Google Accused of Trying to Patent Public Domain Technology
A Polish academic is accusing Google of trying to patent technology he invented and that he purposely released into the public domain so companies like Google couldn’t trap it inside restrictive licenses. The technology’s name is Asymmetric Numeral Systems (ANS) [1, 2], a family of entropy coding methods that Polish assistant professor Jarosław (Jarek) Duda […]
Google Chrome Will Soon Warn You of Software That Performs MitM Attacks
Google Chrome 63 will include a new security feature that will detect when third-party software is performing a Man-in-the-Middle (MitM) attack that hijacks the user’s Internet connection. A MitM attack is when an application installed on a user’s computer or a local network intercepts the user’s web traffic. For the party performing the MitM attack, […]
Google Chrome 61 Released for Linux, Mac, and Windows
Today Google launched version 61 of the Chrome browser for Windows, Mac, and Linux. With this release, we have 21 security updates, numerous improvements and bug fixes, and three APIs that allow developers to further enhance their sites and apps. Of particular note is the addition of Javascript modules, the Payment Request API for Chrome desktop, the […]
Opera and Vivaldi Founder Believes Google Should Be Regulated
Jon von Tetzchner, the founder of both Opera and Vivaldi, believes that Google has gotten too big and “is now in a position where regulation is needed.” In a blog post on Vivaldi’s website, von Tetzchner said that his once friendly relationship with Google and its founders has soured across the years. Google suspends Vivaldi […]
Google Error Causes Widespread Internet Outage in Japan
An error on Google’s part has caused widespread Internet outages in Japan for about an hour, on Friday, August 25. The downtime was caused by a BGM route hijack that began at 12:22 PM local Japan time and was resolved by 1:01 PM. BGP is a routing protocol used to interconnect the networks of major […]