
Apple and Google slammed for playing monopoly
Epic Games boss calls for industry action
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney opened a game event in Las Vegas by blasting the monopolistic practices of Google and Apple.

Google Pixel 4a could come with Snapdragon 730
One of three phones coming from Google
According to the latest report, it appears that Google upcoming Pixel 4a smartphone will be based on Qualcomm's Snapdragon 730 SoC.

Google releases software which can spot fakes
Even deepfakes
Jigsaw, a technology incubator at Google, has released an experimental platform called Assembler to help journalists and front-line fact-checkers quickly verify images.

Google does not let humans touch personal data
GlobalData reports
Artificial intelligence (AI) is now central to Google’s operations, which means that the search engine outfit does not need to let a human near any personal data.

Apple finally removes support for Flash
Now the ghost of Steve Jobs will have to find another reason why Safari keeps breaking
More than a decade ago, Apple's High Priest Steve Jobs moaned that Flash was responsible for things breaking in his software. Now, it seems Apple is ending all connection with the software which appears to have outlasted Jobs himself.

Boffins succeed in fly experiment
This will end well
Google boffins at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's Janelia Research Campus have managed to get into the brain of a fly.

Google backs EU ban on facial recognition
Microsoft not so sure
The EU’s temporary ban on facial recognition technology won backing from Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai but was rejected by Microsoft President Brad Smith.

Google Stadia promises 120 games in 2020
More than ten launch exclusives in 1H 2020
Google Stadia has got off to a bad start, but the service promises some big things this year.

Google hits a trillion
Like ABC
Google-parent Alphabet became the fourth US company to top market value of more than $1 trillion.

Google's neural network gets better at weather forecasts
It's raining mem, hallelujah
A team of Google boffins has developed a deep neural network that can make fast, detailed rainfall forecasts.