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Google asking Indian users to change passwords after Chrome 79 bug fix

The recent data breach has alarmed the big media houses and users that their passwords may have been compromised. The warning appears on the affected websites recently after the Google resumed Chrome 79 rollout with a bug fix this week. The exact notification reads as, “Change your password. A data breach on a site or app exposed your password. Chrome recommends changing your password for the site.”

It is advised to the users to change their password immediately if they receive such warning no website. The warning is appearing for the users living in India. A user reported having received the warning pop-up after trying to log into the Freshtohome website, which primarily deals with fresh and chemical-free seafood. Moreover, people from media received such warnings while logging into the portals.

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Google Messages app testing floating bubbles for conversation on Android 10

According to a report from XDA developers, Google is currently working on a floating conversation bubbles feature in the Messages app. As per the report, Google has also asked developers to start testing the Bubbles API with their apps in Android 10. Developers and users interested in testing the Bubbles system should enable “Bubbles” option in the “Developer Options”. It is likely that Google may roll out this feature in the upcoming Android 11. The report noted that XDA was able to successfully enable the feature in the latest build of Google Messages. Taking a look at the screenshots, the images are similar to what we see on Facebook Messenger.

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Google will phase out Chrome Apps from March this year

Google is finally phasing out Chrome Apps, which honestly nobody used. The search giant has released a timeline where Chrome apps will be phased out from the beginning of March 2020. The Chrome Web Store will stop accepting new submissions. This does not mean that Chrome Web Store is completely going away. Only new apps will not be accepted. Developers will be able to update their existing apps till June 2022.

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Google to launch real-time transcript app on Android devices soon

Google is all set to provide a live transcript feature on its Translate app in the near future, the Verge reported. The app will first be launched on Android devices. The company did not reveal whether a similar technology is in the works for i-phone users too. The company has said that the application will incorporate all major languages of the world. At an event in Google’s San Francisco office, senior officials conducted a live demonstration of the technology on Tuesday. The technology comes as an innovation to the present on-device translation technologies which are used to translate text from one language to another.

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Google Duo adds option to send note to your contacts

You can send a note to somebody on Google Duo by tapping on your contact and then clicking on the “Message” button at the bottom right corner. Google now offers three options to communicate with your contact: Voice, Video and Note. Tapping on Note, you have options to send annotated messages to your contact. The annotation seems similar to other services like Instagram Stories, Snapchat. However, it closely resembles the annotation features in Google Keep.

It offers options for multiple pen stroke types and an option for eight background colors. There is also an option to choose from six different fonts. Google notes that these notes are end-to-end encrypted like calling option. The ability to send notes to friends is being rolled out for Google Duo users starting today. It should become available for all Google Duo users by the end of this week.

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Google comes up with Chatbot Meena which will outperform other bots

Chatbot Meena is going to be launched by top search engine Google soon. The arrival of the bot comes in the arena filled with Amazon’s Alexa and Apple’s Siri along with a plethora of applications. The company has claimed that its bot will outperform the existing bots in the field of Artificial Intelligence. The model boasts of a neural network of 2.6 billion parameters which is claimed to have enhanced its conversation skills. The announcement about the launch of the bot was made by Daniel Adiwardana and Thang Luong pf Google Research in a blog post.

Meena is an end-to-end which works on a neural conversational model that helps the bot learn to respond sensibly to a given conversational context and our training objective with regard to the bot is to minimize perplexity, the uncertainty of predicting the next token (in this case, the next word in a conversation), said the blog post.

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Dark mode makes it to Google Translate; App to get AI-based real-time translation soon

The emphasis on dark mode is no joke. Apart from many major apps developing a darker shade of their interface, even Google decided to bake in the feature natively in its latest Android release. The popularity of grey and black interfaces has been hyped up so much that brands have even started advertising dark mode as a ‘feature’ on their phones.

Now we learn that even Google’s translate application got a dark mode injection recently. Google started bringing dark mode to all its stock apps including Gmail and Keep a couple of months ago. Now the feature has made its way to Google’s translate app.

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Google Maps turns 15, introduces new design, features and more

Google is celebrating its Maps platform’s 15 birthday and the brand has announced new design to its popular application along with new features.

