Google bought Israeli cybersecurity company Wiz for $32 billion, marking the largest transfer of former Israeli spies into an American company.

Wiz is run and staffed by dozens of ex-Unit 8200 members, the specialist cyber-spying arm of the IDF, who helped design the algorithms for Israeli military operations, including the genocide of Gaza.

The acquisition brings around $5 billion in revenue for Israel and is seen as a political favor to Netanyahu.

https://www.donotpanic.news/p/google-imports-ex-israeli-spies-the

Memory safety for web fonts in Chrome: Google replaces FreeType with Rust-based alternative

There's no escaping Rust, and the language is leaving its mark everywhere. This time around, Chrome has replaced its use of FreeType with Skrifa, a Rust-based replacement.

Skrifa is written in Rust, and created as a replacement for FreeType to make font

https://www.osnews.com/story/141963/memory-safety-for-web-fonts-in-chrome-google-replaces-freetype-with-rust-based-alternative/

***** Warning regarding AI contamination of #Google #Gmail search function *****

Google is changing the way message search works in Gmail, to use their defective AI systems to show you results in a way the AI thinks is best for you, meaning you could easily miss important messages when searching in Gmail when the AI screws up, which it will frequently do because it doesn't understand what your messages actually mean.

There will apparently be a way to switch to "Most recent" instead of "Most Relevant", but it will probably be on you to change this setting and I don't know at this time if this change will stick between sessions.

Google continues to ram their defective AI down people's throats.

Brain dump ahead:

So I've kinda loked into making open source Android apps accessible, kinda. So, what I've maybe not figured out so far:

* You can use Android content description in a view or item attribute list.
* But some stuff is linked to other stuff. So in bigger projects I kinda just have to follow the path to where things are actually created rather than called.
* I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing.
* Maybe if you use null on the description, TalkBack will at least be able to focus on the element if it's a view TalkBack normally can't. Or you can do android focusable=true or something.

Again, I just want to make apps more accessible for now, and all this info is probably wrong.

The EU defied U.S. threats of retaliation Wednesday by accusing Google of violating its digital rules — which could trigger hefty fines — and ordering Apple to make its iPhone interact better with rivals' devices. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/20/tech/europe-google-apple-digital-rules/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #tech #eu #google #apple #us #donaldtrump

Nein #Google, du bekommst meine Telefonnummer nicht, da kannst du noch so oft fragen. Und meine Adresse erst recht nicht!!!

Leider will #Thunderbird nun eine Neuanmeldung für meine Kalender, keine Ahnung warum.
Nur: die 2-Faktor Authentifizierung mittels USB-Passkey funktioniert im Thunderbird nicht.
So wie es aussieht, wird es das nie.

@mozillaofficial No posibillity using USB-Passkeys for 2FA in #Mozilla Thunderbird? Really???
https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/comments/1isuxtv/usb_security_keys_dont_work_on_thunderbird/

Donnerstag: Online-Beschränkungen in der Türkei, EU-Kommission kritisiert Google

Sperren nach Bürgerprotesten + Wettbewerbsverstöße von Google + Lücke in Chrome + Interview zu Casino-Datenlecks + Risiko bei Server-Fernwartung + #heiseshow

https://www.heise.de/news/Donnerstag-Online-Beschraenkungen-in-der-Tuerkei-EU-Kommission-kritisiert-Google-10322026.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Malicious #Android #'Vapor' apps on #GooglePlay installed 60 million times

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/malicious-android-vapor-apps-on-google-play-installed-60-million-times/

Funny how capitalists claim that competition is essential to free market until they become a monopoly, then they claim that competition “will hurt European businesses and consumers, hinder innovation, weaken security, and degrade product quality” (as quoted by Google). Their hypocrisy makes me sick.

https://archive.is/BLBKE

DMA: Alphabet stellt EU-Kommission nicht zufrieden

Die Aufsichtsbehörde für den Digital Markets Act sieht wettbewerbsbehinderndes Verhalten bei Google Play und Google Search.

https://www.heise.de/news/DMA-Alphabet-stellt-EU-Kommission-nicht-zufrieden-10321920.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

No Tech for Apartheid statement on Google's acquisition of zionist cloud security company Wiz:

"Google acquires isra*li start-up Wiz, Signals its continued invesstment in israeli apartheid & its commitment to genocide profiteering.

Yesterday, mere hours after Israel escalated its violations of the ceasefire and unilaterally broke the agreement in full force, bombing Gaza and murdering over 400 Palestinians, Google formally announced its acquisition of Wiz. Wiz is an Israeli cloud security startup founded by former members of Unit 8200, the Israeli military’s infamous clandestine intelligence unit.

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#Google’s holding off #Pixel9a preorders to fix a flaw. #GooglePixel

https://gadgetbond.com/google-pixel-9a-preorders-delayed-quality-component-issue/

The #Google #Pixel9a is official—$499 gets you a brighter screen, bigger battery, and 7 years of updates. #GooglePixel

https://gadgetbond.com/google-pixel-9a-launch-specs-price-availability/