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WASHINGTON: Republican senators want to bar US app stores including Apple and Google from hosting apps that allow payments to be made with China 's digital currency, amid fears the payment system could allow Beijing to spy on Americans. The bill states that companies that own or control app stores "shall not carry or support any app in [their] app store(s) within the United States that supports or enables transactions in e-CNY." It is sponsored by Senators Tom Cotton, Marco Rubio and Mike Braun. According to Cotton's office, digital yuan could provide the Chinese government with "real-time visibility into all transactions on the network, posing privacy and security concerns for American persons who join this network." The Center for a New American Security, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank, said in a January 2021 report that China's digital currency and electronic payments system was "likely to be a boon for CCP surveillance in the economy and for … [Read more...] about apple: US bill seeks to ban Google, Apple from hosting apps that accept China’s digital Yuan

NEW DELHI: Google is finally adding some useful shortcuts to Google Drive . The tech giant is updating the Drive on the web with user-friendly shortcuts which will enable them to manage their files easily. The company is now adding the ability to use the keyboard shortcuts cut, copy and paste in Google Drive. Now users will no longer have to use the right-click menu in order to cut, copy or paste a file. Now the popular shortcuts Crtl+C, Ctrl+X and Ctrl+V will work on Google Drive. You can now use Ctrl+X to cut, and Ctrl+V to paste files. The addition of shortcuts will make it easier for users to move files and they no longer have to drag and drop files. This will also save time as you can now copy one or more files and move them to new locations in the Drive. Additionally, a link to the file and its title will also be captured when copying a file, which allows you to easily paste them into a document or an email. Along with this, you can also files or folders in … [Read more...] about google: Google Drive adding new shortcuts for better file management

NEW DELHI: Soon after releasing the Chrome 101 update, Google dropped the complete changelog for the Chrome 102 update . The latest update for the browser comes with a host of new features and changes, however, most of them are aimed at developers. Despite that, the update includes several features to make the usages experience better for end-users. Here’s a list. Chrome for Android is getting a new Adaptive button Chrome 102 update brings a new Adaptive button that can automatically transform itself into different buttons depending upon the user's habit. This is still an experimental feature and has already started to show to some users on Chrome 101, the latest update is expanding it to more users. The button can be used as a new tab, voice search, share and more. Also, the button can also be customised by long-pressing on it. The button can also be turned on manually by heading to → chrome://flags/#adaptive-button-in-top-toolbar-customization flag … [Read more...] about chrome: Google Chrome 102 is now rolling out: New features, changes and more

Good news for Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 owners: the wait is over. Google Assistant is finally available for download starting today. Google Assistant for Wear OS 3 is available for download in the Google Play Store and can be launched from the Galaxy Watch 4 and Watch 4 Classic’s app menu. However, you can also use voice commands to open Google Assistant or reprogram the watches’ home button as a shortcut. This update has been a long time coming. When Google and Samsung first announced Wear OS 3, the companies promised that the unified platform would give Samsung smartwatch users more choice in apps. Previously, Samsung’s Tizen-based smartwatches could only offer Bixby as a digital assistant. The idea was that Wear OS 3 would let consumers choose between Bixby and Google Assistant. The same would be true for apps like Google Pay. Google Assistant has been notably absent from the Galaxy Watch 4 since its launch last year. Despite user frustrations, Google and Samsung continued to … [Read more...] about Google Assistant is finally available on the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4

Les étudiants du monde entier font confiance à Google Docs pour éditer rapidement et facilement du texte qui est constamment sauvegardé sur le cloud. Mais la société ne reste pas inactive et a annoncé une nouvelle mise à jour de Google Docs qui donne aux utilisateurs la possibilité de sélectionner plusieurs morceaux de texte à différents endroits en même temps. "Dans Google Documents, vous pouvez désormais effectuer plusieurs sélections de texte à la fois et appliquer des actions telles que supprimer, copier, coller ou formater à toutes les sélections", explique la société. "Cela rendra le formatage et l'édition des documents plus rapides en éliminant la nécessité d'effectuer des modifications répétitives, augmentant ainsi votre productivité globale." Se déplacer rapidement dans un document et mettre des éléments en caractères gras, comme le montre l'exemple ci-dessus, sans avoir à sélectionner laborieusement chaque ligne de texte, change la donne. … [Read more...] about Google Docs vous donne désormais le contrôle ultime sur votre texte

