Google will let schools skip AI tools, but they have to give up search, too
Google will offer schools AI tools that purportedly don't give away the answers.
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Android Auto 18.1 update rolling out with additional prep for light mode and redesign
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Google dismantles botnet secretly running on 1.3 million Android TV boxes
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Microsoft Authenticator is ditching its own password backup for Google One
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Google will let schools disable its AI tools, but not without sacrificing Search
Schools choosing to restrict AI altogether will no longer be able to access Google Search, as AI features are now integrated into the search engine.
Google confirms something was draining Pixel Watch batteries, fix rolling out
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Password manager mSecure tells users to change passwords, won't say why
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New York City’s Mamdani criticizes Madison Square Garden owner over surveillance tech
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Microsoft opens Imagine Cup to startups, and the new rules show how its AI strategy has changed
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UEFI bootkit infected fully patched Windows machines. Is Microsoft to blame?
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GhostBSD 26.2 takes the fright out of FreeBSD with a friendlier installer
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Trump wanted to give No Kings no air. Then, Meta suspended its Instagram.
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ShinyHunters hit 850k alumni, donors, students, and fam in last year's Harvard University raid
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Apple restricts dating apps and AI companions to users 18 and up
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Apple Wallet driver’s licenses coming to three new states soon
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Galaxy Z Fold 8 sales spike amid iPhone Duo release and ‘crackgate’ debacle
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John Ternus talks plans to improve Siri AI
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Barracuda warns of critical flaws allowing root access to devices
Cybersecurity company Barracuda Networks warned customers to patch two vulnerabilities that can let attackers run commands with root privileges.
Gartner Predicts SOCs Will Have 50% More Engineers Than Analysts by 2028
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Adobe teams up with Universal and Warner to bring popular music to Premiere mobile
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