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Google TV will give you daily AI summaries of the news that matters most to you

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Have Google TV at home, either through the Smart TV itself or a dongle like the new Chromecastallows you to fully access the playback of multimedia content or access the most popular streaming platforms. Google now also wants it to become the user information node with an experience based on the use of generative artificial intelligence. It is already happening in the new Samsung Galaxy S25 that include an assistant on the lock screen to assist the user according to the context of using their mobile or simply give a daily summary of the topics that may interest you the most, such as the news of the day. Access to information is more flexible and what the technology giant wants is for the user to have it available on the devices or accessories they use the most, and one of them is the Smart TV you have in the living room. After making a previous announcement of the new “News Briefs” feature at CES in Las Vegas earlier this year, the technology giant has now announced that it will begin rolling out an experimental feature that is powered by generative artificial intelligence of Gemini. The deployment of its AI seems to have no end and can even be enjoyed through a widget on Google Home to give text summaries of the situation of connected smart devices in the user’s smart home. Google TV 9to5Google The Free Android “News Briefs” It is a feature designed to collect all the new news that arises throughout the day, and with the help of Gemini, its AI, Google TV will be in charge of making a summary of each of them as well as playing videos from them. sources that are related to the context of the news. The video content offered by Google TV through this new function will be extracted mainly from YouTube. The technology giant has given several details about this new feature in the support page: “Using Gemini’s artificial intelligence models and human evaluation, News Briefs presents summaries of the most important news and plays those videos from trusted news sources so that the user has all the information at hand available.” Manuel Ramirez The Free Android The availability of News Brief at the moment it will not be general and Google’s idea is to deploy it to some Google TV users first in their country this week. This new AI-powered news experience will appear on the For You page of Google TV.

Gemini is now the ubiquitous AI assistant

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In the presentation of the three new Samsung phones The technology giant was the common denominator of many of the Galaxy Unpacked moments. Gemini is going to maintain a good part of the artificial intelligence functions of Korean mobile phones, just as it is going to do in the Pixel 9 with a wide variety of new features that Google just promoted. These new experiences based on generative artificial intelligence aim to convert The Pixel 9 in more “AI” mobiles and thus continue ‘fighting’ against OpenAI in a fight between the two that seems to have no end. The prominence of Gemini in the new Galaxy S25 is another example of the crucial moment that Google is going through before the OpenAI steamroller with its ChatGPT. In an advertisement on store.google.com you can read “The new functions of Gemini Live and Rodea to search on Pixel 9 mobiles”, and they will encourage users of Google smartphones play in the same league that the next owners of the new Galaxy S25; Just the opposite of last year with the premiere of Rodea para Busca, which was exclusively for the Galaxy S24 for a few weeks. The first new feature is the power ability send content to Gemini to ask any questions, or have a chat to give more context to a video on YouTube or any type of documents as well as images. Best of all, it can be done with the natural conversation offered by Google’s AI, so the interaction can be more enriching than doing it through text: Images– Add an image to the conversation and Gemini Live will offer detailed information and suggestions and can help resolve problems in real time. Files– You can share documents and have a discussion about them to extract important information or key points. Videos: A conversation with Gemini about a YouTube video with all kinds of details. Gemini Live when querying you about a video on YouTube Google The Free Android The Gemini interface has been redesigned conveniently to add a button to include that type of content as a photo from the gallery or take a new one; similar to what Google Lens can offer. There are more important functions in this sense, such as the possibility of being able to ask about what is seen on the screen when taking a screenshot, taking another one on a PDF from the Google Files app and the same, but with the YouTube app. Gemini is going to be that omnipresent assistant to demand its appearance at all times in a very simple way. And once the content is uploaded, a button will appear where you can read it. “Talk to Live about this” on the same interface, so that when you press it, the AI ​​assistant appears with the attached content appearing in the center of the screen and the two pause and cancel buttons just below in the familiar Gemini Live interface. This great novelty is deployed today at Pixel 9 series, as in the Galaxy S24 and S25although in EL ESPAÑOL – El Androide Libre the Gemini update has not appeared in the Google Play Store. For the rest of the Pixel it will arrive with a ‘soon’. Gemini already does several things at the same time Next up will be the new ability Project Astra screen sharing and video streaming capabilities on Gemini. The technology giant had its moment to share what the interface is like today and will be available in the following months through the Gemini app on the Pixel and S25. Another novelty for the Pixel is the deployment that is being carried out today with Deep Research to Gemini Advanced subscribers in the mobile version after introducing it last month in the web client. All compatible Pixel phones will receive it in the following days. Sending a message in Google Messages with Gemini Google The Free Android A very productive day for Google from your website and from now on you can ask Gemini to use multiple extensions at once from a single prompt and the new capabilities of Rodea to search, which are both summarized in this way: You can now ask Gemini to do several things at the same time in different apps: from finding entertainment venues on Google Maps and sending them to a friend via Google Messages. Circle to search with AI summaries either AI Overviews: They will give any useful information and links about places, trending images, unique objects and more. Act instantly: Circle to Search now identifies phone numbers, email addresses, and URLs. The prompts Multi-extension are available now on Android, iOS and on the webwhile Surround Anything to Find Out More with AI Summaries remains for the moment where it is available globally and only in English.

