Google has now updated Google Meet with minor tweaks that will make it easier to notice and address raised hands through a clearer animation. It should also help social cohesion in video meetings with many participants, so it’s a small but important change. On the bottom left of the meeting screen, there’s now a hand icon that expands to display the name of the participant who’s raising their hand to speak....

Google announced AI Test Kitchen in May, along with the second version of LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications), and is now letting the public test parts of what it believes is the future of human-computer interaction. AI Test Kitchen is “meant to give you a sense of what it might be like to have LaMDA in your hands,” Google CEO Sunday Pichai said at the time. AI Test Kitchen is part of Google’s plan to ensure its technology is developed with some safety rails....

The Digital Future Initiative will focus on creating new jobs and building Australia’s technology fundamentals, with the funds to be invested into building Australia’s technology talent, digital infrastructure, and developing tech partnerships, Google CEO Sundar Pichai said. As part of investing in building Australia’s technology talent, Google will create its first research hub in the country. As part of building that hub, Google will create a team of local researchers and engineers that will use AI processes to explore job creation, education, and training....

Researchers donated $300,000 of their rewards to a charity of their choice, according to a blog from Sarah Jacobus of Google’s Vulnerability Rewards Team. For Android vulnerabilities, payouts doubled compared to 2020, with almost $3 million being rewarded to researchers for a variety of bugs. The company also handed out its largest Android payout ever at $157,000. The company also launched the Android Chipset Security Reward Program, an invite-only program for researchers looking through manufacturers of certain popular Android chipsets....

The group has posted a sample of the stolen data on the dark web. AirAsia is yet to comment on the leak and is yet to confirm that its network has been breached. The leaked data reportedly includes the names of passengers and the names, dates of birth, country of birth, as well as other personal data of AirAsia employees. AirAsia Didn’t Pay Ransom Ransomware gangs usually post sensitive information online after victims refuse to pay a ransom....

SEE: eSIM vs. SIM: What’s the difference? When you purchase an iPhone 14 or iPhone 14 Pro it will already arrive with a ready to activate eSIM, and all you have to do is activate it through your carrier. Good news: the three major US phone carriers, Verizon, AT&T and T-Mobile, already support eSIM activation. “Verizon makes it super easy to activate a new phone with eSIM. If you are buying the phone from Verizon or unlocked from Apple with an existing Verizon account, the process is seamless....

For those who aren’t familiar, an always-on display will continue to show information and data – such as the time or notifications – on the screen, even when the phone is locked. When an iPhone is currently locked, however, the screen is completely off, leaving a black slab of glass. With the release of iOS 16 beta 4, 9to5Mac has uncovered references to a new “Sleep” mode that turns the bright and vibrant wallpapers into a darker version, saving battery power and barely making the display visible in the process....

California-based Ayar, which has amassed $65 million in venture capital funding, is also receiving funding from Hewlett’s venture capital unit, Hewlett Packard Pathfinder. The two declined to disclose how much. Hewlett said that because of the rapidly increasing amounts of data in high-performance computing (HPC) and in artificial intelligence computing, traditional “electrical-based networking offerings will eventually reach bandwidth limits.” Therefore, the duo “plan to develop capabilities that leverage optical I/O, which is a silicon photonics-based technology that uses light instead of electricity to transmit data, to integrate with HPE Slingshot,” Hewlett’s networking product dedicated to interconnecting HPC systems....

Brighton’s Margaret Burchill had her home phone service cut on February 18 as Telstra Wholesale switched off the copper to her building, despite the fact that new connections in her area were put on hold as part of NBN’s HFC pause. The company responsible for rolling out the NBN postponed new HFC connections at the start of February, due to a shortage of HFC Network Termination Devices (NTDs) caused by COVID-19-related chipset shortages....

Through technology, it is possible to stalk someone with little effort. This can involve anything from sleuthing to find out information about your Tinder date to checking a potential work candidate’s social profiles to planting spyware on your partner’s phone. In short, technology has provided new avenues for stalking to take place. Recorded cases of spyware and stalkerware have dropped in number in recent years – only to be replaced with mobile applications that can be difficult to detect and remove, covert cameras, and item trackers....

Want more online privacy? Do you want to prevent companies from tracking you? There are a few ways to browse anonymously. Using a virtual private network (VPN) is one of the top ways to access the internet anonymously. When you’re connected to a VPN server, your internet traffic is routed through a secure connection. The VPN software also encrypts all your data, so third parties can’t know what you’re doing online....

More: Mac Mini (2023) vs Mac Studio: Is M2 really better than M1? That said, while both Mac models will officially be in stores starting on Tuesday, January 24, if my impulse buying habits and countless minutes spent on the Apple Store line have taught me anything, it’s that you’re always better off preordering the devices first. See below for all the info you’ll want to know going into the buying process....

The tech world is advancing, and it can be easy to feel like your skills aren’t improving fast enough. Feeling imposter syndrome is common. Not letting these thoughts weigh you down and managing them takes practice. Here we look at what imposter syndrome is and how to manage it. We spoke to psychologist Dr. Pauline Yeghnazar Peck to bring you advice on tackling this difficult feeling. What is imposter syndrome?...

Either way, maybe you want to change the username associated with your account. No problem. The process is easier and quicker with a local account but doable with a Microsoft account. Also: Microsoft just made a huge investment in ChatGPT maker OpenAI. Here’s why Let’s see how this plays out. How to change your username in Windows 11 Change your Microsoft account name With a Microsoft account, you can change your first or last name....

That’s right, my friends, you can share notes in Google Keep with other users. Because of this, you could create a project, to-do list, a shopping list, or just about anything you need, then share it with others, and then they can then add, remove, or edit any entry in the note. You share on a note-by-note basis, so it’s not global. Still, you should be thoughtful about who you share with....

However, if you encrypt that folder, only those with the decryption password are able to access the contents within. What is encryption? Simply put, encryption is the process of encoding information such that the information can only be viewed with the key (think “password”) that was used to encrypt the data. This is called decryption and until that data is decrypted, it cannot be read. If you are the only person holding the decryption key, it means only you can unlock the data....

And here’s another scenario. You’re jumping ship to a brand-new computer and have no further need for your old machine. Maybe you hope to sell it or perhaps you aim to give it away or donate it. But before you give it the heave-ho, you need to erase all traces of yourself and your data. Also: The PC is getting weird again – and that’s exactly what we need One way to address either scenario is by setting your PC back to factory conditions, so it’s a clean state....

A VPN with servers in the country can give you a Bahrain IP address. You can then view channels like Bahrain Sport 1 and 2 wherever you are. VPNs also use advanced encryption to protect your browsing sessions and hide your online activity. It’s hard to find a VPN that offers servers in Bahrain but after extensive research, I found the best one. VyprVPN is my top choice for accessing Bahraini content....

Thankfully, there’s a way to bypass geoblocking. By using a VPN (Virtual Private Network), you can spoof your IP address. When you connect to a VPN, you automatically change your IP address to mirror the IP of the VPN server. So, if you use a VPN to get a Japan IP address, you’ll be able to unblock Japanese websites that are using geoblocking software. This means you’ll be able to catch up on some of Japan’s most popular TV channels, including NHK, TV Asahi, and Nippon TV!...

But today’s the day I move to a new iPhone, and while I think that Apple has done an excellent job of building a tough smartphone that’s perfectly suited for daily knocks and bumps, I still want to protect my investment with a screen protector and a case. And as far as I’m concerned, there’s no better way to do this than right from Day 1. In fact, right from the moment it comes out of the box....