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Looking for a quick and simple method to share files between Windows and Android? Sit tight because a new trick is headed your way. Currently available in the latest Windows Insider builds, the new option uses Microsoft’s Phone Link and Link to Windows apps to help you send files back and forth.

Also: Wiping a Windows laptop? Here’s the safest free way to erase your personal data

Sharing files from Windows to your Android device works through File Explorer, where you simply choose Phone Link as the destination app. On the flip side, sharing a file from Android to Windows uses the standard Android sharing tool, allowing you to choose Link to Windows as the vehicle.

You can already exchange files between Windows and Android…

Google is taking steps to better integrate Gemini, its generative AI model, into Android. 

At today’s Made by Google event, where Google unveiled the Pixel 9 series, the tech giant also took some time to announce how Android is reimagining what your phone can do with Gemini. That includes new ways to interact with Gemini on Android, like using the AI assistant to ask questions about anything that’s on your phone screen. 

Google also talked about Gemini Nano, its large, on-device multimodal AI model made specifically for the Pixel, and how any personal data processed in the cloud or on-device is kept safe and private.

And Circle to Search, which allows you to draw on your screen to quickly perform a visual search, has a new share feature that allows you to circle a selection and share…

Both iOS 17 and especially iOS 18 have given iPhone users some major new features, but it’s hard not look back fondly on iOS 16. Personalizing your lock screen and editing iMessages are something you see or use potentially on a daily basis, so its presence is still felt today. 

Another small, quality of life feature update released in iOS 16 was the ability to view and copy your Wi-Fi passwords much easier than previous versions of the OS. 

Before iOS 16, when trying to connect to Wi-Fi, other iOS devices on the same SSID would be pinged that someone was trying to connect to the network, which could easily be shared. It worked (and still does) in a…

Longtime users of X, formerly Twitter, got a nasty surprise Friday when they learned that a new setting on the platform opts them in for AI training on their posts and interactions. That means Grok, X’s AI platform, by default can suck up that data and learn from it unless you change your settings to block that.

It shouldn’t be too much of a surprise; X has changed its terms of service to pave the way for this. Last year, the service began collecting biometric data as well as employment and school history, as part of a move to use public data to train its AI. But now its user settings have selected this as an opted-in default choice, at least on the desktop version of the platform.

Read more: How to Opt Out of Instagram and Facebook Using Your Posts for AI

The text, in settings…

Slack has come under siege for using customer data to train its global AI models and generative AI add-on. Sure, requiring users to manually opt-out via email seems sneaky (isn’t avoiding email the whole point of Slack?), but the messaging app doesn’t bear all the responsibility here. The most popular workplace apps have all integrated AI into their products, including Slack AI, Jira AI-Powered Virtual Agent, and Gemini for Google Workspace. Anyone using technology today — especially for work — should assume their data will be used to train AI. That’s why it’s up to individuals and companies to avoid sharing sensitive data with third-party apps. Anything less is naive and risky.

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