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| | | Google Introduces Smart Compose Autocomplete Feature for Gmail | | CNET | At its annual developers conference yesterday, Google announced Smart Compose for its email service, Gmail. With the help of artificial intelligence, Smart Compose predicts what you will write and suggests common phrases as you type. Google says this feature will save time on repetitive writing and reduce the risk of making grammatical mistakes. The feature is an iteration of Gmail's Smart Reply introduced last year, in which Gmail would understand the context of your incoming email and suggest short phrases to reply with. | | Everyone Is Flipping Out About Google’s AI Assistant That Just Booked A Haircut On The Phone | | Futurism | More news from I/O: "This is bananas. Google Assistant just called to book a haircut for someone," wrote one Twitter user. Google demoed a very natural-sounding Google Assistant making an appointment over the phone — a feature it calls Google Duplex. It’s eerie to listen to. The lines between human and AI have been tremendously blurred; it’s nearly impossible to tell the cheerful (human) salon worker from Google’s Assistant. The intonation was spot on, and far from monotonous, or robotic. The AI even threw in a couple of “uh’s” and “hmm’s,” before it answered, the way a real human would. | | The 10 Biggest Announcements from Google I/O 2018 | | The Verge | If you want even more I/O news, here's a great roundup of the biggest announcements. CEO Sundar Pichai kicked things off by recognizing that the tech industry must always be responsible about the tools and services it creates. From there, the big announcements started and just kept coming. There's a new, ambitious Android update on the way. John Legend is lending his voice to Google Assistant. Gmail can almost write emails entirely by itself. AI was a big theme throughout. |
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| | | Quick Tip: Gmail's New Native Offline Mode Is Now Available | | Computerworld | Gmail users, listen up: A small but significant surprise is waiting for you inside your inbox. The powers-that-be have snuck an incredibly useful feature into the new Gmail interface. It's the app's recently revealed native offline mode — something that was announced as part of the new Gmail rollout but hadn't actually been available until now. The new offline mode is a huge step up from Gmail's previous offline functionality. | | Your Top 5 Tools for SysAdmin Productivity | | /r/sysadmin | "If you would have to pick your top 5 sysadmin tools, what would they be?" Sysadmins weigh in on their favorite, must-have productivity tools. |
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| | | What Is Edge Computing? | | The Verge | "Companies like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google have proven to us that we can trust them with our personal data. Now it’s time to reward that trust by giving them complete control over our computers, toasters, and cars. Allow me to introduce you to 'edge' computing," writes Paul Miller. "Edge is a buzzword. Like 'IoT' and 'cloud' before it, edge means everything and nothing. But I think I’ve come up with a useful definition and some possible applications for this buzzword technology." A great piece. |
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| | | Work Offline in the New Gmail | | G Suite Updates | Fortunately, native offline capabilities in the new Gmail make it possible to work without interruption—even when you don’t have an internet connection. Starting now, people using the new Gmail in a Chrome browser (v61 or higher) can search, write, delete, and archive up to 90 days of messages, even when they’re offline. | | Introducing WebAuthn Support for Secure Dropbox Sign In | | Dropbox Blog | Dropbox is excited to announce support for WebAuthn (“Web Authentication”) in two-step verification, a new standard for strong authentication on the web. |
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