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Ransomware remains a devastating cyber threat, involving organizations from healthcare to education and governments to corporations. Today, Google Cloud announced a new, AI-powered defense for Google Drive particularly for Microsoft Office and Microsoft Windows files.

Great news for video editors! Google has integrated auto-generated captions on Google Drive and it's now live. The update is rolling out globally as we speak so if you don't see it, here's what you can do with the new function on Google Drive.

If you frequently use Google Drive, this news might please you. Recently, Google launched features like Scheduled Summary on iOS and Notification History on Android. Plus, Google will roll out another new update that you might love. So, what should you know about it?

iOS users rejoice. Recently, Google has updated the filter options on Google Drive for iOS users. That said, what should you know about it?

If you happen to have an iPhone or an iPad, this news might excite you. Today, Google announced that Google Drive will now feature a built-in document scanner. That said, what should you know about it?

If WhatsApp is your main means of communication, this news might surprise you. From this December onwards, your WhatsApp Chats will take up the storage space on your Google Drive. That said, what should you know about it?

Google has recently announced that you will be able to annotate or draw (and save it!) on a PDF file from Google Drive. Currently rolling out to Android 6.0 users and above around the world, our Samsung Galaxy S23 Ultra could already do it with either a finger or the S Pen, but we couldn’t do the same on Google Drive for our Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite tablet, so be patient and you’ll get it soon. 

Google has recently announced an update to the sharing feature on Google Drive which is aimed to make sharing across Google Workspace more secure. Revealed in an official blog post, users can now set expiring access when sharing files in My Drive.

As more Widgets for the iOS 16 Lockscreen get introduced, Google is the latest player to launch not one, not two but three new ones. At the moment of this post, only the Google Drive widget is available whereas Gmail and Google News are coming soon too.

Google recently revealed that you may get a notification that your files in Google Drive are restricted or locked if they violate their abuse program policies. According to them, the filename will be flagged and “you won’t be able to share it, and your file will no longer be publicly accessible, even to people who have the link”.