Apple and Google may face action over mobile phone dominance, says UK watchdog

Apple and Google may face action over mobile phone dominance, says UK watchdog

Apple and Google may be forced to make changes to their mobile platforms as current rules could be “limiting innovation and competition”, the UK’s competition watchdog has found. The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) said the two tech giants had substantial and entrenched market power with their platforms. It confirmed they were given so-called “strategic…

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Google Co-Founder Larry Page Once Said He'd Rather Leave His Billions To Elon Musk, Not Charity —'He Wants to Go to Mars...to Back up Humanity'

Google Co-Founder Larry Page Once Said He’d Rather Leave His Billions To Elon Musk, Not Charity —’He Wants to Go to Mars…to Back up Humanity’

Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. When billionaires talk legacy, they usually mention foundations, endowments, or family trusts. But Google co-founder Larry Page once offered a more unconventional heir to his fortune — Elon Musk. During a 2014 TED interview with Charlie Rose, Page…

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Pixnapping: Side-Channel Vulnerability Allows Android Apps to Capture Sensitive Screen Data

Pixnapping: Side-Channel Vulnerability Allows Android Apps to Capture Sensitive Screen Data

A newly discovered class of attacks targets Android devices, allowing malicious apps to steal on-screen information from other apps using a technique known as pixel stealing. Dubbed Pixnapping, the attack leverages previously known side-channel vulnerabilities and affects virtually all apps, including Signal, Google Authenticator, Venmo, and many others. The Pixnapping attack begins when a victim…

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Save big money on Office apps

Install Google Docs as an app

📄 Install Google Docs as an app: You can get quicker access to Docs on your PC. In Chrome, open Google Docs, click the three-dot menu in the top right, and scroll to Cast, save and share. Select Install page as app and confirm. It’ll show up on your desktop and open like a stand-alone…

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