
Google invents secure third-party cookie replacement
If you trust them
Google says its new machine learning algorithms could replace cookie-based ad targeting without invading your privacy.

Google gives up on Project Loon
Ballooning costs
Google has given up on its decade long project which was supposed to bring the internet to inaccessible areas using balloons.

Industry responds to Qualcomm Nuvia acquisition
Analysis: 22 quotes as Qualcomm partner need a custom ARM CPU core
After the initial article about the acquisition of high performance/high-efficiency Nuvia Phoenix core means for Qualcomm, I wanted to address industry quotes and the overwhelming response. It comes down to a single bottom line. Qualcomm will be able to compete with Apple CPU cores in a few years.

Google claims to have closed Fitbit deal
No one seems to have told the regulators
Google's senior VP of Hardware, Rick Osterloh, announced Google has closed its $2.1 billion acquisition of Fitbit, even if it has not completed all the regulatory hurdles.

Google thinks its language AI can manage a trillion parameters
Can’t be worse than what it has now
While firms are under the mistaken believe that they can save a buck or two on translation services using AI, the technology is a long way away from being remotely reliable. So Google boffins have been flat out trying to make it better.

Google investigated over Chrome
UK Watchdog worried that all advertising roads lead to Chrome
UK’s competition watchdog has launched an investigation into Google’s proposals to remove third-party cookies and other functions from its Chrome browser.

Google hacked off at new drone laws
FUD post
Search engine outfit Google is rather miffed at the new rules the US has come up with to regulate drone flights.

Microsoft and Google join Facebook in fight against Israeli NSO
It makes tools which are "powerful, and dangerous"
Microsoft and Google, have joined Facebook's legal battle against hacking company NSO, filing an amicus brief in federal court that warned the Israeli firm's tools were "powerful, and dangerous".

Google snaps up recycling outfit
Convert old PCs to Chromebooks
Google bought a company called Neverware that sells software to transform old personal computers and Macs into Chromebook devices.

Google to shut down Android Things
Things ain’t what they used to be
Google plans to shut down Android Things, a stripped-down version of Android designed for smart home devices.