MobileNews

Google commits to making Android 12 ripple effect ‘less glitch-feeling’ in upcoming betas

June 7, 2021
With the first beta at I/O, many of the consumer-facing changes in the next major version of Google’s mobile OS were revealed. One of the most controversial visual updates in Android 12 is the ripple effect when tapping. The company has heard the feedback and committed to improving it over the coming releases.  After installing Beta 1 and tapping on any button, many users believed that the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Machine learning security needs new perspectives and incentives

June 7, 2021
Elevate your enterprise data technology and strategy at Transform 2021. At this year’s International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), a team of researchers from the University of Maryland presented an attack technique meant to slow down deep learning models that have been optimized for fast and sensitive operations. The attack, aptly named DeepSloth, targets “adaptive deep…
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MobileNews

You can now let specific Android apps bypass the Google One VPN

June 7, 2021
Towards the end of last year, Google One introduced a virtual private network to make the storage subscription a more enticing offering. The Google One client now lets you specify what apps can bypass the VPN.  From the Home feed, tap the “Enable VPN” card to open the settings page. A prompt at the bottom of the screen tells users about the new capability: You can allow specific apps to…
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MobileNews

Google Assistant asking what Nest/Home should have responded when wrong one activates

June 6, 2021
For some users, Assistant has a tendency to pick up “Hey Google” and answer on the wrong Smart Display/speaker. Google is now soliciting feedback when the wrong Home activates with a “Which device did you expect to respond?” notification. The problem usually involves the speaker nearest to you not being the one to start listening after the hotword. In addition to being unexpected, it’s…
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