Google Meet expands automated note taking to personal Google AI subscribers

Staying fully engaged during a fast-paced video call is notoriously difficult if you are also the person responsible for ...

Meta Contractors Posed as Teens to Prompt Rival Chatbots About Suicide, Sex, and Drugs

Hundreds of contractors working on a project for Meta pretended to be kids in order to see how other chatbots like Gemini and ...

I tried switching from Gmail to Proton Mail for a week — and my inbox was a disaster

You can now transfer your Gmail address to Proton Mail — but should you? I tried it for a week, and it was a total mess.
Inc

Google’s AI-First Overhaul Annoys Users So Much They Are Actually Switching Search Engines

But as we all know, AI can get things wrong. When asked how to keep cheese from sliding off pizza, it suggested glue, a response that immediately went viral. (At least it recommended non-toxic glue.) ...
Bleeping Computer

Google Chrome adds session cookie theft protection for all users

Google says the Chrome Device Bound Session Credentials (DBSC) security feature is now generally available and is rolling out to all users to prevent account takeovers. Available in beta since April, ...
ConsumerAffairs

Android users set to receive a share of Google’s $135 million settlement

Millions of Android users in the U.S. may qualify for a payment from Google’s $135 million class-action settlement over allegations the company used customers’ cellular data without consent. The ...
The Verge

Here’s how Google is responding to Fitbit users who don’t like the new Health app

Google Health has a slew of updates on the way, with tweaks for its AI coach and the new UI. Google Health has a slew of updates on the way, with tweaks for its AI coach and the new UI. is a news ...
Mashable

DuckDuckGo is growing thanks to Google users frustrated by AI features

Google users are flocking to the alternative search engine DuckDuckGo. According to data provided to Mashable by DuckDuckGo, U.S. installs of the search engine's mobile app are up 18.1 percent ...
Searchenginejournal.com

846,000 Google Searches Reveal How AI Overviews Are Changing User Behavior

If a user types your brand name into Google or Chrome, you might reasonably assume they are about to visit your website. Google has always been a place people pass through on the way to somewhere else ...
TechCrunch

Scammers are abusing an internal Microsoft account to send spam links

For months, scammers have been taking advantage of a loophole that allows them to send spammy emails from an internal Microsoft email address typically used for sending legitimate account alerts. It’s ...
Time

Google Shifts to AI Search, Heralding Major Change in How People Use the Internet

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Gmail users can now send end-to-end encrypted emails to anyone

Google has announced that certain Workspace subscribers can now send end-to-end encrypted emails to anyone, regardless of the provider. If you're a Gmail client-side encryption (CSE) user on a Google ...