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2022-04-05 17:00:16 Google marks Vanced Manager as a malicious application

Play Protection has started to consider YouTube Vanced and YouTube Music Vanced download manager as malicious and suggesting to uninstall it. This applies to version 2.6.0, downloaded from APKMirror. The current version has the number 2.6.2 and Play Protection does not respond to it.

Android Police suggests that it could be a phishing app created by scammers.

The YouTube Vanced project has been shut down due to legal threats from Google. On March 13, the developers of the app said they would no longer support the app, and the download links will be removed. But those who had time to install the manager can still use YouTube Vanced.

So it's not surprising that scammers can take advantage of the situation and post fake and malicious versions of the program. Open / Comment

2022-04-04 17:00:15 French court fines Google €2 million for unfair practices against app developers

A French court fined Google €2 million for unfair practices against app developers - unilaterally changing and terminating contracts, BloombergQuint reported Tuesday.

In addition, the court ordered Google to change seven provisions of its contracts with developers, including a provision charging them a 30 percent commission on sales through the Google Play Store app store. The decision applies to contracts signed with app creators in 2015 and 2016. Open / Comment

2022-04-04 09:37:37 Your smartphone is capable of astonishing things!

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Not a PC class, that's more interesting Open / Comment

2022-04-03 17:00:12 Google: Russian hackers tried to hack NATO

The attacks targeted the armed forces of several Eastern European countries as well as the NATO Center of Excellence.

Google has published a new report from the Threat Analysis Group, according to which Russian hackers attacked NATO and several armies in Eastern Europe.

The hackers used newly created Gmail accounts in the attacks, with fishing emails sent to emails not owned by Google.

Google claims that a Russian-based hacker group called Coldriver, also called Calisto, carried out attacks targeting the armed forces of several Eastern European countries as well as the NATO Center of Excellence. Open / Comment

2022-04-02 17:00:13 Google to invest $10 million in new partnerships to fight misinformation

Google and Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai announced plans to invest $10 million in new partnerships with community organizations focused on combating misinformation.

"We are also working to make sure that trustworthy and helpful information gets to people through our products," the Google chief said Tuesday at a joint news conference following a meeting with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki. Open / Comment

2022-04-01 17:00:15 Google is testing a card with current weather on the Discover page

Google is testing a new feature in the beta version of its search app for Android.

A weather card has appeared above the newsfeed on the Discover page. The weather was displayed on this page before - in a small "tablet" above the Google logo. Now weather information takes up more space, with the name of the current city and the percentage of precipitation probability.

The innovation is only being tested: if you click on the card, it opens not Google's own sub-application on the weather, but the search results on the request "Weather". Open / Comment

2022-03-31 14:00:14 Google releases Chrome 100th Anniversary Edition

Google has unveiled a landmark update to its signature browser. The stable version of Chrome 100 is now available for all supported Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS and Android platforms, almost 14 years after its original release in September 2008.

A new logo becomes available in Chrome 100, changing for the first time in 8 years - the last change was made in 2014. The logo has become even more "flat" and minimalistic.

Compared to the 2014 version, barely noticeable shadows have been removed, which is more in line with the app icons of other Google services. Open / Comment

2022-03-30 17:00:07 The Google app got a long-awaited feature

Google has updated its Android app and added a useful feature. This is reported by several foreign media.

It is an opportunity to clear the history of actions in the application for the last 15 minutes. Previously, there was not, and all your actions were stored in the account - as a consequence, they were analyzed and went into a digital profile, which generates personalized tips and ads. And clearing all of your activity history wasn't convenient for everyone, either.

The developers promise that in the near future the function will appear on all Android devices. To get it in time, update the application to the latest version. By the way, iOS users have such a feature appeared in July 2021. Open / Comment

2022-03-29 17:00:11 Google accused of racism

A lawsuit has been filed in federal court in San Jose, California, against Google, which is accused of systematic racial bias against black employees. The suit says the search giant assigns African-Americans to lower-level jobs, pays them less and denies them opportunities for advancement.

The plaintiff, seeking class action status, claims that Google maintains a "racially biased corporate culture" by favoring white males.

As a result, only 4.4 percent of employees are black, and 3 percent of management and technicians are black. Open / Comment

2022-03-28 17:00:10 Warhammer: Odyssey servers shut down, MMORPG removed from Google Play and App Store - code and database stolen

Five days ago, Thai Virtual Realms was forced to shut down the servers of the mobile MMORPG Warhammer: Odyssey due to hacker attacks.

Later the studio decided to temporarily remove the game from Google Play and the App Store to fix the vulnerability. In the hands of unknown culprits we found the source code and the project's database, which have been posted on the Internet, but the associated Apple, Facebook and Google accounts have not been compromised.

Servers will be rolled back, players will be reimbursed for all of the servers will be rolled back. Hackers also attacked the company's other project: Celtic Heroes was brought back online earlier, but the game suffered a DDoS attack. Open / Comment