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■Kaspersky customers in the US have found their antivirus software has been replaced without warning with a new solution called UltraAV. The US government recently passed a law banning the sale of Kaspersky security software and the subsequent updates for installed software, resulting in the company "s exit from the US market.Customers reported on social media that the update was pushed without the ability to accept or decline UltraAV, despite notification emails supposedly being sent at least a few weeks ...
■Google filed an antitrust complaint with the European Commission on Wednesday accusing Microsoft of using unfair licensing contracts to stifle competition in the multibillion-dollar cloud computing industry.At the heart of Google "s complaint is the allegation that Microsoft uses unfair licensing terms to "lock in " clients and exert control over the cloud market.Google alleges that Microsoft, through its dominant Windows Server and Microsoft Office products, can make it difficult for ...
■ByteDance said it is shuttering its music streaming service, TikTok Music, in November. "We are sorry to inform you that TikTok Music will be closing on 28 November 2024, " a notice on TikTok Music "s website reads. The service was available in Indonesia, Brazil, Australia, Singapore, and Mexico.Subscribers can continue to use the service until November 28, after which renewals will be automatically canceled, the notice said. Users who want to transfer their playlists to other streaming ...
■Qualcomm has informally approached Intel about a takeover, in what would be the largest tech merger of all time, according to multiple reports.A potential deal to buy Intel could accelerate Qualcomm "s diversification but will burden the smartphone chipmaker with a loss-making semiconductor manufacturing unit that it may struggle to turn around or sell, analysts said.A buyout will also face tough antitrust scrutiny globally as it would unite two crucial chip firms in what would be the sector "s biggest ...
■Shortly after announcing a new picture-in-picture ad format that would play without interrupting the main video, YouTube is introducing another style of ads. This time, commercials are coming to your pause screen.Pause screen ads have been in various testing stages for a while now, but it was only this week that YouTube rolled them out on a wide scale. The streaming video giant hasn "t officially confirmed the new ads, but did tell The Verge, "As we "ve seen both strong advertiser and strong ...
■With the launch of iOS 18, iPhone users are finally able to exchange rich text messages with their Android counterparts. But beyond Apple "s support of RCS, each carrier needs to activate the capability - and for now, many carriers have yet to jump on the bandwagon.RCS, or Rich Communications Service, is a messaging standard released by Google a few years ago. Designed to replace SMS messaging, RCS is a more modern standard that can handle richer content. With RCS enabled, texts from your iPhone to Android ...
■Intel is spinning off its chipmaking business as part of its plans to reverse billions in losses and a tumbling stock price. In an announcement on Monday, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger said the Intel Foundry will become an independent subsidiary with "clearer separation and independence " from Intel.With the change, the Intel Foundry will have its own operating board and report its financial earnings separately from Intel. Intel will also stop work on the factories it "s building in Poland and ...
■Antivirus firm Dr.Web has flagged a type of Android malware known as Android.Vo1d that has infected about 1.3 million TV boxes across 197 countries.The malware effectively enables a backdoor into the TV box "s system that allows an attacker to download and install malicious third-party software. The R4 TV box model running Android 7.1.2, a TV Box running Android 12.1, and the KJ-SMART4KVIP TV box running Android 10.1 were the types of devices reportedly impacted.These TV boxes may have been targeted ...
■Uber announced Friday it is expanding its partnership with Alphabet s Waymo to offer robotaxi rides in Austin, Texas, and Atlanta beginning in early 2025. Shares of Uber jumped 5% on the news while Alphabet rose about 1%.Uber riders in those cities can be matched with a driverless Waymo car for some trips, according to the companies. The rides will only be available through Uber "s app, unlike in San Francisco and Los Angeles where riders book through the Waymo app. A Waymo spokesperson said it had no ...
■Google has long required an official account to access its online services, both on web and mobile platforms. A Google Account can serve as a gateway to many popular services, and you "ll now need to maintain a certain level of activity to keep it alive.Google announced a new policy for inactive accounts in 2023, stating that unused accounts would ultimately be deleted. They "re now enforcing the policy, with an unspecified number of Google Accounts being deleted after showing no user activity for a ...