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Your space-exploring Google Assistant

by | May 6, 2017 | Digital Pulse | 0 comments

There are a lot of reasons to celebrate on May 5 (out-of-this-world tacos, anyone?), but our celebrations are blasting off for … National Astronaut Day! Your Google Assistant may live here on Earth, but from history lessons to dreaming of constellations, it can help you reach for the stars.

Here are some things you can ask: 

  • Who is Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr?
  • How far away is the Moon?
  • Where’s the closest planetarium?
  • What do astronauts eat in space?
  • How many stars are in the Milky Way?

So grab your spaceship, telescope, imagination—and your Assistant, of course, and have a great …Read More

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Protecting You Against Phishing

by | May 5, 2017 | Digital Pulse | 0 comments

Posted by Mark Risher, Director, Counter Abuse Technology

As many email users know, phishing attacks—or emails that impersonate a trusted source to trick users into sharing information—are a pervasive problem. If you use Gmail, you can rest assured that every day, millions of phishing emails are blocked from ever reaching your inbox.

This week, we defended against an email phishing campaign that tricked some of our users into inadvertently granting access to their contact information, with the intent to spread more phishing emails. We took quick action to revoke all access granted to the attacker as …Read More

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