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  YouTube Shorts to Get Revamped Video Editor, AI Stickers and More Creator Tools

  YouTube is set to launch a revamped video editor and tools to simplify content creation. Users can sync video edits to music beats or add image stickers from their gallery. AI-generated stickers using prompts will also be added to the in-app video editor. Additionally, Shorts templates will credit the original creator, when a new video using a temp...

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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 NotebookLM Is Getting a New Discover Sources Feature That Can Search the Web

  Google NotebookLM is getting a new artificial intelligence (AI) feature that will make it easier for users to add sources for a particular topic. Announced on Wednesday, the new feature is dubbed Discover Sources, and it can scour the Internet to find relevant sources for a given topic. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that this feature uses...

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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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  Google Issues Ultimatum To Fitbit Users: "If You Want To Use..."

  Google had previously given a 2025 deadline for the switch, but it is only now that it has dropped the hammer with a firm warning.

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  Google Issues Ultimatum To Fitbit Users: "If You Want To Use..."

  Google had previously given a 2025 deadline for the switch, but it is only now that they've dropped the hammer with a firm warning.

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  Google NotebookLM Upgraded With Mind Maps Feature and Output Language Selector

  Google NotebookLM is getting a couple of new features to offer newer ways of interacting with the artificial intelligence (AI) platform. The most notable feature is Mind Maps, which creates a flow chart of the concepts discussed in the content source and allows users to visualise connections between different concepts.

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  YouTube Is Testing New System for Reducing Notifications from Infrequently Watched Channels

  Google has announced that it is testing a new system for YouTube which reduces notifications received from subscribed channels which aren’t watched anymore. On YouTube, users can set the notification setting to "All" which makes sure they stay up to date with all the ongoing activities from their preferred channels via push notifications.

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  Google Rolling Out New Features Across Its Platforms to Help Users Plan Vacations

  Google announced the rollout of several new features across its platforms on Thursday. Some of these features are powered by artificial intelligence (AI), while others are regular updates and language expansions. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that all of these features are aimed at helping users better plan their vacations and trips.

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  Google Chrome Update Fixes Zero-Day Security Flaw That Targeted Media, Government and Educational Institutions

  Google has patched a critical security flaw in its Chrome browser that allowed attackers to bypass protections. Discovered by Kaspersky’s GReAT team, the vulnerability reportedly targeted media, educational, and government entities. Chrome users should update their browsers promptly, while updates for other Chromium-based browsers are expected to...

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  FM Claims Access to WhatsApp Messages Led to Seizure of Crypto Worth Rs. 90 Crore

  This week in Parliament, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman stated that encrypted communication channels are being misused for financial crimes like money laundering and tax evasion. She revealed that authorities were able to seize over Rs. 90 crores in crypto assets from a syndicate thanks to access to WhatsApp messages.

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  Google Workspace March Feature Drop to Upgrade Google Meet and Vids With New Capabilities

  Google Workspace's March feature drop was announced on Thursday, and it is bringing several new artificial intelligence (AI) features to users. Most of these features have already been rolled out to eligible users, and others will get it in the next few days. The most notable feature is an upgrade to Google Meet’s “take notes for me” feature.

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  Solar Eclipse March 29: Google Launches Special Animation

  Google is celebrating the upcoming March 29, 2025, total solar eclipse with a special animation that appears when users search for relevant terms, visually depicting the event and showcasing the sun's corona.

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  Android 16 Developer Preview 3 Reportedly Enables Screen-Off Fingerprint Unlock on All Pixel Phones

  Android 16 Developer Preview 3 (DP3) for Pixel smartphones was released last week. It adds a new feature which makes unlocking the phone with the inbuilt fingerprint sensor more convenient, according to a report. The feature is said to allow Pixel users to use the fingerprint unlock sensor even when the screen is turned off.

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  Google Vids Video Creation App Gets Updated With an AI Voiceovers Feature

  Google Vids, the company's artificial intelligence (AI) video creation tool, is getting a new feature. Announced last week, the Mountain View-based tech giant is now adding AI-powered voiceovers to its ‘Help me create’ feature. With this, the tool will automatically add voiceovers for each scene generated by it. Users will have granular control...