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07/25 Update below. This post was originally published on July 23 Confidence in Gmail took a hit earlier this month when a serious spam filter flaw sent potentially malicious emails direct to users’ inboxes. Now Google has revealed an ingenious way to win back users’ trust.  Gmail looks set to wipe out the threat of phishing emails PA Images via Getty Images MORE FROM FORBESGoogle Reveals Gmail’s Most Ambitious Ever UpgradesBy Gordon Kelly In an Source link

When YouTube was planning the rollout of its rival to TikTok in India earlier this month, employees turned to a valuable source of market research: how people in the country were using TikTok and its competitors on Android, the mobile operating system controlled by YouTube parent company Google. The research was part of an unreported Google effort, internally called Android Lockbox, that has for years tapped what the company has referred to as “sensitive” data… Source link

Lawyers for Steve Wozniak, one of Apple’s co-founders, announced a lawsuit against YouTube and parent company Google on Wednesday, alleging the companies failed to take down videos that used Wozniak’s likenesses in a bitcoin scam. “The allegations paint a picture of an algorithm-driven tech giant that does not respond to victims and that… Source link

Google is adding a number of new features to its Messages app for Android, including the ability to reply to messages with emoji reactions, something that’s long been available in other messaging apps like Facebook Messenger and iOS’s built-in Messages app. The feature was first spotted in testing in May, but Google has now officially rolled it out as part of the latest version of its Messages app. To use an emoji reaction, just tap and hold the message you want to react to and a… Source link

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) – Along with a panel of Nebraska local judges, Google announced on Thursday the five winning non-profits for the Nebraska Google.org Impact Challenge. Each of these organizations will receive $175,000. For the next phase of the Challenge, Nebraskans are invited to vote for one non-profit to be crowned ‘People’s Choice’ winner and awarded an additional $125,000. In total, Google.org will contribute $1 million to Nebraska non-profit organizations. The Google.org… Source link

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) – Along with a panel of Nebraska local judges, Google announced on Thursday the five winning non-profits for the Nebraska Google.org Impact Challenge. Each of these organizations will receive $175,000. For the next phase of the Challenge, Nebraskans are invited to vote for one non-profit to be crowned ‘People’s Choice’ winner and awarded an additional $125,000. In total, Google.org will contribute $1 million to Nebraska non-profit organizations. The Google.org… Source link

FILE PHOTO: Fitbit Blaze watch is seen in front of a displayed Google logo in this illustration picture taken, November 8, 2019. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Senators Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren and five other Democratic senators on Thursday urged the Justice Department to be cautious in reviewing Google’s planned purchase of Fitbit, saying the tech giant had already cemented its dominance in some areas through acquisitions. In a letter to Attorney General… Source link

HASTINGS, Neb. (KSNB) – Along with a panel of Nebraska local judges, Google announced on Thursday the five winning non-profits for the Nebraska Google.org Impact Challenge. Each of these organizations will receive $175,000. For the next phase of the Challenge, Nebraskans are invited to vote for one non-profit to be crowned ‘People’s Choice’ winner and awarded an additional $125,000. In total, Google.org will contribute $1 million to Nebraska non-profit organizations. The Google.org… Source link

The tech giant introduces its own version of verified accounts in Gmail, rolls out increased moderation controls in Meet, and enhances phishing protection in Chat Google has announced a host of new features for its G Suite family of applications that are aimed at bolstering the security of Gmail, Meet and Chat users. The company is also introducing new ways for IT… Source link

Google has allocated $115 million out of a $250 million investment fund for affordable housing projects in the Bay Area. The Mountain View tech giant said that the $115 million commitment should help fund the creation of at least 24,000 affordable units by 2029, with the majority of using modular construction. The company pledged $1 billion for affordable housing in the region last year; the majority, it… Source link