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In a significant expansion, Google One now includes Fitbit Premium and Nest Aware, which we previously reported. This is starting in the UK. Update: Google has confirmed to us that “Fitbit Premium & Nest Aware are currently available with Google One Premium plans in the UK,” which start at 2 TB. As of today, this expanded offering is just available in that one country. Fitbit Premium today enables additional stats, like Daily Readiness Score, Sleep Score… Source link

leaking 2FA codes online picture alliance via Getty Images Security experts advise against using SMS messages for two-factor authentication codes due to their vulnerability to interception or compromise. Recently, a security researcher discovered an unsecured database on the internet containing millions of such codes, which could be easily accessed by anyone. 03/06 updates below. This article was originally published on March 4. The Sensitive SMS Database Was Left Unprotected Online The… Source link

Harvard University Information Technology will begin enforcing a default storage limit of 25 gigabytes on Google accounts starting this spring, according to a statement released by Faculty of Arts and Sciences administrators last week. The change comes following Google’s recent announcement that it will stop offering unlimited free storage for higher education accounts. Later this month, HUIT will begin working with FAS Google account holders who have exceeded the 25 GB limit. While the… Source link

Sign up for the India Edition newsletter by Menaka Doshi – an insider’s guide to the emerging economic powerhouse, and the billionaires and businesses behind its rise, delivered weekly. Google and Walmart Inc. are rapidly gaining customers from India’s Paytm, the fintech pioneer struggling to navigate central bank restrictions and the potential shutdown of a key payments affiliate. Source link

Notifications are headed out to Google Fi customers this week, informing them of an upcoming change in price for the Simply Unlimited plan. Said to be necessary in order to continue delivering high quality product offerings and features for subscribers, groups of 3 or more on the Simply Unlimited plan will see a price increase of up to $30 for a group of six. Starting with groups of 3, the price increase will be $10/month, bringing the price to $90/month. Account Size: Old Prices vs. New… Source link

A Google engineer sparked a ruckus at a New York tech conference when he accused an executive from the search giant’s Israel-based operations of “powering genocide” by cooperating with the Israeli government. Barak Regev, managing director of Google Israel, was delivering a lecture at the “Mind the Tech” conference in New York City on Monday when a man wearing an orange Google T-shirt stood up and identified himself as an engineer in the company’s Cloud… Source link

Image Credits: Noah Berger/Getty Images for Amazon Web Services Amazon’s cloud computing subsidiary AWS has revealed that it will allow customers to transfer their data out of its ecosystem with no so-called “egress fees” attached. The news follows some two months after Google announced similar plans, though in Google’s case as the third-biggest player in the public cloud triopoly after AWS and Microsoft, it was heavily incentivized to “lead by example” — if… Source link

By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Alphabet’s Google on Tuesday outlined changes to search results and new tools for apps developers to promote their products on third-party apps and rival app stores as part of efforts to comply with landmark EU tech rules seeking to curb Big Tech’s power. Designated as gatekeepers controlling millions of users and businesses’ access to their platforms, Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta Platforms and TikTok owner ByteDance will have to be compliant with… Source link

More than 600 Google workers and counting have signed a letter addressed to Google marketing leadership demanding that it drop its sponsorship of Mind the Tech, an annual conference promoting the Israeli tech industry taking place in New York this week. “Please withdraw from Mind the Tech, issue an apology, and stand with Googlers and customers who are despairing over the overwhelming loss of life in Gaza; we need Google to do better,” reads the letter, which was seen by WIRED. The two-day… Source link

Two days after a WPBF 25 Investigation into a company allegedly posing as a Stanley Steemer franchise, Google said it has suspended the imposter company’s sponsored ads.Tom Scalera, President of Stanley Steemer of South Florida, told WPBF 25 last week that another company was fooling customers by placing sponsored ads on Google right under his ads, and then when people called the wrong number by accident, the other company said they were Stanley Steemer.So Scalera complained to Google… Source link