The Google Pixel 8a that Amazon sells for less than 400 euros in Spain and that you cannot miss

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Google is preparing the year and is already starting at launch very tempting offers for some of their best mobile phones as is now the case with the Pixel 8a launched last year in Spain and which has proven to be one of the best in its price range. Range that is now considerably reduced with this incredible offer on Amazon Spain. The technological giant of online searches demonstrates year after year that its Pixels are becoming the users’ favorite mobile phones who are looking for a more special experience than those provided by Samsung and other Android manufacturers. Above all because it has accustomed its users to receive news with regular updates and thus the purchase of the Pixel 8a has more value, especially because it is a mobile phone that has one of the best experiences in photography thanks to Google’s achievements in computing; capable of covering hardware shortcomings by mounting lower capacity sensors to achieve incredible results in captures. A photograph that stands out in hardware for a dual system composed of a 64 Mpx main (dual pixel PDAF, OIS) and a 13 Mpx ultra wide angle. On the front it has a 13 Mpx more than enough for magnificent selfies and video recording. The screen is 6.1 inch AMOLED with 1,080 x 2,400 resolution with a 120 Hz refresh rate and a peak brightness of 2,000 nits. It has Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection to protect the panel and resistance to water and dust thanks to IP67 certification. Google Pixel 8a Chema Flores The Free Android With a large screen and very special photography, Google’s Pixel 8a can be purchased on Amazon in Spain for a price of 399 euros and thus enjoy a 27% discount (its usual price is 549 euros) for the 128 GB variant. If the 256 GB storage option is preferred, it is available for 449 euros (regular price 609 euros) with a 26% discount. In his bowels runs the Tensor G3 chip designed by Google itself and that year after year it shows more power and better management of energy efficiency. It is accompanied by 8 GB of RAM and 128/256 GB storage. Chema Flores The Free Android Mentioned about energy efficiency, battery is 4,492 mAh with 18W fast charging and 8W wireless charging; one of the lowest specifications of a mobile phone that reaches the day of autonomy without any type of problem. The Google Pixel 8a moves away from the dimensions of other larger ones: 152.1 x 72.7 x 8.9 mm with a weight of 188 g. But there is more to the Pixel 8a with details that should not be ignored such as Bluetooth 5.3, WiFi 6e stereo speakers and on-screen fingerprint sensor. And if it is characterized by its computational photography, it also does so in software with a great novelty: Circle to searcha of the new experiences of the technological giant last year to make direct queries of everything that is generated on the screen by making a quick gesture.

What data can Google and WhatsApp give about their users after a court order, as in the case of the attorney general?

