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Google agrees to pay $391 mn in users’ location data tracking lawsuit
San Francisco : Google will pay a historic $391.5 million in settlement to 40 states in the US over allegations that the tech giant tracked users location data without their consent in the country.Last month, Google paid $85 million to the…
Surveillance vendor targeted Samsung smartphones with zero-day bugs : Google
New Delhi : Google has warned that a commercial surveillance vendor was exploiting three zero-day security vulnerabilities in new Samsung smartphones that could have been exploited to steal users' data.All three vulnerabilities were in the…
Google confirms bug in Fitbit app that counts inaccurate calories
San Francisco : Tech giant Google has confirmed a bug in the Fitbit app of the Pixel Watch that counts calories inaccurately.According to 9to5Google, Pixel Watch users have noticed that calories counted on the Pixel Watch differ from those…
Google Messages tests redesigned ‘photo picker’
San Francisco : Google has begun testing a newly designed gallery-focused 'photo picker' in its Messages feature.The redesigned photo picker has already started to appear for some users, reports 9To5Google.
According to the report, the…
Google expands India-first flood tracking tool to more countries
San Francisco : Google has expanded its AI flood forecasting services, first introduced in India back in 2018, to 18 additional countries across Africa, Latin America and Southeast Asia.The company also launched "FloodHub", a platform that…
Google shuts down Hangouts, upgrades to Google Chat
San Francisco : Google has ended Google Hangouts, a text, video and voice chat app built into Gmail, and upgraded it to "Google Chat".On Tuesday, the Google Hangouts web app provided its last offering to the users. After that time, users…
Google adds Lens image search to homepage
San Francisco : Google has added the direct access of Lens image search option to its homepage.According to 9To5Google, users can "search any image with Google Lens" by clicking the button that appears next to the voice search button and…
Google rolls out Chrome OS 107 with ‘Save desk for later’ feature
San Francisco : Tech giant Google has released Chrome OS 107 update, which includes a "Save Desk for Later" feature in an effort to improve user experience.According to 9to5Google, the new update introduces two improvements to Desks.
The…
Google Messages tests end-to-end encryption to group chats
San Francisco : Google has appeared to begun testing end-to-end encryption to its Messages' group chats.The tech giant first announced its plan to provide end-to-end encryption to group chats over RCS (Rich Communication Services) in the…
Google logs highest selling week ever for Pixel smartphones : Sundar Pichai
New Delhi : Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai has revealed that the company recently had its highest selling week ever for the Pixel 7 series of smartphones.Earlier this month, Google introduced the Pixel 7, the Pixel 7 Pro and the very…