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New Google Photos Leak Reveals Much-Needed Social Media Alternative

Google is preparing a new “My Week” feature to rival Instagram, Facebook, Snapchat and TikTok SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images A powerful new feature is coming to Google Photos that could provide a safer, more private alternative to social media updates. First spotted back in February, the unreleased feature, called “My Week,” is a group …

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Gemini in Workspace: Google’s AI is coming to Drive, Docs, Sheets, Gmail, and more

The right sidebar in Google’s Workspace apps is now the center for a lot of Google’s AI plans. The company announced today at its I/O developer conference that it is bringing Gemini 1.5 Pro, its latest mainstream language model, to the sidebar in Google Docs, Sheets, Slides, Drive, and Gmail. It’ll be the same virtual …

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Google-Backed AI App Aims To Identify And Help Recycle Household Trash

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA – MAY 4: Google’s headquarters in Mountain View, California is shown in this … [+] photo on May 4, 2004. Google Inc., the world’s No. 1 Web search provider, filed with U.S. regulators on April 29, 2004 to become a publicly listed company and sell as much as $2.7 billion in stock …

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Armed Robber Sought After Overnight Heist at North Side Convenience Store | 1450 AM 99.7 FM WHTC

Armed Robber Sought After Overnight Heist at North Side Convenience Store | 1450 AM 99.7 FM WHTC | Holland

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How Chrome Secretly Shares Your Device Data With Google

Chrome’s system data sharing is hidden in plain sight Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto Somewhat surprisingly given DOJ investigations and Europe’s DMA, it now seems that Google may be using its dominant Chrome browser to advantage its own services over its competition. Chrome pulls device and performance data, and then shares it exclusively with Google. Following reports on …

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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 …

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This Google Team Saved Dozens Of Lives–And Then Got Hit By Layoffs

Google shrunk a team that has helped police save lives and investigate major crimes, even as it promised the DOJ it would keep it adequately staffed. By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff As Google’s frontline for outside data requests, its Legal Investigations Support crew handles an endless barrage of demands for user information — search warrants, …

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This Google Team Saved Dozens Of Lives–And Then Got Hit By Layoffs

Google shrunk a team that has helped police save lives and investigate major crimes, even as it promised the DOJ it would keep it adequately staffed. By Thomas Brewster, Forbes Staff As Google’s frontline for outside data requests, its Legal Investigations Support crew handles an endless barrage of demands for user information — search warrants, …

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Why I ditched Gmail for Proton Mail

I was just a teenager at the time, but I vividly remember snagging a Gmail invite weeks after it launched 20 years ago. I raved about the free service, its novel cloud-based structure, and how it’d be the Next Big Thing online — insofar as an email account can really be a big thing. All …

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Google Resets Its Ambitions for AR Glasses to Make up Lost Ground

At its IO developer conference in May, Google turned heads when it showed off a demo of Project Astra, a real-time AI assistant that could see and perceive the world around it. It could understand jokes, read code, and even remember where the user left their glasses. At one point, the user switched from using …

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