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The judicial case opened against Álvaro García Ortiz, attorney general of the State, continues to move forward to try to settle his responsibility in the leak to the media of Alberto Gómez Amador’s tax filepartner of Isabel Díaz Ayuso. After the procedures to track the prosecutor’s telephone numbers and requesting call information from telephone companiesnow Judge Ángel Hurtado will ask WhatsApp and Google to help recover messages of the applications installed on García Ortiz’s two cell phones and in his email account. At the request of the Central Operational Unit (UCO) of the Civil Guard, Judge Hurtado has ordered the issuance of a rogatory commission to the two technology companies so that they provide all the required data and know precisely if the prosecutor was involved in the leak. to the media about the emails between Gómez Amador’s lawyer and the Prosecutor’s Office. For this, requests WhatsApp for messages received and/or sent by the userchat backups and communication logs. Regarding Google, the judge of the Criminal Chamber of the Supreme Court requests the data stored in the services and products linked to the accountbackups of linked devices, third-party applications, chats and communication logs, with crucial data such as date, time, origin, destination or type of communication. State security forces have the power to ask companies for copies of information that is related to an ongoing investigation. However, “access to these companies that usually operate or have their data outside the European Union is very limited,” according to statements to EL ESPAÑOL – El Androide Libre de David del Olmoforensic computer expert specialized in mobile devices. Requests for rogatory commissions and judicial authorizations are usually slow, and according to the expert, “in many cases we will only obtain access data, but not the content of the messages, which is encrypted“. In that case it would be necessary to “perform a forensic analysis on the mobile device and then compare the data with the operator, if it wants to collaborate.” EL ESPAÑOL – El Androide Libre has contacted representatives of Google and WhatsApp in Spain, but until the closing of this edition they have not made any statements and refer to their respective privacy policies. This is how WhatsApp manages In the case of WhatsApp, the Meta company ensures in your Help Center that “does not disclose the content of its users’ messages in response to government requestsand it can’t do that either.” End-to-end encryption “ensures that only you and the person you communicate with can read or hear what you send.” The text, image or video leaves the device sending it encrypted and It remains that way until it reaches the mobile phone designated as the recipient. Nobody, not even WhatsApp itself, can consult the content. Currently, when companies like Meta receive, through a court order, a request to inform the police or a judge of a suspect or accused in a criminal investigation, they can provide data such as name, contacts, active hours and other information, but never the content of the messages, which is protected with end-to-end encryption protocol. That information is only kept on the phone used or, if the user chooses, in the phone’s cloud-based backup associated with a Drive account. WhatsApp chats are end-to-end encrypted Unsplash Omicrono Government agencies send requests for user data to WhatsApp, more than 300,000 between January and June 2024 internationally, according to the latest report published by Meta. In the case of Spain, the figure drops to 3,100 requests in legal processes corresponding to 5,765 accounts or users, with 66.3% of cases in which requests produced some dataalthough these are not specified. To check if these requests comply with applicable laws and WhatsApp privacy policiesthe company “has a specialized and trained compliance team that reviews and evaluates each government request for user data, in order to determine whether the request was sent in the context of an emergency or as a legal process originating from authorities police or government”. Meta transparency portal report on user information requests Goal The Free Android If the mobile phone from which the communications were made is found, David del Olmo explains that, in the case of WhatsApp, the information “is stored in the local database on the device, so recovering deleted messages without access to backup is technically possible in some cases.” Everything will depend “on the appropriate tools, the level of encryption and the possible physical or logical limitations of the device.” This is how Google manages For its part, the Internet giant explains very clearly how it proceeds in these cases in the terms of service published on their website. “At Google we receive requests for the disclosure of information about users from public bodies around the world. We carefully review each of these requests to ensure that it complies with applicable laws,” they say in the section ‘How Google handles government requests for user information‘. Gmail Justin Morgan Unsplash “If a request asks for too much information, we try to limit it and, In some cases, we refuse to provide the information in its entirety. In the Transparency Report, we publish the number and type of requests we receive,” they conclude. Still, there is a nuance, since the response to these requests depends on which Google service provider is: Google LLC, being based in the US, is governed by US law, while Google Ireland Limited, the provider of Mountain View services in Europeoperates under Irish law. Every six months, and for the sake of transparency, Google publishes a detailed report on the number of government requests for user information and the number of accounts subject to these requests, which can give a reliable clue about the final result of the proceedings requested by the magistrate of the Supreme. In the last recorded period, from January to June 2024, Google received more than 7,180 government requests for information corresponding to 11,368 accounts around the world. Of all of them, In 85% of the cases (an average also applicable to Spain) data were … Read more

Google finally fixes the navigation gesture that was broken on older Pixels when updating them to Android 15