The company has revealed that the updated Google Maps app is available starting from today for Android and iOS devices. The newly redesigned application focuses on five tabs: Explore, Commute, Saved, Contribute and Updates. The Explore tab will provide information, rating, reviews and more for about 200 million places around the world including local restaurants, city landmarks and more.

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Google's Gboard for Android gets 'Emoji Kitchen' tool to mashup your emoji stickers

Gboard for Android has introduced a new feature called “Emoji Kitchen” that allows users to mash up different emoji then use them as stickers while messaging. “Using Gboard on your Android phone, tap on any smiley emoji and Emoji Kitchen will reveal a number of stickers specially handcrafted by the designers at Google. So when you tap the face with a cowboy hat emoji – YEEHAW now you have monkey cowboy, ghost cowboy, laughing cowboy, kissy cowboy, in love cowboy, pleading cowboy and of course pensive cowboy,” the company said in a statement on Wednesday.

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Over 500 malware detected on Google Chrome; This is how you may have lost your data

According to the team which led the research, the malware may have been active for more than two years and some may even have existed on the browser since early 2010 and insidiously stolen the users' data.

Around 1.7 million users of Google’s browser Chrome around the world may have been affected by over 500 malware. Networking firm CISCO has detected over 500 malware in the form of add-ons on the browser which may have injected malicious adverts and harmed the users’ data, according to a report published in the Daily Express. After Google was informed about the malware, it conducted its own security checkup and removed all the malware in the form of add-ons from its browser. The security researchers of CISCO unearthed 500 add-ons and shared it with the technology blog ZDNet. Malware were present in the form of most popular sites like Dell and Best Buy and phishing pages which may have harmed the users’ information.

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Gmail gets Search Chips, it will make it easier for users to find old emails

Often users find it difficult to narrow down on a single email from the plethora of emails. Gmail has now come up with new updates to help users solve this problem. It has come up with a simple but significant update that will help them pinpoint on a single mail that they were looking for and the update is called Search Chips.

With Search Chips, you can easily refine your search results and find what you are looking for faster, without needing to sort through irrelevant returns or search operators," a company spokesperson wrote on the official blog.

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Google Assistant can now read web pages to you; here is how

As per the announcement, Google revealed some additional details about this new feature. Taking a closer look, users can also adjust the reading speed to make the experience as comfortable as possible. Users just need to say “Hey Google, read it”, or “Hey Google, read this page”. One can also choose from multiple reading voices as per their preference. The company highlighted that Google Assistant will read the article with expression and natural voices.

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Google Play Store Dark Mode rolling out for Android users

In accordance with a report from GSMArena, Google shared the rollout of the Darkish mode on its Twitter deal with. As a part of the announcement, the corporate revealed that the Darkish mode is offered on Google Play. Google additionally shared how customers can allow the theme on their Android units. Inspecting the method, customers want to move to Google Play Retailer settings after which allow the “Darkish” choice within the Theme part. Right here customers can toggle between “Mild” and “Darkish” modes. Some variations of Android enable customers to allow a system-wide darkish mode. On this case, the Google Play Retailer will comply with the system default.

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Google Translate can now transcribe speech in real-time in 8 languages including Hindi

Days after launching an in-house recorder app with real-time transcribe, Google is bringing the feature to its widely used Translate app for Android. This means Google Translate can now transcribe speech in real-time on an Android smartphone. This would allow users to get live translations of conversations in foreign languages in a written form with the Google Translate app transcribing everything as they speak/listen.

Currently, Google Translate can transcribe speech in real-time in 8 languages including English, French, German, Hindi, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish and Thai. Google plans to support more languages in the days to come. The feature, it says, is now rolling out to all Android users through a new Google Translate software update. As is usually the case with such updates, not every Android device would get it at the same time, but Google assures a full rollout in the next few days. So make sure to update your Google Translate app for Android from the Play Store.

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Google begins rolling out new account switching interface on Play Store for select devices

Last year, Google announced that the company will roll out a new account switcher to its apps. The new account switcher will let users easily manage all their Google settings. Now, the company has begun rolling out the updated feature on the Google Play Store. Just like a phone’s system update, Google is launching the new design in a phased manner. For now, it will only be available to a select handful of users. It will be available to more devices soon.

The new switcher has a few familiar changed elements. These include the position of the profile image. Like Gmail and most other G Suite apps, the profile image now appears on the right of the search bar. The new location is pretty much in line with what Gmail and G Suite apps have.

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