Hackers infect ISPs with malware that steals customers' credentials(arstechnica.com)

53 points by trelane 2 years ago | 16 comments

Hackers can infect network-connected wrenches to install ransomware(arstechnica.com)

108 points by ColinWright 2 years ago | 91 comments

Chrome now tracks users and shares a “topic” list with advertisers(arstechnica.com)

738 points by edvinbesic 3 years ago | 437 comments

Ars Technica article reporting that Google launched its Privacy Sandbox ad platform in Chrome, which tracks browsing and shares a list of interest topics with advertisers.

OpenAI CEO raises $115M for crypto company that scans people’s eyeballs(arstechnica.com)

30 points by jackalo 3 years ago | 32 comments

On DMA eve, Google whines, Apple sounds alarms, and TikTok wants out(arstechnica.com)

64 points by donatzsky 2 years ago | 60 comments

Asahi Linux project's OpenGL support on Apple Silicon officially surpasses Apple(arstechnica.com)

324 points by throwaway2037 2 years ago | 132 comments

Ars Technica article reporting that Asahi Linux's GPU driver for Apple Silicon now supports the latest OpenGL and OpenGL ES versions, surpassing Apple's own support.

Google Web Environment Integrity Is the New Microsoft Trusted Computing(neelc.org)

513 points by neelc 3 years ago | 236 comments

Blog post arguing Google's Web Environment Integrity proposal resembles Microsoft's ill-fated Palladium trusted computing initiative and threatens ad blockers.

Google to invest up to $2B in Anthropic(reuters.com)

356 points by fofoz 3 years ago | 338 comments

Reuters news article reporting that Google agreed to invest up to $2 billion in OpenAI rival Anthropic, published October 27, 2023.

Google Declaring War on the Web(tante.cc)

470 points by cdrnsf 5 months ago | 303 comments

A blog post on tante.cc (Smashing Frames) arguing that Google's recent moves amount to declaring war on the open web.

Google vs. the Open Web(interpeer.io)

463 points by ColinWright 3 years ago | 147 comments

Interpeer Project blog post expanding on a social media post about Google's actions versus the Open Web.

Unpacking Google’s Web Environment Integrity specification(vivaldi.com)

653 points by dagurp 3 years ago | 391 comments

Vivaldi blog post explaining why Google's proposed Web Environment Integrity specification threatens the open web and should be opposed.

German ruling declares Google liable for false answers in AI Overviews(the-decoder.com)

893 points by ahlCVA 4 months ago | 489 comments

The Decoder article reporting on a German court ruling that treats Google's AI Overviews as Google's own statements, making it liable for false answers.