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Google is already working in the next Pixel 10 and Pixel 11 as was learned yesterday from an internal source. Now one of the bugs that were generated has been marked as corrected when updating old Pixels to the latest version of Android, precisely 15. This version was deployed to the new Pixel 9 like the rest of the old Pixels such as the Pixel 8 series in the middle of October. These types of updates make you enjoy the news and those new experiences who spend their daily lives better with a smartphone, a tablet or a smart watch. But not everything always goes well and with this deployment, users of the old Pixels found themselves with a very strange bug: Swiping in from the right side of the phone did not activate the back gesture, so the interaction experience failed severely with that update to Android 15. Now the issue has been marked as corrected in Issue Trackerthe web space that Google uses to record all bugs or errors on its mobile devices and where you can review the correction of errors. Pixel 7 Pro Alvarez del Vayo The Free Android In fact, a Google employee has stated that the solution will be deployed in a new imminent update of Pixel phones so that normal use of the phone can be resumed. First reported on a Pixel 8 Pro so that it would soon be confirmed in other models by more users. The error affected the gestures that are applied from both sides, not only the right one as has now been confirmed as solved since Issue Tracker. And it is a quite serious problem for the mobile gesture experience, since it has prevented the ability to navigate backwards. The only solution that had been given until now was use the navigation bar with its three buttons, but you can almost say that it is an almost retro experience so that moving with gestures is tremendously simple. The update with the back gesture fix will be deployed in the month of Februaryright in the first weeks, so any of the old Pixels can be used again as it has always been done with an error that can generate a lot of frustration according to what it maintains GSMArena.

Gemini becomes the definitive AI assistant with its new version

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Gemini has had an important presence during the launch of the new Samsung Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultra. Google took the opportunity to announce several very interesting new features that make it the definitive virtual assistant. Although Gemini is now the native assistant of the Galaxy S25, its new features will not be exclusive to said phones. Some of these functions will be launched first on Samsung smartphones and the most modern Pixels, while others will immediately arrive on other Android phones, the iPhone and the web version of the tool powered by artificial intelligence. Gemini’s first big addition is the ability to perform several actions at the same time in different applications. This means you can ask the AI ​​to find information about a particular place on Google Maps—a restaurant or hotel, for example—and write a summary with details and essential information to send through the Messages app. In this way, Gemini can carry out more than one activity from a single prompt or request. This function can be used from today both in the assistant applications for iOS and Android, as well as in the web version. Likewise, Google has announced the implementation of new extensions that allow its artificial intelligence to connect and interact with Samsung apps, such as calendar, notes and reminders. Gemini Live goes multimodal, and Circle to Search adds improvements Another notable feature that was announced at the Samsung event is the introduction of multimodality in Gemini Live. From now on, the conversational assistant Google allows users to include links to YouTube videos, as well as photos and files, in chat. According to Mountain View, the goal is for the tool to better understand the context of the queries and offer more personalized responses. Likewise, the Californians plan to add more functions inherited from Gemini to Gemini. Project Astrathe technology that in the future will promote mixed reality helmets and augmented reality glasses with Android XR. Among them, the option to share screen and live video transmission. Both the Gemini Live improvements and the upcoming Project Astra-based tools will arrive first on the Galaxy S25 and Pixel 9. In addition to Gemini, Circle to Search (Circle to search) will be incorporating new capabilities. Among them, the expanded AI summarieswhich will allow you to find out more information about anything that appears on your screen by drawing a circle around it. This tool will be launched only in English at first, and in those countries where it already AI works Overview that Google shows on its results page. But that’s not all, because Circle to Search now too detects phone numbers, email addresses and more important data on the screen. This allows you to interact with this information quickly and with a single touch, displaying quick icons to make calls or write emails, among other options.

