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Google I/O 2017: First day announcements

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The first day of the annual  Google I/O  developer conference started Wednesday and  announced  new and interesting developments for the Android platform. Google did not unveil any major new hardware but instead made incremental improvements to the existing ones. Here are a few things the search giant has announced on its first day of the conference. YOU MAY ALSO LIKE: HOW TO RECOVER DELETED FILES IN ANDROID Google Lens This new technology allows a device’s camera to identify what it sees, says CEO Sundar Pichai. This means users can point their camera at any object. For example, a flower, the  Lens  then identifies the name of the flower a user is pointing at. In another demonstration, Pichai was able to connect to a home’s Wi-Fi network just by taking a picture of the sticker on the router. Improved Google Assistant Google has announced that its A.I. assistant will get more conversational in the coming months. The  personal assistant  will be in...

WannaCry Ransomware attack: affected more than 45,000 devices in 90 countries

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Another black day in the Internet zone – a massive malicious ransomware attack hits the World today, targeting over 52,000 devices across many countries. Earlier today, Kaspersky Lab (a cyber-security firm)  reported  that their system had triggered more than 45,000 malicious attacks in over 70 countries. Russia reportedly to be the biggest victim of the ransomware attack; however, the cyber-attack which has been named as ‘WannaCry’ also crippled NHS hospital system in the Britain, and also Spain’s largest telecommunication company Telefónica. YOU MAY LIKE: HOW TO RECOVER DELETED FILES IN ANDROID A researcher at Avast also confirmed that they had recorded 36,000 ‘WannaCry’ ransomware attacks on Friday. Russia, Ukraine, and Taiwan are on the hit list followed by the others. View image on Twitter  Follow Jakub Kroustek   @JakubKroustek 36,000 detections of  # WannaCry  (aka  # WanaCypt0r  aka # WCry )  # ransomware  so far. Russia, Ukraine...