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  Google's Identity Check Security Feature Will Arrive on More Phones With Android 16: Report

  Google's Android 16 update will reportedly expand its Identity Check security feature, currently on select Samsung and Pixel phones, to more Android devices. This feature safeguards user data and Google accounts upon phone theft by requiring biometric authentication for critical setting changes. The feature is similar to Apple's Stolen Device Prote...

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  Google Suspends 2.9 Million Ad Accounts In India For Policy Abuse

  Internet giant Google suspended 2.9 million advertisers' accounts in India and removed 247.4 million ads in 2024 for abusing its advertisement policy, the company said in a report on Wednesday.

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  Google Explains How Its Gemini Integration in Photos App Lets Users Find Photos With Prompts

  Nearly a year after unveiling its Ask Photos feature at the I/O developer conference in May 2024, Google has finally shed some light on how the feature will work. It was introduced as an extension for Google Photos which allows the on-device Gemini artificial intelligence (AI) assistant to access a user's images and answer queries about them.

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  Google Updating Gmail to Allow Enterprise Users to Send End-to-End Encrypted Emails Across Platforms

  Google is enabling its enterprise users to easily send end-to-end encrypted emails via Gmail. Announced on Wednesday, the Mountain View-based tech giant said that it has made progress in implementing the Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (S/MIME) protocol in an easier way to allow users to send encrypted email to others on Gmail as well ...

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  SEBI Directs Intermediaries to Use Registered Contact Details for Advertising on Social Media Platforms

  SEBI has directed registered intermediaries advertising on social media platforms like Google and Meta to use the contact details shared with the market regulator, such as email IDs and mobile numbers. This step aims to combat rising securities market frauds observed on platforms like YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, X (formerly Twitter), Te...

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  Google Rolling Out AI-Powered ‘Most Relevant’ Search Results Feature for Gmail

  Google began rolling out a new improvement for Gmail on Thursday that will help users find relevant emails easier than before. Dubbed ‘Most Relevant’, this new search result sorting feature uses artificial intelligence (AI) to bring those emails that might be more important than others to the top, ditching the traditional chronological order.

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  Google Renaming Gemini Extensions to ‘Apps’, Powers It With Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking

  Google is making a couple of changes to Gemini. Announced on Friday, one of the changes is focused on the lexicon of Gemini tools, while the other improves the artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot’s capability of connecting with different apps. The company is currently rolling out this update to all Google Workspace accounts, although the renamin...

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  Big Tech Opposes YouTube Exemption from Australia's Ban on Social Media for Children

  Facebook and Instagram owner Meta Platforms, Snapchat and TikTok believe Australia should not exempt YouTube from its decision to ban social media for minors. YouTube stands to be exempted from the ban as it is considered a key educational tool and is the only service allowed for children as part of a family account with parental supervision rights...

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  US Teacher Found With Thousands Of Child Ponography Content

  Google, in 2024, reported Ross Lanvin's account to the National Centre for Missing and Exploited Children after detecting 150 images and 90 videos of explicit content.

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  Gemini in Google Meet Can Now Suggest ‘Next Steps’ After Meetings

  Google Meet is getting a couple of new features, the company announced on Tuesday. The first feature is exclusive to the Google Workspace enterprise and business accounts, and it upgrades the existing note-taking capability in Gemini. Users will now be able to see a checklist of “next steps” suggestions from the AI, based on the conversations i...

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  Google Expands NotebookLM Plus to Google One AI Premium Subscribers

  Google announced the expansion of NotebookLM Plus to individual users on Monday. The upgraded version of the platform that offers higher usage and more security tools has been only available to enterprises and education accounts so far. However, the Mountain View-based tech giant has now bundled it with the Google One AI Premium subscription. Those...

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  UK Reportedly Orders Apple to Give it Access to Users' Encrypted Accounts

  UK authorities have asked Apple to let them retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud. UK's office of the Home Secretary has ordered it to provide the access.

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  Signing Into Google Account Will Require Additional 2 Factor Authentication Verification: Report

  Google has added another layer of verification as part of its two-factor authentication (2FA) which now appears when signing into the Google account on an unrecognised device, according to a report. This change is said to arrive with the most recent version of Google Play Services and thus, is currently limited to Android phones. It reportedly adds...

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  Google Rolling Out Android's Identity Check Feature to Samsung Galaxy S25 Series, Eligible Pixel Phones, More

  Google is bringing Android’s Identity Check feature to several smartphones. It is confirmed to roll out to select Pixel and Samsung Galaxy smartphones initially. It will later be released to handsets from other competing original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) that run on Android operating systems.

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  JioFiber, Jio AirFiber Subscribers Get Two-Year YouTube Premium Access on Select Plans

  Reliance Jio announced that some of its JioFiber and AirFiber users in the country will be able to access YouTube Premium services for free for two years. The offer is extended to some JioFiber and AirFiber postpaid customers in the country, who avail of select plans. Users will need to link their Google accounts to enjoy the benefits.