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Google Fi’s ‘Number Lock’ adds protection against SIM swaps – here’s how to enable it

Adrian Kingsley-Hughes/ZDNET SIM swapping is an infamous type of scam in which a cybercriminal takes over your mobile phone account to port your number to another phone or carrier. Now Google Fi is offering its customers an extra level of protection to guard against such account takeovers. Describing its Number Lock feature in a new …

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Gemini comes to Gmail to summarize, draft emails, and more

Gmail is getting an AI-powered upgrade. At its Google I/O 2024 conference on Tuesday, Google announced that Gmail users will be able to search, summarize, and draft their emails using its Gemini AI technology. It will also be able to take action on emails for more complex tasks, like helping you process an e-commerce return …

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Google Adds Passkeys to Advanced Protection Program for High-Risk Users

Jul 10, 2024NewsroomCybersecurity / Phishing Attack Google on Wednesday announced that it’s making available passkeys for high-risk users to enroll in its Advanced Protection Program (APP). “Users traditionally needed a physical security key for APP — now they can choose a passkey to secure their account,” Shuvo Chatterjee, product lead of APP, said. Passkeys are …

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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 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 data, is a prime target for criminal and state-sponsored hackers …

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Google rolls out Passkeys to high risk users in Advanced Protection Program

What is a passkey? Passkeys are an easier and more secure alternative to passwords — in fact they’re 50% faster to use at sign in. Passkeys are based on FIDO Authentication, making them phishing resistant so users are protected against things like fraudulent emails, and they are easy to use since they only rely on …

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Gmail gets big Gemini update: 3 new AI features, including ‘CliffsNotes’ for your inbox

At Google I/O, the search-engine tech giant boasted that Gmail is poised to get new AI capabilities via Gemini. With Gemini underpinning Gmail, a new field will appear, allowing you to ask the AI chatbot to summarize certain emails in your inbox. Summarization isn’t the only thing rolling out to Gmail. Here are three features …

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Vicky Kaushal Recalls Katrina Kaif’s First Karwa Chauth Celebrations: “She Asked Google…”

New Delhi: Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif are couple goals. From going on holidays to celebrating each other’s accomplishments, the two never fail to make our hearts skip a beat. Now, in an interview with Film Companion, Vicky Kaushal opened up about their first Karwa Chauth celebration. The actor also said that Katrina is a …

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Gmail on smartphones is getting better AI integration with Gemini

Google is preparing to bring Gemini to one place it’s sorely needed: the Gmail app on smartphones. The company announced at its I/O developer conference today that, starting next month, Workspace and Google One AI Premium subscribers will be able to use Gemini to summarize emails for them inside the Gmail app. Google says that …

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Google Pixel Watch 3 specs leak

10 July 2024 Google is holding its annual hardware launch event two months early this year, on August 13. Along with the Pixel 9 family (which will be more numerous than ever), the Pixel Watch 3 is also expected to be unveiled on that occasion. For the first time, the Pixel Watch will come in …

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AI in Gmail will sift through emails, provide search summaries, send emails

AI in Gmail summarizes recent emails. Google The side panel will also show prompts for things it can do. Google The mobile version of “summarizing.” Google A summary. Google Google’s Gemini AI often just feels like a chatbot built into a text-input field, but you can really start to do special things when you give …

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