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Between 2019 and 2021, Project Zero researchers reported 376 issues to vendors under their 90-day deadline. Of those 376 issues, more than 93% of these bugs have been fixed and over 3% have been marked as “WontFix” by the vendors, according to Project Zero. The researchers added that 11 other bugs remain unfixed and 8 have passed their deadline to be fixed. Microsoft, Apple, and Google account for 65% of the bugs discovered....

For a less disruptive web browsing experience, Google is using ML to determine when a user may want to interact with a notification permission prompt. In the next release of Chrome, the browser will use an on-device model to predict how a person is likely to respond to a permission prompt. If the user is likely to reject it, the browser will silence it. The prediction is based on how the user previously interacted with similar permission prompts....

That total means user numbers have more than doubled from the 24 million it had at the end of 2020. To put Brave’s milestone in perspective, Google has billions of active users on Chrome, Android, iOS and Windows. Nonetheless, Brave has grown from a user base of 1.2 million in 2017 after launching in 2016: version 1.0 of the browser was released in November 2019. Its main pitch to people is that doesn’t sell targeted ads but rather trades attention via cryptocurrency....

Google has revealed that its new cloud region in Israel will be located near Tel Aviv, and outlined its expansion across South America, Europe, Asia, and Middle East. SEE: Cloud computing: Spreading the risk with the multicloud approach Google Cloud now consists of 29 cloud regions and 88 zones — up from 25 regions and 76 zones in April 2021. It gives customers compute and storage resources that are closer to their users, as well as Google’s analytics and its content distribution network (CDN)....

Chromebooks might be a cheap option for schools to roll out and manage, but not all of them are easy to repair. Thanks in no small part to education, Chromebook sales also jumped massively due to the move to remote learning as a result of the pandemic. According to Google, 50 million students and teachers are using Chromebook from its partners. To support admins who help these users, Google has launched the Chromebook repair program....

On Tuesday, Google unveiled a new, relatively compact camera that will help the company continue its efforts to maintain up-to-date imagery of basically everywhere on the planet. Typically, Google collects high-resolution Street View photographs with a camera bolted to the top of a car. Google’s Street View cars have enough processing electronics to fill the back seat. The new camera “takes all the power and resolution and processing capability of our entire Street View system… [and has] compressed that into something the size of a large, happy house cat,” Google’s Steve Silverman told reporters....

Now Pichai is talking about turning up the heat on Google’s AI efforts. In an interview with The Wall Street Journal, the CEO revealed that Google plans to add AI features to Google’s search engine. Also: Google will now guarantee some flight prices and pay you back if it’s wrong “Will people be able to ask questions to Google and engage with LLMs in the context of search? Absolutely,” Mr....

Announced on Monday, Google Cloud MD Amol Phadke and senior director Ankur Jain said that joining the global group will allow Google to “jointly drive and accelerate” Radio Access Network (RAN) industry initiatives. Founded in 2018 by AT&T, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, NTT DOCOMO, and Orange, the O-RAN Alliance includes telecoms vendors, researchers, and mobile network operators working in the RAN space. The alliance’s aim is to “re-shape the RAN industry towards more intelligent, open, virtualized and fully interoperable mobile networks” by introducing global standards that can be used for RAN deployments....

UC San Diego Health’s executive director of communications and media relations Jacqueline Carr confirmed to ZDNet that the breach resulted from a phishing attack. From December 2, 2020 to April 8, 2021, hackers had access to data including names, addresses, claims information, laboratory results, medical diagnosis and conditions, Medical Record Numbers and other medical identifiers, prescription information, treatment information, medical information, Social Security numbers, government identification numbers, payment card numbers or financial account numbers and security codes, student ID numbers, and usernames and passwords....

