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Google is currently patching its Chrome browser to fix a high-severity security vulnerability. Google claims that there has been active exploitation of this vulnerability in the wild. The vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-7971, pertains to a confusion bug present in the WebAssembly and JavaScript V8 engine as quoted in a report by The Hacker News. In a blog post, Google confirmed the vulnerability, stating that it is aware that an exploit for CVE-2024-7971 exists in the wild, A remote attacker was able to exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page due to this confusion bug, according to the National Vulnerability Database. For those who do not know, heap corruption is the term for memory exploits. BlackBerry says they can be harmless in certain situations, but they can also result in a fatal memory fault where the system won't let related processes run. Also Read: Was timing of Jennifer Lopez's divorce filing a masterstroke? Here's what attorney says

Apple will allow iPhone and iPad users in the European Union delete the App Store or its Safari browser, the tech giant told developers on Thursday. Apple had long fiercely protected the App Store as the lone gateway for digital content to get onto its popular mobile devices. The change comes as the company loosens its grip on devices in the EU due to the bloc's landmark new digital rules. «The App Store, Messages, Camera, Photos, and Safari apps will be deletable for users in the EU,» Apple said on a support page for developers.

lawsuit by Google Chrome users who said the company collected their personal information without permission, after they chose not to synchronize their browsers with their Google accounts. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the lower court judge who dismissed the proposed class action should have assessed whether reasonable Chrome users consented to letting Google collect their data when they browsed online. Tuesday's 3-0 decision followed Google's agreement last year to destroy billions of records to settle a lawsuit claiming the Alphabet unit tracked people who thought they were browsing privately, including in Chrome's «Incognito» mode.

Google was found last week to have violated antitrust law by illegally maintaining a monopoly in internet search. Now discussions over how to fix those violations have begun. Justice Department officials are considering what remedies to ask a federal judge to order against the search giant, said three people with knowledge of the deliberations involving the agency and state attorneys general who helped to bring the case. They are discussing various proposals, including breaking off parts of Google, such as its Chrome browser or Android smartphone operating system, two of the people said. Other scenarios under consideration include forcing Google to make its data available to rivals, or mandating that it abandon deals that made its search engine the default option on devices like the iPhone, said the people, who declined to be identified because the process is confidential. The government is meeting with other companies and experts to discuss their proposals for limiting Google's power, the people said.

Google to share its vast troves of data with competitors, implementing safeguards to prevent it from gaining an unfair edge in artificial intelligence (AI) products, and even considering the divestiture of some of its key assets.Among the most frequently discussed remedies is the possible separation of the Android operating system from Google. DOJ attorneys are also weighing the possibility of forcing Google to sell its AdWords search advertising program and even its Chrome web browser, according to individuals familiar with the matter, adds the report.The report highlights that a spokesperson for the Justice Department confirmed that the agency is carefully reviewing the court's ruling and will determine the appropriate course of action in line with the legal framework governing antitrust remedies.

The Uniswap Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting Uniswap’s growth, has unveiled its financial summary for the second quarter, revealing a lot of cash and stablecoins and not so many UNI tokens.

Google violated antitrust laws by maintaining its monopoly in the search engine market. Mehta found that Google's practice of paying companies like Apple to set it as the default search engine on their devices and browsers constituted an abuse of its dominant position. The antitrust lawsuit, initiated by the US Justice Dept and several states in 2020, went to trial in September 2023. In the ruling, Mehta stated, 'The court concludes that Google is a monopolist and has acted to maintain its monopoly, thereby violating Section 2 of the Sherman Act,' which prohibits individuals or businesses from 'monopolising, attempting to monopolise, or conspiring to monopolise any aspect of trade or commerce'. The search engine colossus today handles about 90% of global search queries. It has become so ubiquitous that 'to Google' is a verb synonymous with online searching, veritably making it gatekeeper of the internet for billions.

