Author: Vidya Saras

However, Litan added, the capability remains opt-in, requires premium licensing and administrative configuration, and disables several Gmail functions, including AI features and comprehensive search, on encrypted content. But, she pointed out, the limitations are consistent with those in Gmail web and desktop implementations. It’s also a capability that Microsoft doesn’t provide. A Microsoft spokesperson said in an email that the company doesn’t currently offer end-to-end Outlook encryption on mobile, although messages can be digitally signed and encrypted.  In its April 9 announcement, Google said Workspace users can compose and read end-to-end encrypted messages natively within the Gmail app on Android…

Ashley Hebert found love with J.P. Rosenbaum on season 7 of The Bachelorette — but their marriage wasn’t meant to be. “I know I have to take a leap of faith. All the time that we spent together, it’s been the happiest time of my life,” Rosenbaum said before getting down on one knee during the 2011 finale. “All I know is that I’m madly in love with you. I love everything about you.” Thank You! You have successfully subscribed. The reality TV couple wed in 2012 and went on to welcome two children: son Ford and daughter Essie. In…

Chinese tech brand Oppo on Friday announced that its new flagship foldable, the Oppo Find N6, is set to arrive in the Philippines soon. The device has drawn significant attention since its global launch in March for its virtually crease-free display. “So here at Oppo, we continue to push innovation and industry-leading capabilities,” Jubilius Yu, integrated marketing communications (IMC) officer at Oppo Philippines, said during the Oppo Find Series pre-briefing event on Friday. “And we’re truly excited for everyone to experience them through our newest Find series,” he added. The crease-free display of the new Oppo Find N6 has been…

A new brief from the Bitcoin Policy Institute argues that recent breakthroughs in quantum computing are accelerating the timeline for when Bitcoin’s cryptography could face credible threats, while stressing that developers are already preparing solutions. In its report, State of Play: Quantum Computing and Bitcoin’s Path Forward, the Bitcoin Policy Institute points to two research papers released on March 31 by Google and California Institute of Technology that reshape long-standing assumptions about the computing power required to break Bitcoin’s encryption. For years, estimates suggested that an attacker would need around 10 million qubits to exploit Shor’s algorithm and compromise Bitcoin’s…

Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure On-chain data shows crypto trading volume on centralized exchanges has fallen to $4.3 trillion, a decline of nearly 50% from the October Bitcoin peak. Crypto Exchange Volume Has Witnessed A Significant Drop According to data from on-chain analytics firm CryptoQuant, the crypto trading volume of the centralized exchanges has been cooling down. The “trading volume” here refers to an indicator that keeps track of the total amount of a given asset or group of assets becoming involved in trading activity on exchanges. Below is the chart shared…

Over the next few weeks, I am going to make a series of posts that is going to be a large overview of the possibilities for scalability of Ethereum, intending to create a precise understanding of the problems at bay in implementing a scalable cryptocurrency infrastructure, and where the least-bad tradeoffs and sacrifices required to solve those problems might lie. As a general outline of the form that this series is going to take, I intend to first discuss the fundamental problem with Ethereum 1.0 as it stands, as well as every other cryptocurrency platform in existence, and introduce limited…

The ongoing war between Iran and the US has stifled market movements, particularly in the crypto market. Following the Easter holidays, the XRP price has shot up to its monthly starting price of around $1.37.XRP Price Prediction Summary As of April 2026, XRP is currently trading around $1.37.Short term: Around $1.40-$1.43 this week.Mid-term (1-2 months): $1.45-$1.50 rangeLong-term (year-end): CoinCodex puts XRP around $1.68 by end-2026, while other forecasts are much more optimistic.2026 bullish cases: Potential highs near $10.18, and a maximum of $6.60 with an average of $3.80.XRP Price Prediction: What the Analysts are Saying The reports from Yahoo Finance were derived…

OpenAI is throwing its support behind an Illinois state bill that would shield AI labs from liability in cases where AI models are used to cause serious societal harms, such as death or serious injury of 100 or more people or at least $1 billion in property damage.The effort seems to mark a shift in OpenAI’s legislative strategy. Until now, OpenAI has largely played defense, opposing bills that could have made AI labs liable for their technology’s harms. Several AI policy experts tell WIRED that SB 3444—which could set a new standard for the industry—is a more extreme measure than…

It is up to the American people, and our elected representatives, to use every legal means available—from impeachment to protest. Ad Policy Five years after the January 6, 2021, violent insurrection in Washington, DC, seeking to overthrow the election results, members of the activist group Rise and Resist gathered at the steps of the New York Public Library holding signs and banners for a public reading of the new list of impeachable offenses attributed to Donald Trump in his second term and to demand the release of the Epstein files.(Erik McGregor / LightRocket via Getty Images) Ninety minutes before his…

What makes work valuable? Michal Masny, the NC Ethics of Technology Postdoctoral Fellow in the MIT Department of Philosophy, investigates the role work plays in our lives and its impact on our well-being. Masny sees numerous benefits to work, beyond a paycheck. It’s a space for people to develop excellence at something, make a social contribution, gain social recognition, and create and sustain community. “Consider a future in which we shorten the work week, or one in which we eliminate work altogether,” Masny says. “I don’t believe either of these scenarios would be unambiguously good for everyone.”“Work is both necessary and positively valuable,”…