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Anthropic unveils Claude Duet AI agent app
Anthropic on Thursday unveiled Claude Duet, a standalone AI agent app designed to act as a proactive assistant for professionals and small-business owners, as rivals such as OpenAI and Meta race to develop AI agents that can complete work autonomously on users' behalf.
Nepal floods: Centre to offer DNA profiling services for first-degree relatives of missing persons
India will provide forensic DNA profiling support to help identify mortal remains of Nepal flood victims, the MEA said. First-degree relatives of missing persons residing in India can submit samples at designated central, state and accredited laboratories. DNA profiles will be shared with Nepal authorities for comparison with unidentified remains.
Google's Gemini AI assistant reaches one billion users
Google's artificial intelligence assistant Gemini has surpassed one billion monthly users, CEO Sundar Pichai announced Tuesday, a week after a major reorganization of the tech giant's AI division. OpenAI reached one billion users across all its interfaces, led by ChatGPT, the lab announced in July without specifying whether that figure was monthly or weekly users.
Iran-linked hackers claim breach of FBI director Kash Patel's personal email
Iran-linked hackers, Handala Hack Team, claim to have breached FBI Director Kash Patel's personal inbox, releasing photos and a purported resume online. A Justice Department official confirmed the compromise of Patel's emails, which reportedly span from 2010 to 2019.
Anthropic touts new AI tools weeks after legal plug-in spurred market rout
Backed by Alphabet's Google and Amazon.com, the lab also said it was releasing ways to connect its Claude AI to some commonly used business tools like Google Calendar and Gmail.
AI startup Humans& raises $480 million at $4.5 billion valuation in seed round
AI startup Humans& has secured a massive $480 million in seed funding. This significant investment values the company at $4.48 billion. The funding round was led by SV Angel and saw participation from Nvidia, Jeff Bezos, and Alphabet's GV. Humans& aims to develop advanced AI systems that can plan, learn, and collaborate over extended periods.
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Gmail fraud: A new cyber fraud email which bypasses Google’s security protocols; Know how it works and safeguard your money
Fraudsters bypassed Gmail's security using a DKIM replay attack, sending authentic-looking security alerts. These emails, seemingly from Google, directed users to phishing sites via 'sites.google.com,' threatening data submission to the government. Experts advise caution with links, enabling multi-factor authentication, and reporting suspicious emails to enhance protection against such scams. Read below to know more about this fraud.

Google names Josh Woodward as new Gemini team leader after Sissie Hsiao steps down
Google has announced that Sissie Hsiao is stepping down as leader of the Gemini team. Josh Woodward, currently head of Google Labs, will replace Hsiao. He will continue his role at Google Labs while taking on this new responsibility. This change aims to enhance the development and integration of the Gemini AI model into Google products.

Amazon-backed Anthropic introduces Google Gemini and Apple Intelligence-style features to Claude AI
Users can also create custom styles by uploading sample content that reflects their preferred writing tone and instruct Claude to learn from it. This flexibility makes Claude adaptable to varied writing requirements. Early adopters like GitLab have reportedly utilised these custom styles to standardise communication and decision-making workflows across diverse scenarios.

Two decades later, a look at Gmail — Google’s best April Fool’s joke
Gmail started on April 1, 2004, as a free service boasting 1 gigabyte of storage per account. This may sound like nothing now, but in that time, it was considered a massive amount of email capacity. ETtech looks at its two-decade-long journey.

Google's AI in Gmail gets it right with ‘Help me write’ feature
Google has introduced a new AI feature in Gmail called "Help me write." This feature builds on the existing smart compose feature and uses generative AI to provide users with near-perfect email drafts. The feature is part of Google's Workspace Labs and is available to users without a waiting period.

Google begins beta testing of 'Help me write' tool in Gmail for Android, iOS devices
Google has rolled out public testing of generative artificial intelligence (AI) in Gmail and Docs, allowing enrolled iOS and Android users the opportunity to test the 'Help you write' feature. The feature encourages users to draft emails using prompts and the AI will provide options to refine and formalize the text.

Russian hackers targeted NATO, eastern European militaries - Google
Google's Threat Analysis Group, in a report, did not say which militaries had been targeted in what Google described as "credential phishing campaigns" launched by a Russian-based group called Coldriver, or Callisto.

Are you using Gmail all wrong?
ET shows you how to start: by integrating multiple cloud storage providers, enabling the experimental ‘labs’ options and adding super-cool features.

25% internet users’ account hacked in 2015: Report
If you are on the internet, chances are that your Gmail, Facebook or Twitter account was hacked in last few months.

Communication apps like Gmail, WhatsApp, Facebook, Hike, others dominate smartphone use: Survey
Users in Japan use their smartphones most for browsing. In South Korea, productivity tools get the highest billing after communication apps.

How to recall accidental emails in Gmail
'Undo Send', a long-standing feature of Gmail Labs and recent addition to the Inbox by Gmail app, has now been added to the web version of Gmail as an official feature.

Here's the next feature Gmail should add
How many careers, friendships, and marriages will be saved by Gmail's Undo Send feature? We'll never know. It's remarkable that it took six years for Google to bring it out of beta.

Now 'Undo' sent mails on Gmail
"'Undo Send' allows people using Gmail to cancel a sent mail if they have second thoughts immediately after sending," Google said in a blogpost.

How to turn Gmail into your central productivity hub
Hashtags and Gmail's powerful search engine make a great combination. It's something I use regularly to maintain a list of things.

Gmail turns 10: 5 little known facts
No internet access? No problem. Enable the Gmail offline on your Chrome web browser and access mail while you are offline.
Now, translate your Gmail messages into your language
Gmail users will now be able to translate e-mails in foreign languages into the their own, with Google introducing a new feature.
5 things you need to know about online privacy policies
Online confidentiality has become the topic of a raging public debate. Here is a list of 5 things you need to know about online privacy policies
Data theft: 45,000 Facebook logins stolen by worm
A worm called Ramnit has started targeting Facebook accounts with considerable success, and has already stolen Facebook login credentials worldwide.
DoT looks to US agencies to intercept encrypted messages from BlackBerry, Gmail, Nokia and Skype
The development comes as Indian security agencies have been searching for options to intercept encrypted communications after several setbacks.
Ten ways to boost your Gmail
Here are 10 of the lesser-known enahncements available in Gmail that are disabled by default, but are extremely useful.
'Tasks' software is Gmail Labs first graduate
Tasks is the first Gmail Labs project to become a fixture in Google's general free Web-based email and will be integrated with the firm's online Calendar service.

Google says Gmail crash a self-mistake
Google said that during a routine maintenance of one of its European data centres it had directed the traffic to other servers.
Google's up against first security test
Hackers claimed to have discovered the first major vulnerability of Gmail service. Giorgio Maone was one of the first to discover the flaw. Hacking troubles via e-mails
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