Google reportedly monitored data from rival Android services to build new apps


The success of Android can be attributed not only to the breadth of hardware options but also to the sheer number of apps that have been developed for it, including those made by Google -- the developer behind the popular mobile operating system.

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EU wants Google to prove it won't use Fitbit data to "further enhance" its dominant position in search and advertising


Google bought Fitbit last year for $2.1 billion as part of its renewed strategy to grow and improve the Wear OS ecosystem with more fitness tracking and wellness features. While this made Fitbit's investors happy, it raised many questions about user privacy, as Google's advertising business is dependent on gathering...

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Master Python programming with over 96% off these premium courses and ebooks


When computer science students arrive at college, Python is one of the first programming languages they learn. Why? Because Python is powerful enough to support artificial intelligence and data science, yet it's easy to understand and get started with. It also happens to be very versatile.

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AMC is planning to reopen theaters in the US by the end of August


AMC, if you recall, closed all of its US theaters in mid-March as stay-at-home orders were ramping up in response to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic.

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Grand Theft Auto V might be getting the VR treatment


Australian developer Video Games Deluxe (VGD) has posted several job listings on LinkedIn as it gears up to work on what it says will be a "AAA" virtual reality game.

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StarCraft II is still going strong a decade on


Its predecessor, the original StarCraft from 1998, has been labeled as one of the greatest and most important video games ever. Understandably, fans and critics were skeptical when the sequel dropped on July 27, 2010, especially after its rocky start which prompted Blizzard to overhaul the project early on in its development.

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The live-action Sonic the Hedgehog film sequel arrives in 2022


Now, after a few more months have passed, we have a bit more information about the film. As expected, it'll be dubbed Sonic the Hedgehog 2, and it will hit theaters globally on April 8, 2022. This news was shared on Twitter directly by Sonic the Hedgehog's lead actor, Ben...

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A Quantum Internet would eliminate security concerns by nature


The traditional Internet, as The Wall Street Journal points out, works by encoding data into photons of light and sending it over long distances along fiber-optic cables or wirelessly via satellites. The issue, as it relates to security, is that these communications can be intercepted along the way, resulting in...

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Halo Infinite debut is met with complaints, Microsoft blames poor stream and early build


The Halo Infinite demo certainly stirred feelings of nostalgia for those who remember the first game on the original Xbox. But rose-tinted glasses can't hide the fact that compared to some of the other next-gen titles we've seen, it didn't look that visually impressive.

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Garmin shuts down online services and production after ransomware attack


The attack has affected vast swathes of the company, which hasn’t officially revealed it to be ransomware. The firm’s employees have described it as such on social media, attributing it to the new strain that appeared earlier this year, called WastedLocker, reports ZDNet.

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