Audio player loading… Android smartphones in a number of countries around the world have been targeted by powerful PREDATOR spyware, researchers from Google’s Threat Analysis Group (TAG) have warned. The company’s recent report (opens in new tab) says that the spyware, allegedly developed by a commercial entity - a company called Cytrox, headquartered in Skopje, North Macedonia - is capable of recording audio, adding CA certificates, and hiding apps. Cytrox is being distributed via email , with victims receiving a message carrying a one-time link mimicking a URL shortener service. Once clicked, the victim would then be redirected to a domain owned by the attacker, that would deliver simple Android spyware (opens in new tab) called ALIEN. (opens in new tab) Share your thoughts on Cybersecurity and get a free copy of the Hacker's Manual 2022 (opens in new tab) . Help us find how businesses are preparing for the post-Covid world and the … [Read more...] about Google warns Android smartphones targeted by dangerous Predator spyware

Audio player loading… The internals of the Google Pixel Watch might not be as underpowered as we expected, according to a new report. The latest rumor follows on from a previous leak that the wearable would use the Exynos 9110, a four-year-old chipset. However, according to sources speaking to 9to5Google (opens in new tab) , the Pixel Watch will apparently use a second chipset to help share the load (for reference, the Snapdragon Wear 4100+ does something similar). The full capabilities of this co-processor are still unconfirmed, but it could potentially take care of certain tasks like managing the always-on display and making sure health and fitness statistics are constantly tracked. More RAM too This latest leak also states that the Pixel Watch will have more RAM than any other Wear OS smartwatch on the market at the moment (so more than the 1.5GB of RAM that you'll find inside the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 ). Those upgraded internals should … [Read more...] about Google Pixel Watch tipped to be more powerful than we thought

Audio player loading… Less than two weeks after the initial announcement, the Galaxy Watch 4 has gotten the new Google Assistant (opens in new tab) as part of a previously teased update. According to Samsung, the new Google Assistant will be available to users in 10 different countries including the US, UK, Australia, and Japan. It will be in seven different languages and support regional varieties (think America English and Australian English). What’s interesting about the new Google Assistant is that its speech recognition has been improved to recognize more casual speech. You no longer need to announce “Hey Google” or touch a device to activate Assistant. All you have to do is simply ask the Watch 4 a question and Google Assistant will answer. Samsung’s Bixby AI will still be on the Galaxy Watch 4 , which means you have your options if you still want to say the activation command. However, neither Samsung nor Google clarify if Bixby will get in … [Read more...] about Galaxy Watch 4 gets the smarter Google Assistant early, but where’s the rest?

Audio player loading… Google is rolling out a new update for cloud storage service Drive that could save users plenty of time and hassle. The update introduces the ability to use copy, cut and paste shortcuts - Ctrl + C, Ctrl + X and Ctrl + V (and macOS equivalents) - to transfer files between Google Drive folders with greater ease. “This saves you time by allowing you to copy one or more files and move them to new locations in Drive, and across multiple tabs, with fewer clicks,” explained Google in a blog post announcing the changes. Google Drive copy-and-paste As a side-effect of the transition to remote and hybrid working , many knowledge workers now depend on a larger volume of documents and spreadsheets to collaborate effectively, which makes managing cloud storage something of a difficulty. This was especially the case under the previous Google Drive system, whereby users would have to lean on the clunky “Move to” … [Read more...] about Everyone’s favourite time-saving shortcut is coming to Google Drive

At Google's recent I/O conference , we heard about a lot of upcoming Google hardware, including the Pixel 6a , Pixel 7 , Pixel Watch , and even a Pixel Tablet, which isn't due out until sometime in 2023. We didn't hear anything about a Pixel foldable , though. Still, we know something is in the works since the Google Camera app included the detection flag "isPixel2022Foldable" alongside flags for other Pixel devices. So what's the deal? The Elec reports that the Google foldable is delayed until 2023. This would mark the second time the foldable has been delayed, as it was originally due out late last year. It seems that the original plan was to release the product alongside Android 12L, aka 12.1, the tablet-and-foldables-focused Android release. Google often tries to develop Android builds and new hardware simultaneously, but making hardware is difficult. Google and Samsung are partnering up for Wear OS and the Google Tensor SoC, and the Pixel foldable is likewise … [Read more...] about The Google Pixel Foldable is reportedly delayed to 2023