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Google is testing a new feature to prevent malicious public websites from pivoting through a user’s browser to attack devices and services on internal, private networks. More simply, Google plans to prevent bad websites on the internet from attacking a visitor’s devices (like printers or routers) in your home or on your computer. People usually consider these devices safe as they’re not directly connected to the internet and are protected by a router. “To prevent malicious… Source link

Image Credits: Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images Google is testing a new feature that will place a call to a business on your behalf, wait on hold and then give you a call once a live representative is available, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The new feature, called “Talk to a Live Rep,” would get rid of the need for users to wait countless minutes, and sometimes hours, listening to hold music trying to get connected to a customer service agent. The… Source link

Google is testing a new security feature that hides your IP address in the beta version of the Chrome browser, MSPowerUser reports. The feature is simply called “IP Protection” and will basically do what the name suggests, protect your IP address. The new feature will hide your IP address when you’re logged into Google Chrome, limit what data suspected trackers can see about your online habits, and redirect some content requests through privacy servers instead of sending them… Source link

John Lamb/Getty Images Google Chrome holds 64.4% of the global market share for web browsers. The next most popular browser is Safari at 18.82%. That’s a huge gap.  There are many reasons for Chrome’s domination, including Android’s global market share still hovering around 70% globally and Chrome being the default browser on Google’s OS.  There are, of course, other reasons why Chrome is so dominant. One of them is speed. According to Cloudwards, Chrome is ranked as the fastest browser… Source link

Generative AI is coming to another Google tool. This time, it’s for discovering things to do on Maps. On Thursday, the tech giant announced a new Google Maps feature that integrates large language models (LLMs) within the browsing function. If you’re looking for nearby restaurants, activities, shopping, etc. you can search for places with a conversational prompt like “gluten-free pizza places that are dog-friendly.” The Google Maps feature will analyze its data, including business… Source link

One of Google Search‘s oldest and best-known features, cache links, are being retired, Google’s search liaison said in an X post seen by The Verge. Best known by the “Cached” button, those are a snapshot of a web page the last time Google indexed it. However, according to Google, they’re no longer required. “It was meant for helping people access pages when way back, you often couldn’t depend on a page loading,” Google’s Danny Sullivan wrote in the post. “These days, things have greatly… Source link

Image Credits: Google Google announced today that its new Circle to Search feature is rolling out globally on the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro and the Samsung Galaxy S24 series. The new feature, which was unveiled earlier this month, lets users search from anywhere on their phone using gestures like circling, highlighting, scribbling or tapping. The tech giant believes the new feature aims to make it more natural to engage with Google Search whenever a questions pops into your head,… Source link

“We will will all suffer in the end, fed a mediocre stew of regurgitate.” Write Bot Google is gearing up to release a new feature for Chrome that’s essentially an in-browser, AI-powered writing assistant — a move that just might drown the Internet in even more AI-generated spam. “Writing on the web can be daunting, especially if you want to articulate your thoughts on public spaces or forums,” wrote Google Chrome vice president Parisa Tabriz in a Tuesday post. “So in next month’s Chrome… Source link

speaker and virtual assistant by Google, being exhibited on the Android Smart Home display during the Mobile World Congress 2023 on March 2, 2023, in Barcelona, Spain. (Photo by Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images) NurPhoto via Getty Images This story was updated on January 16th. Update below. If you picked up a Nest Hub, or Nest Audio, in Google’s unexpected January sale, make the most of it now because the company is planning to delete some features very soon. Google announced on its… Source link

[unable to retrieve full-text content]How To Use Bing’s New GPT-4 Powered Deep Search Feature (And Why You Should)  SlashGear Source link