Preparing to go to the Moon is about as intense as you would expect: NASA’s team of 42 astronauts and 10 astronaut candidates are going through rigorous training that involves landing Army helicopters, studying rocky terrain in areas like Iceland, spending extended periods at the bottom of a pool and training in VR simulations. NASA has yet to decide which astronauts will travel to the Moon. However, the agency said Friday’s it’s aiming to launch the Artemis II mission in 2024 – that mission will send astronauts on a lunar flyby test, making it the first crewed mission to go beyond low Earth orbit since 1972....

It surveyed over 850 people to ask what they needed to successfully make the transition to home working. The report revealed that almost 62% of people are working remotely with others in their home, yet over half (56%) were not allowed to bring equipment home from their employer to use. Workers who were not allowed to bring equipment home reported spending approximately $35 more on equipment than those who were able to bring supplies home with them....

HR Solutions on the Deluxe People Platform was soft launched in the first quarter and is now widely available. Deluxe also said it would bring its HR and payroll tools for small businesses to Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. On the surface, Deluxe’s launch highlights how the COVID-19 pandemic accelerated the digitization of SMBs. If you zoom out, however, there’s a digital transformation story and more than 2 years of work....

Let’s start with network. VPNs provide network connections, meaning they move data to and from your device. Private means they make that movement private, helping prevent hackers from seeing what you’re sending. And virtual means that you’re doing it all in software. You’re not running a new set of wires. Instead, you’re creating a software-based network connection that then moves data over the physical connection (whether that’s wireless or wired)....

And there are times when it really falls short. Take this example. I have a 12.9-inch M2 iPad Pro. I have Apple’s Magic Keyboard. I have an Apple Pencil. Good combination, right? A combo of hardware devices that Apple has built to work together. Except for one thing. Keeping my $129 Apple Pencil safe. Sure, there are magnets on the side of the iPad Pro, and the Apple Pencil clings onto these magnets both for charge and so as to not get lost....

Experts have also been alarmed by the number of colonies that have succumbed to colony collapse disorder. This is a phenomenon in which most of the colony’s worker bees die or disappear, leaving the colony without the means to care for its young and its queen. New threats, such as introducing Asian giant hornets (nicknamed “Murder Hornets”) into the United States, are also a cause for concern. The decline of bees has serious economic and environmental implications....

It can also be on your desktop. Linux is a fantastic choice as a desktop operating system because it’s incredibly reliable, secure, and more flexible than any other OS on the market. But for those who might be hesitant to install Linux over macOS or Windows, what can you do? One route that makes it very easy to test and use Linux, without doing anything to your primary operating system, is the virtual machine route....

But where is it? You know it’s there somewhere, but that crucial missive has somehow been lost in the shuffle. Unfortunately, it happens a lot. This is especially so because I have multiple email accounts configured in Apple Mail and given how much spam gets caught up in the mix, it’s really easy to miss something. To avoid such a calamity, I make use of the rule feature found in Apple Mail....

Personally, I’d been doing grocery pickups at Walmart regularly since 2017, but 2020 gave me the push to use grocery delivery, which I still use weekly today. However, there are extra costs associated with online grocery shopping, like delivery fees and driver tips, that can add to the financial pressure many of us are under right now. As a budget-conscious shopper, I saw savings on our groceries of an average of $50-$100 a week since switching to ordering online....

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, web developers can anticipate an employment growth rate of 13% from 2020-30. AAD certification, inexpensive and rigorous, can help you get your first job in this rapidly-growing field. Read on for our guide to AAD certification, covering cost, what to expect, and where to find study aids. 1. Decide whether earning an associate Android developer certification is right for you. The AAD certification caters mostly to beginning developers starting to master Java and other common programming languages....

No, I’m not a tab hoarder. I can stop any time. Yeah, sure I can. Rather, I’m here today to tell you about a cool trick that will allow you to easily access all your open Chrome tabs from whatever machine you happen to be on at the time. Also: How to take a full-page screenshot in Google Chrome If I were to subject myself to a moment of self-examination, I’d have to admit I like to collect YouTube videos in tabs....