Google’s New Alliance Wants to Get Digital Keys, Mobile IDs Working on Android
As of 2018, all Google Pixel phones feature a Titan M chip known as the SE or Secure Element. Separate from the phone’s processor, it stores encryption keys and validates the operating system. Today, Google sees the Titan M and other Secure Elements as key to new innovations such as digital passports and identity cards […]
Apple Bought More AI Companies Since 2016
GlobalData shows that Apple has invested heavily in artificial intelligence, acquiring more AI companies than anyone else between 2016 and 2020, with Apple buying 25 AI companies over that five-year period, compared with 14 from Google. Most of Apple’s acquisitions seem to serve the continued improvement of Siri. In addition, 60 AI companies were acquired […]
Google, Facebook Twitter Grilled in US on Fake News
Tech executives Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, and Jack Dorsey were grilled by US politicians for spreading disinformation on YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook. Three tech bosses appeared before two Senate subcommittees and the Energy and Commerce Committee, the first hearing since the US Capitol siege. Politicians believe the tipping point for more regulation has been reached […]
