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Wellington [New Zealand], October 23 : Google Duplex, the search giant’s AI-powered digital assistant that makes reservations on a user’s behalf is making its international debut in New Zealand. Starting this week, Google will start a pilot to confirm holiday hours for a small number of local businesses in New Zealand using its Duplex technology, the official blog notes. As part of the pilot program, businesses will receive an automated call from Google asking to confirm their hours for the upcoming Labour Day public holiday on October 28. The company will allow businesses to opt-out of the service. Source: ANI

California [USA], Oct 21, 2019 Last week, a severe security loophole was uncovered on the latest Google Pixel 4 flagship smartphone that allowed users to unlock the device even with eyes closed. Now, the company has said that it is working on an option for users to require their eyes to be open to unlock the phone. According to Engadget, Google will roll out the software update in the coming months. Until the fix is issued, concerned users can choose to activate PIN, pattern, or password-based unlocking system for their Pixel 4. Source: ANI

California [USA], October 21, 2019 Apps approved by Amazon and Google for their voice-controlled smart devices could allow spying on users, according to a security report. The smart speaker voice apps called Skills for Alexa and Actions on Google Home contain vulnerabilities that can be abused to listen in on users or voice-phish their passwords, Security Research Labs (SRLabs) notes in its official blog. The researchers found two possible hacking scenarios that allow a hacker to phish for sensitive information and eavesdrop on users, turning the assistants into ‘Smart Spies’. The security loopholes have been disclosed to Amazon and Google. Source: ANI

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What is that one word that comes in the mind of billions of people when asked to search something, check the news, find a route and check any information – Google. Google has become a household name, a guide to everyone. It is an encyclopedia readily available on the smartphones or desktops. Google began as a research project in 1996 and since then there is no looking back. 21 years ago, two Stanford PhD students, Sergey Brin and Lawrence (Larry) Page, published a paper about launching a prototype of a “large-scale search engine.” Google indexes billions of web pages to allow users to search for the information they desire. Today, Google operates all over the world in over 100 languages, answering trillions of search queries each year. Not just information, it has multi-faceted impacts on our lives.  It has answers to our questions, various innovations, projects, services like web-based services, software services etc. Google is successfully reaching the ma...