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Google is shutting down its Lacros browser
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR Google recently announced it was pulling the plugs on Lacros, an experimental browser launched for Chromebooks. The company began working on Lacros in 2020 and made it available for testing in 2023. Lacros’ discontinuation, however, does not affect Chromebook users. A recent announcement from Google indicated that Chrome OS …
How to tell if someone has read your email on Gmail
While checking whether someone has read your text messages is easy, knowing whether a recipient has read an important email is a different story. There are a few ways to check if your emails have been read, such as activating read receipts. We show you how to check if someone has read your email on …
Google makes it easier for users to switch on advanced account protection
Getty Images Google is making it easier for people to lock down their accounts with strong multifactor authentication by adding the option to store secure cryptographic keys in the form of passkeys rather than on physical token devices. Google’s Advanced Protection Program, introduced in 2017, requires the strongest form of multifactor authentication (MFA). Whereas many …
Google unveils AI-assisted Gmail features
The future of Google is bright — with the help of smart technology. After launching its generative artificial-intelligence feature in the popular search engine, Google unveiled the tech-savvy changes coming to its email service during the Google I/O keynote on Tuesday. Gmail, which has approximately 1.8 billion users around the globe, will soon feature new …
Traffic speeds reveal that Russia’s YouTube slowdown is targeted throttling, not Google Global Cache ‘equipment failure’ — Meduza
On July 12, Russian telecommunications officials warned that YouTube upload and download speeds are slowing nationwide, supposedly due to failures of the Google Global Cache equipment used to ensure fluid access to Google services in Russia. In an interview with Meduza, I.T. expert Mikhail Klimarev explained that the equipment Google left in Russia to operate …
How to Change Your Gmail Picture on Desktop and Mobile
Andrea Piacquadio/Pexels There are lots of reasons why you’d want to change your Gmail profile picture. Maybe you have a great, new selfie you want to show off. Or you just want to update your work email with a photo that’s recent and professional-looking. Whatever the reason, we can help you update your Gmail picture …
ChromeOS ending ‘Lacros’ browser effort in light of Android future
Last month, Google announced that ChromeOS would use “large portions of the Android stack” going forward. This is a long-term effort that will take “quite some time,” but one immediate change is Google ending development on Lacros, an experiment to update the Chrome browser independently of ChromeOS. This effort started in 2020, and was made …
Gmail app on Android can soon summarize your emails using Gemini
Last updated: April 27th, 2024 at 08:55 UTC+02:00 Google will soon replace Google Assistant with Gemini. Since Gemini is powered by Google’s advanced Artificial Intelligence (AI) and large language model (LLM), it can do much more than Google Assistant. For example, it can soon summarize long emails to improve productivity. Gmail will soon get Gemini …
Answering Wisconsin Badgers Google Autofill Questions
Badger fans are a curious group. So I went to Google to find the hard-hitting questions this fanbase needs to know, and I’m answering them here for you now. Yes, Hallman Jr. is very good. He led the Big Ten with seven interceptions last season and more subjectively just made the Top 100 players list …
Gmail Users Offered Free Top Tier Security Upgrade—Say Goodbye To 2FA
Google updates advanced protection program SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Updated 07/12 with additional details of the Advanced Protection Program. Nearly 2 billion people use the free Gmail email service, with more than 300 billion emails flowing through the service daily. No wonder, then, that your Google account, which unlocks the door to that Gmail …