Technica

Google will end dark web reports that alerted users to leaked data

Google began offering “dark web reports” a while back, but the company has just announced the feature will be going away very soon. In an email to users of the service, Google says it will stop ...
Android Authority

Google Photos for web offers two choices on how to handle RAW image editing

Google Photos is changing how RAW images are handled on the web. When you click edit, you’ll have two options: Edit with Google Photos or download the RAW file. Choosing to edit with Photos will ...
Inside Climate News

Google Data Centers Will Bring Nuclear Power Back To Tornado Country

When a derecho slammed into the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in 2020, Diana Lokenvitz had time for exactly one glance out her window. A wall of clouds had poured in from the west, swallowing Palo, Iowa, ...
MacRumors

Proton Sheets Launches as Encrypted Alternative to Google Sheets

Proton today announced the launch of Proton Sheets, its end-to-end encrypted spreadsheet web application designed to offer a privacy-focused alternative to Google Sheets and Microsoft Excel. Unlike ...