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Gmail is the world’s most popular email provider, with almost 2BN users, and a big reason for that is its spam filter. For nearly 20 years, Gmail has succeeded where rivals have struggled in keeping spam where it belongs. But now Google risks undoing all that good work. In June, an Axios report revealed Google’s intention to allow emails from political campaigns to bypass Gmail’s spam filter. The decision was met with widespread public scorn. Still, Google persisted, and now the… Source link

Letters spell the word “Alphabet” as they are seen on a computer screen with a Google search page in this photo illustration taken in Paris, France, August 11, 2015. REUTERS/Pascal Rossignol/File Photo Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Aug 12 (Reuters) – Australia’s competition watchdog said on Friday that Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google unit was ordered by the country’s Federal Court to pay A$60 million ($42.7 million) in penalties for misleading users on… Source link

As Google continues the great merger between its Duo and Meet video communications apps, the company today announced that it’s introducing new Apple SharePlay-like live-sharing features to Meet, making it easier for call-participants to engage with content together in real time. It’s worth noting that Google already introduced some live-sharing features (e.g. watching YouTube videos together) to Duo back in February, and now it’s bringing them to Meet as the… Source link

Google search is a remarkable thing, and not just because it is able to find what you’re looking for among billions of web pages. I think you could argue that the fact it is able to figure out what we’re looking for, even when we’re not great at asking, is a feat on its own. One of the first things that happen when you type a word or phrase into Google Search is that it tries to figure out what you mean. Most of the time, that’s more useful than simple trying to find the exact words.  For… Source link

The entrance to Google’s U.K. offices in London. Olly Curtis | Future Publishing | via Getty Images Users around the world are reporting outages on Google’s search engine, according to DownDetector.com. In the U.S., more than 40,000 people reported that Google was down for them around 9.20 p.m. ET, though the figure has since fallen. People in the United Kingdom, Australia and Singapore also reported issues with Google, which is owned by Alphabet. Google was trending on Twitter briefly, with… Source link

Pinterest (PINS) shares soared more than 12% on Tuesday following its quarterly results and support from activist hedge fund Elliott Management for the search-and-discovery platform’s new CEO Bill Ready. “Pinterest occupies a unique position in the advertising and shopping ecosystems, and CEO Bill Ready is the right leader to oversee Pinterest’s next phase of growth,” read a statement by activist investor Elliott Management, the company’s largest shareholder, with a 9% stake. Ready served… Source link

Multiple new high-level threats have been found in Google Chrome LIGHTROCKET VIA GETTY IMAGES Having found a fourth zero-day flaw in Chrome earlier this month, Google has reported fixes for multiple new Chrome vulnerabilities. Millions of users worldwide now need to update their browsers. The company revealed 11 security fixes, including five for vulnerabilities it classifies as carrying a ‘High’ threat level. Chrome users running Windows, macOS and Linux are all… Source link

The new Google Wallet app is available to all customers shortly after people in 39 countries started seeing it available on their phones Monday. Google Wallet’s official rollout is the latest step in the long history of Google’s payment app variations. The company combined Google Wallet and Android Pay in 2018 to create Google Pay, a single app that included tap-to-pay, tickets, and loyalty programs under one umbrella that worked across Android and Google Chrome. In 2020, Google Pay… Source link

Google will start allowing the developers of non-gaming apps to offer European users alternate payment systems. In a blog post, Google outlines its plans to comply with the Digital Markets Act (or DMA), a piece of legislation aimed at regulating big tech. The DMA passed through the European Parliament earlier this month, but it isn’t expected to go into force until spring 2023. But Google is rolling out the changes ahead of time to make sure that its plans “serve the needs” of… Source link

07/11 Update below. This post was originally published on July 9 Google has confirmed a bizarre new bug affecting all Gmail users, where the service issues a sender warning for every email received. Here’s everything you need to know. The bug first struck on Thursday, with Gmail attaching a security notice reserved for suspect emails to everything that arrives in a recipient’s inbox. On Friday, Google subsequently confirmed that the problem had spread more widely than first believed and… Source link