Category: Google

The Google Drive website is set to receive a dark theme, which will only be available in file view mode. Once the option will become available to you, you will see a notification saying "New! Dark mode" and the message "Continue to enjoy Drive in the dark."

Google will soon remove the ability to view a cached version of a webpage. The company has already removed the cached links from search, and the "cache:" operator in the URL is the next subject to be killed. While the links have gone, the cache operator still works. It is currently only applicable to web searches and provides users with access to a cached version of a webpage generated by Google.

Effective February 2024, Gmail and Yahoo will implement new regulations for bulk mailings. These regulations will impact users who send over 5,000 emails per day. The purpose of these rules is to address the growing issue of spam that users frequently express concern about.

According to Google, abandoned accounts often have weak or compromised passwords and lack two-factor authentication. Google's analysis revealed that inactive accounts are at least 10 times less likely to have two-step verification compared to active accounts, making them vulnerable to malicious activities such as data theft and unwanted content distribution when compromised.

Google will gradually block third-party cookies in Chrome as part of its Privacy Box initiative. Testing will begin in early 2024 with a 1% user sample, followed by a larger-scale implementation in the third quarter of the same year.

Google has taken steps to remove "pirated" URLs from collections of saved links by users. Over 7 billion requests have been processed under the DMCA law for copyright infringement.

Google intends to enhance its Assistant by adding generative artificial intelligence features. The voice assistant will leverage the latest models similar to those used in ChatGPT and Bard. Implementation of this feature has already in progress, and it will first appear on mobile devices.

Google has started notifying users about the impending closure of the Album Archive. Starting from July 19, 2023, the Google Album Archive will be inaccessible. All content stored within it will no longer be available.

Google is facing a lawsuit in federal court in San Francisco for collecting  data from websites to train its artificial intelligence. The class action lawsuit is filed by a "group representing the interests of internet users and copyright holders".

Google has recently updated its privacy policy, allowing the company to utilize information from indexed websites to train its Bard neural network. This new policy took effect on July 1, 2023.