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Google’s latest Android tools will protect you from a wider range of scams
- Google has announced new safety features for Android devices to protect users from scams, to be launched this year.
- One feature includes screen-sharing alerts to prevent banking scams by warning users when sharing screens with unknown contacts during banking app usage.
- Another feature is contact verification through Key Verifier in the Google Contacts app to prevent identity fraud by allowing users to verify contacts via QR code scan.
- These new safety features aim to protect users from various types of scams and frauds, enhancing security on Android devices starting with Android 11 and above.
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Gemini AI is coming to your car, watch, TV, and more
- Google hosted a special Android Show: I/O Edition event streamed on YouTube a week before I/O 2025.
- The event focused on the big Android 16 redesign and new security features ahead of Google I/O.
- Gemini AI is becoming the default assistant across various devices like cars, smartwatches, Android TVs, and future Android XR devices.
- Gemini AI will be available on Android devices after the phone.
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The Android Show: I/O Edition - what Android devs need to know!
- The Android Show released an I/O Edition unpacking new experiences coming to the Android ecosystem including a fresh look, enhanced safety, and smarts across devices.
- Material 3 Expressive offers new components and design elements to make apps more engaging and appealing, coming to Android 16 later this year.
- Wear OS 6 will bring Material 3 Expressive design to smartwatches, focusing on the round display and enhancing visual experiences.
- Android 16 introduces features like Live Updates, professional media and camera enhancements, desktop windowing for tablets, and major accessibility improvements.
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Google is adding new device-level features for its Advanced Protection program
- Google is adding new device-specific features to its Advanced Protection program with the Android 16 release.
- The new features include storing device logs accessible only by the user, protection from spam calls, and an auto-restart feature.
- Additional security measures such as intrusion logging, USB protection, auto-restart after 72 hours, and prevention from connecting to insecure Wi-Fi networks are being implemented.
- The program will also include a feature to process conversations on the device to detect potential scams during phone calls.
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Google I/O’s Android Show: live updates and announcements
- Google is hosting a show dedicated to its mobile software instead of discussing Android during the I/O developer conference.
- The Android Show is expected to reveal more about Material 3 Expressive and its availability as part of Android 16, along with updates on Wear OS, Android Automotive, and possibly Android XR.
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) will likely be a major focus of the Google I/O developer conference, with possible mentions of Gemini.
- The Android Show begins at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET today, and all updates will be covered live.
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Democratizing database observability with AI-assisted troubleshooting
- Organizations are adopting DevOps practices, requiring application developers to manage databases without specialized expertise, leading to delays in development.
- Google Cloud introduced AI-assisted troubleshooting for Cloud SQL and AlloyDB, enabling developers to efficiently manage and troubleshoot databases.
- AI-assisted troubleshooting predicts and resolves potential database performance issues, provides actionable recommendations, and simplifies query optimization.
- This new feature leverages generative AI and machine learning to enhance database operations, address hotspots, and optimize performance, promoting independence and efficiency among developers.
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Announcing open-source enhancements to LangChain PostgreSQL
- Google Cloud announced enhancements to the LangChain PostgreSQL package, focusing on empowering developers to build gen AI applications.
- LangChain simplifies development of agentic gen AI apps powered by large language models, connecting them to external data sources.
- The langchain-postgres package facilitates interactions with PostgreSQL databases, crucial for tasks like storing chat history and semantic searches.
- Updates include asynchronous PostgreSQL drivers for optimized performance, SQL filtering improvements, and robust connection pooling.
- Enhancements cover vector index support, flexible database schemas, and improved security with least privilege principles.
- Improved schema design allows for better querying capabilities by defining distinct metadata columns in LangChain PostgreSQL.
- Production-ready features include first-class integrations for asynchronous drivers and vector index management for scalable applications.
- Developers can now leverage Google Cloud's LangChain PostgreSQL package to enhance Generative AI applications and improve database integrations.
- By making these upgrades open-source, developers on any platform can utilize the optimizations for their own applications.
- To get started, developers can download the langchain-postgres package, follow migration tutorials, and leverage GCP features for building agentic applications.
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Evaluate your gen media models with multimodal evaluation on Vertex AI
- Gecko is a rubric-based auto-rater for evaluating generative AI models, available on Google Cloud’s Vertex AI Evaluation Service.
