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Google Assistant currently can’t control home devices, saying ‘I don’t understand’ [Update: Fixed]

The Google Assistant is currently having an issue, across phones and smart speakers, causing it to be unable to control smart home devices, instead simply replying “I don’t understand.” Update: The issue now appears to have been resolved. The big appeal of the Google Assistant is the ability to use your voice to ask for specific information and control the (potentially many) lights, plugs…
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Protect your Android phone and Google Account: How to set a secure PIN, password, and biometric login

Thinking about how many passwords, logins, and sensitive bits of data sit on your phone can be a little frightening. So how do you protect all of that information? This guide will take you through setting a safer PIN and password, as well as having face and fingerprint unlock set in your Android device for extra security. Unfortunately, malicious actors are everywhere. In light of recent…
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Google Fi drops US Cellular as an official network, but service still accessible

Project Fi’s original technical innovation was the ability to switch between Sprint and T-Mobile for the best possible service. US Cellular was added later, but Google Fi has now dropped the carrier as an official network. In June of 2016, Project Fi partnered with US Cellular for a total of three available networks. This went back down to two when Sprint was merged with T-Mobile in…
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Quantive enlists generative AI to help improve business strategy for enterprise

Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Generative AI isn’t just about writing text or creating interesting images — it can also serve as a foundation for business strategy and decision-making. That’s the direction that strategy execution vendor Quantive is taking for generative AI: Using it in a way that will help organizations make better decisions.
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