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Gmail And Photos Content Deletions Will Start December 1, Google Says
Google to start purging inactive accounts from December 2023 SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google has already confirmed that it is to start deleting, although purging might be a better term, certain personal Google accounts from December 1. This purge will include pretty much all the content you can think of: Gmail messages, Google Photos …
Google is about to start scrolling through all your pictures for its ‘Ask Photos’ feature
Google‘s AI-fueled Ask Photos feature, previewed at Google I/O 2024, has begun initial testing, as first shared by 9to5 Google. Ask Photos employs Google’s Gemini AI to search a user’s photo library using natural language without first organizing and tagging the image. Google hasn’t shared any release date, but it looks like a select group …
Google Messages RCS images may start looking a whole lot better
TL;DR Google Messages may soon finally support higher-quality image transfers over RCS. Right now, iPhone (beta) users can send high-res pics to their Android friends on Messages, but it doesn’t work the other way around. New compression and resizing options tailored specifically for RCS appear to be in the works. Change is coming to how …
From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services
Long before Gmail became smart enough to finish your sentences, Google’s now-ubiquitous email service was buttering up the public for a fate that defined the internet age: if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product. When Gmail was announced on April 1, 2004, its lofty promises and the timing of its release …
From its start, Gmail conditioned us to trade privacy for free services
Long before Gmail became smart enough to finish your sentences, Google’s now-ubiquitous email service was buttering up the public for a fate that defined the internet age: if you’re not paying for the product, you are the product. When Gmail was announced on April 1, 2004, its lofty promises and the timing of its release …
Google Launches AI Summaries for Gmail After Troubled Start on Search
Google began adding its Gemini artificial intelligence technology to Gmail this week, offering to summarize email threads and suggest responses, among other paid subscription features. The new additions, which Google announced Monday in a blog post, are being made available for Google Workspace subscribers, including business and education, as well as consumers who pay $20 per …