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The Google Assistant can now share your status in emergency situations, all while using your voice. This gives people in your emergency contacts list a notification of your safety. Car Crash Detection will also get a feature-expansion, sharing your real-time location and call status. Google is bringing more than just safety features to this update. The search giant is giving people more options when taking video, like the Macro Focus mode....

It wants to provide privacyandsmart features. And its built by a single developer, which makes you wonder why big companies cant manage the same. Perhaps its because they dont want to? Big Mail “[S]ome of these apps have business models that won’t allow it.” Big Mail developer Phillip Caudell toldLifewirevia email. They’re giving the app away for free because they’re selling your data." Big Mail Big Mail also introduces Collections, which collect emails together into workspaces....

It also opens the door to real-world consequences beyond monetary fines. What is the Online Safety Bill? The Online Safety Bill is the UK’s landmark piece of internet safety legislation. What will happen to tech companies that fail to comply? It will also have the power to block sites and services. This could lead to prosecution and jail sentences of up to two years. When was the bill introduced and how far along is it?...

Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, and Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa. Politico cited anonymous sources. But the company did not comment further. One congressional hill aide told Politico that Pichai will be discussing antitrust legislation among other topics. “We’ll continue to engage on issues relevant to people and businesses using our products.” Apple CEO Tim Cook was in Washington last week to meet with lawmakers. The CEO discussed the company’s willingness to work with lawmakers on privacy legislation,according to CNBC....

The proposed legislation would fundamentally change how companies like Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google do business. By contrast, groups supporting the legislation have spent about $193,000, the Journal said. The spending has mostly been divided among industry trade groups and conservative-leaning groups, the Journal said. The conservative groups include the Taxpayers Protection Alliance and NetChoice. Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, and Chuck Grassley, a Republican from Iowa. The Senate version advanced earlier this year....

Tech companies are aiding Ukrainians, blocking Russian state-run media and monitoring for cyberattacks after Moscow invaded its neighbor. The industry is more actively involved than corporations have been in past military conflicts. All three have placed restrictions on Russian state-run media’saccess to ad platformsand continue to fact-check posts deemed false. Microsoft and Google have limited downloads of Russian state-run media services from their app stores. Separately, Microsoft has worked with US and Ukrainian government officials to warn of hacking threats....

Analysts are calling for gross margin, a key measure of profitability, of 37.6 percent. It’s not just an iPhone pause that may be hurting demand for Apple phones. Apple and Samsung are embroiled in along-running legal battle over alleged patent infringementin their mobile devices. TheGalaxy S5, released earlier this month, has a 5.1-inch display. The iPhone is already sold through China Unicom and China Telecom, the other major carriers in China....

Few people can even dream of making the list of world’s richest people. But Bill Gates has been there for decades, and his plan is to get off that list. He explained why and how in a Twitter thread shared on Wednesday. “I will move down and eventually off of the list of the world’s richest people.” As I look to the future, I plan to give virtually all of my wealth to the foundation....

But it’s a topic he knows well. Sridhar’s final question may have been the one most people wanted to ask. When will the pandemic be over? “How and when will the pandemic be over?” “Does omicron show that we can ‘live with COVID’? Or are other dangerous variants around the corner in 2022?” Final question- what everyone wants to know -> how and when will the pandemic be over? Does omicron show that we can live with COVID?...

Bill Gatescan’t get enough of Wordle. Gates has kicked days off with a game of Wordle for several months, and that’s not all. After attempting the Wordle of the day, he moves on to spinoffs likeQuordleandOctordle, according to the post. Wordletasks players with guessing a five-letter word in six tries or less. With Quordle, a player guesses four words; with Octordle, it’s eight words. So how does Gates approach a game of Wordle?...

He said they’re talked about what they’d learned and about families. He said the conversation wasn’t melancholy, but it clearly is an emotional memory for Gates. And so phenomenal products came out of it." There was more about Jobs. “He knew about brand – in a very positive sense. He had an intuitive sense for marketing that was amazing,” Gates added. Often, Gates has been critical of the iPad, for example....

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has been fighting the ruling ever since. PealPeopleGroup/Getty Images Jelena Danilovic/Getty Images

Credit cards began as simple pieces of cardboard. Credit card fraud likely wasn’t even a budding idea in thieves' minds. What began as cardboard has evolved greatly, but so too have security issues. Verifying your fingerprint before you make a transaction is another security option that could eliminate physical card fraud altogether. Well, it’s already here, particularly if you’re using a digital wallet or virtual card. If you still use a physical credit card, you could request a biometric card from your bank....