Google’s loss in a historic U.S. antitrust trial is reverberating across Silicon Valley, where the ruling is likely to affect not just the search giant but also its largest collaborators and competitors. Google parent Alphabet’s deals to get its search engine in front of users by paying to be the default on browsers and mobile phones have been declared illegal by a federal judge.

iPhones, iPads and Macs. Users running iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS 15.1 Developer Beta can now experience enhanced features such as Siri's contextual awareness, automatic movie creation in the Photos app, and advanced writing tools, while Safari has been updated with the AI-powered Summarize feature, which provides concise summaries of web pages and articles.Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) upgraded its ticketing system on WhatsApp to allow users to recharge their metro smart card right from the Meta owned app.

1. LG 80 cm (32 inches) HD Ready Smart LED TV The LG 80 cm (32 inches) HD Ready Smart LED TV in Dark Iron Gray offers an immersive viewing experience with a 32-inch LED display. It features HD Ready resolution (1366x768) and a 60 Hz refresh rate, providing clear and smooth visuals.

Google Lens is now integrated into the Chrome desktop browser, offering users the capability to search for visual content directly from their screen with a simple drag-and-drop motion. Chrome users can highlight any part of a webpage, whether it is text or images, to find visually similar results.Reportedly, these searches can be fine-tuned based on color, brand, and various other specifics, with the option to ask follow-up questions for a more in-depth exploration of a topic.

Google Chrome, specifically affecting the Google Password Manager—a tool relied upon by over three million users to store and autofill passwords. The issue was traced to the M127 version of the Chrome browser on Windows, which caused previously saved passwords to become inaccessible and prevented new passwords from being saved, added the report.For nearly 18 hours, affected users were unable to use their stored passwords, creating widespread inconvenience.

OpenAI finally unveiled a search engine competitor to Google called SearchGPT. The new feature is currently in the 'prototype' stage and is only available via a waiting list, but it is expected to be rolled out to all users in the future.In a blogpost about new search feature, OpenAI wrote, “We’re testing SearchGPT, a prototype of new search features designed to combine the strength of our AI models with information from the web to give you fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources."SearchGPT start page is akin to Google and we get a message reading, “what are you looking for?" After entering the search query, though, you get a direct answer much like Perplexity or Google's disgraced AI overviews feature.Meta announced its latest open-source language model, Llama 3.1 405B, which is said to rival the likes of GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet in human evaluations and benchmakers.

Apple Maps aims to deliver a robust navigation tool without the necessity of a dedicated app.Moreover, users can directly order food from the place card within Maps, adding an extra layer of convenience. The curated Guides feature assists users in finding recommended restaurants, shopping venues, and points of interest in various cities, making it a valuable tool for both daily use and travel navigation.In the future, Apple aims to roll out additional features, including Look Around, which provides interactive 3D street-level views akin to Google Maps' Street View.

1-ClickTrade has unveiled a new fintech application designed to transform ETF investing by streamlining the trading process. The platform allows financial advisors and self-directed investors to execute ETF trades in seconds through a single click, using their existing trading accounts and platforms.

After a yearslong saga involving squabbles with the larger ad industry and regulators, Google is ending a plan to eliminate third-party tracking cookies on its Chrome browser. The marketing world is now trying to figure out how such tracking would fare if consumers have more choice to stop it. Four years ago, Google said it would phase out support for third-party cookies, which log the activity of internet users across websites so advertisers can target them with relevant ads and track the effectiveness of those ads.

Google was going to dump its cookie jar into the garbage. For now, it’s back on the shelf. The company reversed course on Monday and said it isn’t getting rid of the software cookies that track you across the web.

Google’s corporate parent Alphabet Inc. delivered another quarter of steady growth amid an AI-driven shift in the ubiquitous search engine that is the foundation of its internet empire

Google is dropping plans to eliminate cookies from its Chrome web browser, making a sudden U-turn on four years of work to phase out the technology that tracks users for ad purposes

Google is planning to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser, it said on Monday, after years of pledging to phase out the tiny packets of code meant to track users on the internet.

“Scaling up” is a catchphrase in the artificial intelligence industry as tech companies rush to improve their AI systems with ever-bigger sets of internet data