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In 2019, the DGCCRF (Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and the Repression of Fraud) launched an investigation following several complaints by hoteliers over Google’s propriety rating system on its search engine and on Google Maps. The probe revealed that Google had replaced the official classification issued by the country’s Tourist Development Agency, Atout France to determine the score for each hotel with its own proprietary algorithm system. However, Google used an identical system of “1 to 5 stars” to classify accommodation tourism, which was “highly confusing” for consumers....

For those unaware, under the revised disclosure policy, GPZ needs to wait for at least 90 days before publicly revealing the details of a security bug, even if the bug is fixed ahead of that deadline. Also, vendors can request an additional 14-day grace period from Google if they believe they won’t be able to fix the reported vulnerability within 90 days. The Adreno GPU driver associates a private device structure (“process_priv”) with each KGSL file descriptor, which holds the page tables that are used for GPU context switching....

Google’s findings were published in the Nature partner journal Digital Medicine in May. In one major case study in the research, Google applied its neural networks, a form of AI, on a woman with cancer who had arrived at a city hospital with late-stage breast cancer, fluids already flooding in her lungs. The hospital’s Early Warning System predicted that the woman had a 9.3% chance of dying during her stay, while Google’s AI said the risks of death were higher at 19....

Another ex-employee from Google, David Gudeman, who is a co-plaintiff in the lawsuit is supporting Damore’s cause. The lawsuit seeks non-monetary, monetary, and punitive compensations. Damore was fired after writing a 10-page memo titled “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber: How bias clouds our thinking about diversity and inclusion” that questioned company’s diversity policies. Even though it was circulated internally initially in July, it gained attention in August when Motherboard published the memo, saying the “anti-diversity memo” had gone “internally viral” at the Mountain View, Calif....

June 8th, World Oceans Day is dedicated to keep safe the coral reefs and the life that prospers out of our sight. To honor this day, Google has decided to celebrate this day by sending its updated Street View service with lots of visual images from various underwater and seaside locations. On a serious note, Google points out, “Home to the majority of life on Earth, the ocean acts as its life support system, controlling everything from our weather and rainfall to the oxygen we breathe....

In the video, the firm showed hacking into a GoPro Hero4 camera to secretly listen to conversation of device owners, and with the hackers able to view files and videos on the camera and delete them. During the entire time, the device will look as if it is turned off. The hackers used a certain software to run possible password combinations, which are really simple and easy to guess in just seconds....

A lot of heat is generated by the engine of a running vehicle such as car, a bike, and even a computer. Under normal condition this heat gets wasted; however just wonder if this heat is harvested and used to recharge the batteries of car or power the car’s air-conditioning, would it make some difference? Yes, of course this would bring a significant change in the next generation of automotive industry as this technology of converting heat into electricity would lead to lesser consumption of the fuel....

White hat hackers and security researchers can earn these rewards if they are able to completely compromise a Tesla Model 3. In March last year, a security research team named Fluoroacetate won a Tesla Model 3 and $35,000 for hacking Tesla’s infotainment system (Chromium) via its browser. During the hacking competition, Fluoroacetate’s Amat Cama and Richard Zhu had successfully managed to display a message on the car’s web browser by exploiting JIT bug in the browser renderer process....

The United States Attorney’s official release stated that Barnhouse hacked into the Verizon FiOS router of his neighbor and using it he emailed a bomb threat to the Willow Grove Park Mall.. The email message is given below : Taking the threat seriously Mall owners paid for increased security and FBI was called in to look into the matter, The FBI tracked the email coming from the accused’s neighbor’s router and executed a search warrant on the neighbor’s house....

The leak affects websites operated by VerticalScope, a Toronto-based media company that runs a large number of online communities, and includes big-name sites like AutoGuide.com, Motorcycle.com and Techsupportforum.com. The data includes usernames, email addresses, IP addresses, and passwords of people. LeakedSource says that for each record they found an email address, a username, an IP address, and one or two passwords. However, not all records have the details for each user....

