Another Silicon Valley investor is getting into the rocket business. Former Google chief executive Eric Schmidt has taken a controlling interest in the Long Beach, California-based Relativity Space. The New York Times first reported the change becoming official, after Schmidt told employees in an all-hands meeting on Monday. Schmidt’s involvement with Relativity has been quietly … Read more
Google security experts are sending out a call for better handling a common security vulnerability.The search giant wants developers to pay more attention to flaws that arise when software programs access data stored in memory and which portions of the table should be off limits to applications.The researchers said the programs are still able to … Read more
As Google’s 2024 antitrust loss proved, the company has worked very, very hard to ensure its search engine is the primary roadmap for the Internet. Google scours the Internet for data about everything—even you. And if you don’t want your personal info to wind up in Google search results, you can use the just-redesigned “Results … Read more
Google’s Cloud Key Management Service (Cloud KMS) now supports quantum-safe digital signatures that align with recently published post-quantum cryptography (PQC) standards from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST).The company announced Thursday that FIPS 204 and FIPS 205 compliant cryptography methods are now available in preview via the existing Cloud KMS API. Customers can … Read more
Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers. Happily, the broad deployment of more secure chip-based payment cards in the United States has weakened the carding market. But a flurry of innovation from cybercrime groups in China is breathing new … Read more