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Your Mac and PC are getting this long-time Google One mobile feature

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For some time now, Google Fi subscribers have been enjoying access to Google's virtual private network (VPN), which creates a private internet connection and encrypts all of your online activities, whether you are using cellular data or Wi-Fi. Earlier this year, Google went ahead and expanded this … [Read more...] about Your Mac and PC are getting this long-time Google One mobile feature

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Chrome passwords on Mac/Windows laptops can soon be accessed with biometrics

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It appears that Google is working on bringing biometric authentication to Chrome on Mac and Windows, as indicated by the presence of an experimental flag in the Chromium Gerrit repository. This will give users another option for authenticating when trying to view saved passwords in Chrome. … [Read more...] about Chrome passwords on Mac/Windows laptops can soon be accessed with biometrics

Apple embraces Google’s Live Captions and introduces similar feature for iPhone, iPad and Mac

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These days, iOS and Android have more in common as mobile operating systems than they have differences. Of course, you could argue all day long about which one does this more, but the fact remains that both borrow features from each other. Luckily, this results in both Apple and Google pushing to … [Read more...] about Apple embraces Google’s Live Captions and introduces similar feature for iPhone, iPad and Mac