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With the Made By Google 2024 event just over a week away, there have been plenty of leaks and rumors to fuel interest. From a new foldable Pixel, to the Pixel 9 Pro XL, Google is preparing to unleash what it is referring to as “a whole new era of phones.”
What would any tech event these days be without talk of artificial intelligence? On
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With the announcement of the next generation Google Pixel smartphones less than two weeks away, consumers are being treated to big discounts on the current Pixel 8 series. Whether someone wants all the power of the Pixel 8 Pro, or are just fine with the Pixel 8a, there is a deal to be had.
Google Pixel 8 Pro...
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Security firm Cleafy has discovered a new piece of Android malware being used in the wild, dubbed BingoMod. BingoMod is designed to steal money from a victim by committing On Device Fraud, which makes it easier to bypass security measures used by banking institutions. The threat actors appear to be targeting users...
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Google Chrome is about to get a boost to its AI smarts thanks to new features that utilize the newest Google AI and Gemini models. Google says that several tasks users often conduct while using Chrome are about to get easier, including searching with Google Lens, comparing items across multiple tabs, and accessing the...
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Google's big summer keynote is just around the corner, and we've covered leak after leak of the new Pixel 9 lineup. While it seems like there might not be any huge surprises for the actual Google I/O event left to uncover, Google could have a few cards under its sleeves.
Readers of this site already have a pretty...
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Android spyware dubbed Mandrake is back after being caught in 2020, managing to sneak back into the Google Play Store in 2022 and remaining available until spotted by Kaspersky in April of 2024. During those two years, Mandrake managed to accumulate 32,000 victims with the distribution of several apps, with the most...
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Google has issued an apology after passwords disappeared for millions of Windows users. The company reported a significant number of users were unable to find or save passwords in the password manager for Google Chrome for 17 hours and 51 minutes.
For nearly 18 hours, Chrome users around the world found themselves...
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OpenAI has unveiled a new way to search with its AI search engine, SearchGPT. Currently, the new AI search engine is only a prototype, and hopeful users will need to join a waitlist to gain access.
Google Search has been the go to choice for finding things on the internet for many for some time now. Part of the...
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Apple Maps has made its way to web browsers via a public beta, but users will need to use a supported browser. Depending on which device is being used, Apple Maps is supported on Safari, Edge, and Chrome browsers only (sorry, Firefox users).
When it comes to navigation, Google Maps most likely comes to most minds...
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Google’s effort to end support for the use of cookies for user tracking in its Chrome web browser won’t be moving forward as the company originally planned. This initiative, dubbed Privacy Sandbox, has had several delays since it was announced several years ago. This decision comes after taking feedback from...
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Google has moved up its Pixel unveiling for 2024, which will take place in August instead of October. At that event, Google will show off a raft of new hardware, including an updated foldable and flat phones in various sizes. At the top of Google's flat lineup will be the Pixel 9 Pro XL, and this device is a bit less...
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Samsung has decided to kick its own messaging app to the curb in the US, and will replace it with Google Messages. The company’s upcoming Fold6 and Flip6 foldable phones will be the first to ship without Samsung Messages preloaded.
Earlier this month, Samsung unleashed its new foldable devices during its annual...
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Google has teased its upcoming Pixel 9 Pro and also officially confirmed a new foldable Pixel is on the way. In true AI fashion, both the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold are being billed as phones “built for the Gemini era," with Gemini being the name of Google's family of mulimodal large language models...
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Whenever there is a data breach, there's a risk that the stolen data will find its way to the dark web, a section of the internet that is not indexed by search engines like Google Search and Microsoft Bing. Like a seedy alleyway, the dark web is a place where illicit transactions can (and do) take place. Stolen credit...
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This year’s Galaxy Unpacked event also brought several updates on the software front courtesy of Google, bringing several new features to Samsung’s latest hardware offerings. Google announced four new features coming to the Galaxy Z Flip6, Z Fold6, and updated Galaxy Watches that include Gemini, Circle to Search...
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Google announced it is making it easier for high-risk users to enroll in its Advanced Protection Program via a new single passkey option. Google implemented support for passkeys in early 2023, while later making passkeys the default method to sign into Google accounts.
Security is always on the minds of those who...
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Microsoft informed its employees in China that they will need to trade in their Android smartphones and begin using iPhones for security reasons, the timing of which comes on the heels of a hacking campaign targeting Apple IDs. Along with having to use a company-issued iPhone 15 for work, employees will also have to...
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There are plenty of reasons to factory reset a phone. Perhaps the time has come to sell or give it away, or maybe you got bitten by some nasty malware. Regardless of the reason, you'd reasonably expect the phone to work after being reset, but that's not the experience some Pixel owners have been having. The latest OTA...
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A new leak suggests Google may bring a Recall-like feature to its upcoming Pixel 9 smartphones. While the new feature will take on-device screenshots like Microsoft’s Recall on PCs, it will do it in a less threatening (and less controversial) manner.
Microsoft came under fire in recent weeks after it announced its...
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YouTube has announced that its Premium subscribers are getting more perks, along with a tease about more plan options coming soon that could shake up the value proposition (depending on what the new plans offer and how much they cost).
YouTube Premium members already get an ad-free experience while viewing videos...
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Google's Chrome browser is the dominant way to browse the web on both desktop and mobile platforms, so even minor changes can alter the way people use the internet. Anyone using Chrome to navigate the web on a smartphone or tablet is about to get a raft of new search enhancements. Some individual features are...
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In a surprising move, Google will be announcing (at least) the Google Pixel 9 Pro sooner than expected. Previous Pixels were released at the end of the year, but a video by Google itself points to an August drop instead. Just in time for back-to-school gear shopping, then (and also on the heels of Samsung's Galaxy...
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