The Rolling-PWN attack (codenamed CVE-2021-46145) is a serious vulnerability, which takes advantage of a remote keyless entry system (RKE), which allows remote access to unlock the car door or start a vehicle from a long distance. According to the experts, the issue affects all Honda vehicles currently existing on the market, from the Year 2012 up to the Year 2022. The Rolling-PWN issue exists in a vulnerable version of the mechanism of the rolling code, which is implemented in huge amounts of Honda vehicles....

Both FB Messenger and Facebook-owned WhatsApp allow users to send voice messages using the Mic icon in the chat bar. While many don’t use the Facebook Messenger voice message feature, it is still very popular. But next time you send a voice message to your near and dear ones or a business colleague, do remember that your voice chat can be snooped on by potential hackers thanks to a Man-in-the-Middle (MiTM) vulnerability....

Tesla, the electric car manufacturer based in Palo Alto, California, is the latest victim of crypto-mining malware that allowed the hackers to covertly mine cryptocurrency – an attack known as ‘crypto-jacking’. “We weren’t the first to get to it,” Varun Badhwar, CEO and co-founder of RedLock, told Fortune in a phone conversation. “Clearly, someone else had launched instances that were already mining cryptocurrency in this particular Tesla environment.” The CGI researchers said they are not certain of the type and the value of currency mined using the stolen power....

Let’s see how Elon Musk’s proposed Hyperloop is going to change the way we travelHowever, Hyperloop could change all of this.So, how does it plan to execute this?1. Easily reachable and more effective.2. Say goodbye to ticket lines.3. Comfortable seats.4. Reasonable pricing However, Hyperloop could change all of this. The Hyperloop is a conceptual high-speed transportation system that carries passengers in capsules at speeds reaching more than 700 miles per hour....

Interns are made to work on real projects that are on Facebook’s schedule and not just busy work appointed for interns. Hyla Wallis, leader of Facebook’s university operations said the company looks at internships as an evaluation programme of sorts. “(It’s) an opportunity for us to get to know our interns and for our interns to get to know us,” she says. It’s also one of the highest paying intern job a student can get....

Is your laptop overheating? Try these methods to keep it coolWhy Your Laptop Is Overheating?What Are The Signs Of Overheating?Methods To Keep Your Laptop Cool1. Elevation2. Keep it cool3. PC’s Setting Many laptops overheat because the fan on the bottom is blocked, and the hard drive then quickly fails. In laptops, the cooling is normally performed by a fan and some kind of metal conductor like copper or aluminium called a heat sink....

Recently many users are facing an error named “err_cache_miss” in google chrome and in this article, we are providing you with the ways to fix it. How Err_cache_miss error occur? Well, It has been observed that error often occurs when developers are testing their applications using some wrong code, or sometimes users face it while surfing through particular websites. How Err_cache_miss error occur?How to fix the Err_cache_miss error in Google chrome-1....

It doesn’t matter if you are a one-man show or a Fortune 500 CEO, you have the same number of hours in your day. How you use your time has a lot to do with your performance, productivity, and results. While there are many tasks on your schedule, it’s imperative that you always make time to prospect for new business. Without new leads in the pipeline, your growth will stagnant – and that’s not something you want....

This record-breaking activity means that if this rate holds, we will end 2021 with the number of attacks overtaking the 10 million attacks recorded for the duration of 2020. This also shows that threat actors are working overtime to conduct their nefarious activities because the first quarter of every year is usually the lowest in terms of the number of attacks, but the numbers show an uptick instead. This surge in attacks can be attributed to the sudden and abrupt change in work dynamics all across the globe brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic....

3 Ways to Recover Deleted Data on iPhone (Apple Never Told You) It is convenient to use iPhone to pick up a call, send messages, take photos and record videos. However, you will be driven to be crazy when you find the data on your iPhone are gone with the wind. No matter what reasons that leads to the data loss on iPhone as below: Far more than just the reasons, you may get the data lost or deletion from your iPhone....