- Traditional human evaluation of generative models can be slow and costly, hindering development cycles.
- Gecko offers a customizable and transparent evaluation process for image and video generation models.
- Gecko's interpretability allows developers to understand model behavior and improve performance.
- It leverages a rubric-based approach to evaluate image and video generation skills efficiently.
- Gecko uses semantic prompt decomposition and question-answer generation for evaluation.
- Evaluation with Gecko involves scoring generated media against question-answer pairs.
- Gecko is integrated into Vertex AI's Gen AI Evaluation Service for assessing generative models.
- Setting up Gecko evaluation on Vertex AI involves rubric generation and dataset preparation.
- Detailed insights and visualizations of evaluation results are provided by Vertex AI Gen AI service.
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Google Photos adds ‘Quick Edits’ when you share images
- Google has introduced a “Quick Edits” feature in Google Photos that allows users to edit images while sharing them without saving the changes to their library.
- Users can crop or auto-enhance images and compare them to the original before sharing. Changes made will be saved for sharing within Google Photos, creating a shared link, or adding to a shared album, but won't be saved for sharing through other apps like Google Messages or WhatsApp.
- The option to make these edits will automatically show up when sharing an image, and users can disable it by toggling the setting.
- This feature is available for unedited images in Google Photos for Android 14 and above, excluding photos already edited and organized into specific albums like receipts or screenshots.
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Google Keep Web Adds Text Formatting Tools And New Icon Update
- Google Keep, the note-taking application, has introduced text formatting tools in its web version.
- The update brings much-needed flexibility to Keep, allowing users to organize and stylize notes for improved readability.
- Users can access the new formatting tools while editing a note on the web version, which includes pre-set text styles and traditional formatting options.
- In addition to text formatting, Google has rolled out a visual refresh to the Google Keep icon, aligning it with the Material Expressive theme for a modern look.
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Orca Security acquires Opus to expand AI-driven cloud security automation
- Orca Security Ltd. has acquired Opus Security Inc. to expand AI-driven cloud security automation.
- Opus, founded in 2022, focuses on autonomous vulnerability management through intelligent AI security agents.
- Opus's platform integrates with over 100 security tools, offering a multilayered prioritization framework to focus on critical vulnerabilities.
- Orca plans to integrate Opus' expertise to autonomously identify, prioritize, remediate, and prevent cloud security risks at scale.
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#WeArePlay: How My Lovely Planet is making environmental preservation fun through games
- Clément, founder of Imagine Games, created My Lovely Planet game to combine gaming with positive environmental impact, encouraging real-world actions like planting trees.
- Players in My Lovely Planet have planted over 360,000 trees through partnerships with NGOs and supported various environmental projects like ocean-cleaning and drone reforestation in France.
- A drone-led reforestation project in France by My Lovely Planet involves using drones to drop over one million specially-coated seeds to reforest areas impacted by environmental issues, aiming to boost global reforestation efforts.
- Google Play has played a crucial role in distributing My Lovely Planet game, with about 70% of players coming through the platform, aiding in engaging a global community. Future plans include expanding game features and tracking the impact of the drone-led reforestation project in France.
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YouTube TV's new update prioritizes shorts, and users don't like it
- YouTube's new update for TV and console apps prioritizes Shorts over content from subscriptions, causing user dissatisfaction.
- Short videos have gained popularity but are criticized for promoting trendy and lower quality content, earning the nickname 'brain rot' online.
- Users are unhappy with the promotion of Shorts in the feed, stating difficulty in navigation and the unsuitability of portrait-oriented videos on larger screens.
- There are no customization options available to turn off or rearrange Shorts, potentially impacting content creators' view count and engagement on the platform.
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Google's G icon has been updated with a gradient effect
- The Google search app's icon has been updated with a gradient effect, moving away from the solid color pattern.
- The new icon maintains the RGB colors but now features a gradient that merges red, yellow, green, and blue.
- The change only applies to the mobile app's icon and not the Google logo on websites, surprising many users as it was not officially announced.
- The updated G icon was first spotted in the iOS App Store and has now rolled out in the Google Play Store, hinting at a broader platform design update in the future.
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