Jaikumar Vijayan

Google has updated its BigQuery data analytics service with new features that, among other things, let enterprises set a daily maximum limit for query costs. Enterprises using BigQuery to run analytics against large data sets can now take advantage of a new feature called Custom Quotas to set a daily query quota either on a […]

Google’s Chrome browser, Android OS and other products will soon stop trusting digital certificates issued from a particular Symantec root certificate because of security concerns. That means that Chrome and Android users who visit Websites that use certificates linked to the banned root will receive an alert informing them the site’s security certificate cannot be […]

Four years after launching its Cloud SQL managed MySQL database service, Google on Dec. 10 announced the beta availability of what it described as a second-generation version of the service. The updated service leverages improvements in Google’s Compute Engine hosted cloud infrastructure service and disk storage capabilities to deliver better scalability and performance per dollar, […]

Google’s Safe Browsing technology is now available by default on versions of Chrome running on Android handsets. All Android users running Version 46 or higher of Chrome should find Safe Browsing enabled in their browser, the company said Monday. Users can verify this by going to Chrome’s Settings menu and choosing the Privacy option, Google […]

Google is seeking to patent a technology that would enable the needle-less drawing of blood for the medical testing of patients with diabetes and other health conditions. The company’s patent application, published Dec. 3, described the technology as a pneumatic particle accelerator designed to shoot a micro particle through a small, hollow tube with enough […]

Google released a new API that it says will allow developers to build applications that can see and understand the content of images. Google’s Cloud Vision API is available in limited preview mode and leverages the company’s expertise in machine learning, especially with technologies such as the recently open-sourced TensorFlow. In a blog post this […]

Google has signed contracts to purchase a staggering 842 megawatts of energy over the next few years to feed its power-hungry data centers. But in keeping with the company’s commitment to environmental conservation, all of it will be in the form of renewable energy sourced through several solar and wind projects in the United States […]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has accused Google of deceptively collecting and mining personal data of school children, a claim that Google vigorously denied Dec. 2. In a complaint filed with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission this week, the EFF said Google collects, stores and analyzes data on the Internet sites that students visit, the […]

Travel website eDreams has changed some of its display ads on Google search after European budget airline Ryanair sued both eDreams and Google earlier this week, claiming the ads were deceptive. In a statement Wednesday, Ryanair welcomed the quick response from eDreams, but said both Google and eDreams have more work to do to prevent […]

Robert Rose, one of the main engineers behind automaker Tesla’s recently launched Autopilot self-driving car technology, has joined Google. But it’s not immediately clear if Rose is part of Google’s autonomous car project, as some have speculated, or if he’s with a separate Google robotics operation that has been without a head for the past […]