Were it not for the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, there might be no Google. Thirty years ago today, Sergey Brin, a 6-year-old Soviet boy facing an uncertain future, arrived in the United States with the help of the society. Now Mr. Brin, the billionaire co-founder of Google, is giving $1 million to the society, widely […]
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Google acquires Carnegie Mellon’s anti-fraud tool
PITTSBURGH – Google has acquired a Carnegie Mellon University spin-off that seeks to cut down on spam and fraud at Web sites while digitizing books. ReCAPTCHA offers simple word puzzles that users must solve when registering at a Web site or completing an online purchase. Computers can’t decipher the twisted letters and numbers, ensuring that […]