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  Google Data Breach Exposed 2.5 Billion Accounts: How to Secure Your Gmail Account

  Google has reportedly alerted 2.5 billion Gmail account holders after a password hacker group was able to carry out a “successful intrusion.” As per the report, the incident occurred between August 8 and 18 in a widespread attack via compromised Open Authorisation (OAuth) tokens. Apart from targeting individual accounts, the threat actors have ...

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  Google Phone App Updated With Support for Custom 'Profile Cards' With Images, Video

  Google Phone app will now allow Android users to create custom calling cards for specific contacts. The company will let users add images, add effects, edit text, and background colour to their preference. The feature resembles Apple’s contact cards feature, which lets users add an image or background colour to a specific contact’s number. Whil...

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  Google Translate Is Adding a Gemini AI-Powered Feature That Can Rival Duolingo

  Google Translate is getting an artificial intelligence (AI) upgrade that adds two new utility features. The Mountain View-based tech giant’s translation app has so far allowed users to copy and paste text to type and get instant translation across a large selection of languages. Now, the tech giant is using its Gemini AI models to add two new fea...

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  Warning To 2.5 Billion Gmail Users Over Data Breach-Linked Phishing Attacks

  Google had confirmed that no passwords were stolen during the breach, but users are now at risk of phishing attempts.

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  Tensor G5 Benchmarks Reportedly Show Pixel 10 Pro XL with Weak CPU and Poor GPU Performance

  A Reddit user shared AnTuTu benchmarks of the Google Pixel 10 Pro XL powered by the Tensor G5. The phone scored 1,173,221 overall, placing it alongside the Honor 200 Pro and Motorola Edge 60 Pro. Its CPU score of 415,848 matches chips like the Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 and Dimensity 9300+, showing a 15 percent boost over the Pixel 9 Pro XL but still last...

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  Anthropic Tests Claude Extension for Google Chrome That Can Complete Certain Tasks Within the Browser

  Anthropic announced a new limited experiment on Tuesday, where it will be providing 1,000 paid subscribers access to Claude’s Google Chrome extension. The extension will sit within the web browser, similar to other extensions, and allow users to ask questions about web pages. While it cannot handle agentic tasks at present, it can perform tasks s...

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  Why Did Sundar Pichai Post 3 Banana Emojis? X Users Share Theories

  Google CEO Sundar Pichai left the internet guessing after he posted three banana emojis on X. The seemingly random Tuesday tweet went viral, leading to speculation that it was probably a new AI tool from Google.

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  Study On AI Chatbot Responses To Suicide-Related Queries Shows Inconsistency

  A study of how 3 popular artificial intelligence chatbots respond to queries about suicide found that they generally avoid answering questions that pose the highest risk to the user, such as for specific how-to guidance.

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  Google NotebookLM’s Video Overviews Expanded to 80 Languages, Audio Overviews Gets an Upgrade

  Google’s NotebookLM introduced Video Overviews last month, which can generate narrative-based visual slides based on the selected sources. On Monday, the Mountain View-based tech giant announced that the feature is now available in 80 languages globally. The expansion will now allow users to select sources that are not in the English language and...

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  Google Will Introduce Compulsory Developer Verification for Sideloaded Android Apps in 2026

  Google will soon require all Android developers to get verified to make their apps available outside of the Play Store. The company said that this would enhance the security of Android devices, as currently users have the option to either sideload the apps onto their phones and tablets or download them directly from the Play Store.

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  Google Vids Allows Users to Edit Videos Directly via Google Drive Website

  Google Drive recently added the video transcription feature for users, which allows them to view and search for captions for a particular recording. In an attempt to make the cloud storage service more video-friendly, the US-based tech giant has now integrated a new feature called Google Vids into the Drive. This new functionality will allow people...

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  Google Phone App Updated With Major Visual Overhaul: Here’s a Simple Way to Bring Back the Older Layout

  The Google Phone app got a makeover recently. It merges Favourites and Recents into a single Home tab, moving the Keypad to its own section with rounded buttons, and introducing pill-shaped controls on the call screen. If you're not a fan of the redesign, there’s a simple trick to roll back.

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  YouTube Music Rolls Out Comments on Albums, Taste Match Playlists to Commemorate 10th Anniversary

  YouTube Music is commemorating its 10th anniversary by releasing several new features. The music streaming platform was launched in 2015, and since then, it, combined with YouTube Premium, has amassed more than 125 million subscribers globally. To mark this milestone, YouTube Music will soon let users comment on albums and playlists to converse abo...

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  WhatsApp Begins Testing Record Voice Message Feature for Unanswered Calls on Latest Beta

  WhatsApp is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow users to leave a voice message when a call isn't answered. The upcoming feature is currently available for some beta testers. It has been spotted in WhatsApp for Android beta version 2.25.23.21, which is available via the Google Play Beta programme.

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  Google Upgrades Gemini Live With Visual Guidance, Adds Support for Phone and Messages Apps

  Google announced a new update for Gemini Live on Wednesday, adding new capabilities, broader app integration, and improved voice models for more natural speech. The Mountain View-based tech giant is also introducing visual guidance, allowing Gemini Live to highlight specific objects on the screen in response to user queries.