the complete list of fixes to numerous bugs

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Yesterday it appeared in Issue Tracker the solution to one of the biggest problems that old Pixels have suffered with a navigation gesture that was practically broken. Now it has been launched beta that will be part of the March Pixel Feature Drop of this year. And it is expected that throughout the day the first public beta of Android 16 appears which will be the first step towards the arrival of the final version in the coming months. Also, the appearance of the latest beta of Android 15 is the last one so that the following ones are already based on Android 16. The technology giant has announced the Android 15 QPR2 Beta 3 release and has shared notes on a large number of fixes that caused some pretty serious problems in the user experience of their Pixel phones. One of them caused the mobile restarted when making callsan error that is corrected with the build number BP11.241210.004 and which also includes all the security patches published in this month of January 2025. And according to Android expert Mishaal Rahman, we would be facing the latest major version of the beta build for Android 15 QPR2. And based on how Google is taking things with Android 16, there are no longer plans to release new builds in the Android 15 Quarterly Platform scheme, meaning it would be the last Android 15 beta update. Manuel Ramirez / Google The Free Android The possibility that is contemplated is that Google would launch a latest patch hotfix to fix a bug that I had solved at the last minute. This new update would already be available throughout the day for the Pixel 6 launched in 2021 and the rest of the mobile phones, tablets and folding devices launched later. The only thing that, according to Android Policeit may take 24 hours to reach all the devices that are part of the beta that you can easily participate in if you want to solve any bug that affects your daily experience with your mobile. It is done from the updates in the settings. The Complete List of Android 15 Fixes Fixed problems that could cause a device reboot when you make a phone call. Fixed another issue when trying to resume an app from preview that would take the user to the home screen. Several issues have been fixed with the language selection menu (accessed with a long tap on the space bar) that changed the window, causing the IME to be hidden in apps that had an active function (softInputMode to STATE_ALWAYS_HIDDEN). Fixed an issue that sometimes caused a clicking sound in the background while recording video. Another solution to an issue that caused wireless charging to stop in some cases. Fixed a bug that caused devices to close inappropriately when starting a workout on a connected Wear OS device. Another solution to the interface not closing with an internal problem in null selector exceptions. Fix for another bug that caused the Android Beta Feedback app to sometimes close when reporting a bug. Fixed other issues that impact the stability, connectivity and interactivity of the system in general.

Google invests another $1 billion in Anthropic, according to FT. Having a plan B was never a bad idea

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In 2021, several former OpenAI employees decided to set it up on their own. Among them were siblings Daniela and Dario Amodei, who led the founding of Anthropic. Since then, their work at Claude in particular and in artificial intelligence has made them leaders in the sector. So much so that even Google, which has its own AI project, opted for them. And now they have done it again. First investments. In April 2023, with the relatively recent release of ChatGPT, invested 400 million dollars in Anthropic. That number would end up going up up to 2 billion in total at the end of that year, which consolidated the promising commitment to this AI startup. Another 1 billion. As indicated Financial TimesGoogle has invested another $1 billion in Anthropic. The data comes from people related to the movement, and the operation—if confirmed—would allow Google to reinforce its participation in the company. Rival and plan B. Claude is a fantastic AI chatbot that has been gaining popularity in recent months and is now one of the benchmarks, but it rivals Gemini, Google’s model and chatbot. It is a unique situation in which Google has Anthropic as a rival but also as a potential ally if needed. Diversifying is always a good idea. As pointed out in the FT, this operation allows Google to diversify its interests and not put all its eggs in the same basket. And Anthropic expects more financial support. According to this newspaper, Anthropic is about to close a separate investment round of another $2 billion. Lightspeed Venture Partners would participate in it. This round is expected to triple Anthropic’s valuation and place it at around $60 billion. Amazon, even more relevant. Google’s investment is already very relevant, but Amazon is the main protagonist here. The company led by Andy Jassy has invested $8 billion in the startup, and Claude models are expected to end up being an integral part of the future version of Alexa that keeps delaying again and again. They already have gas for one season. These investments will allow Anthropic to continue advancing the development of its AI models. The “Computer Use” function presented at the end of October 2024 showed a future potential full of AI agents to do things for us on the computer, and the firm certainly seems to be heading in the right direction in this area. Image | Xataka In Xataka | Generative AI seems stagnant. Big Tech believes they have an ace up their sleeve: “agents” that do things for us

Samsung will develop augmented reality glasses together with Google

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Samsung is capturing all eyes with the launch of the Galaxy S25, S25+ and S25 Ultrabut he doesn’t want to stop there. TM Roh, head of the South Korean company’s mobile devices division, confirmed to Bloomberg who are working together Google in the development of augmented reality glasses. The executive did not provide details about the technical characteristics, design or capabilities of the device in question. So if you’re hoping to see it right away, be patient because it will most likely take a few months before the company gives us an official first look. As explained by Roh, Samsung and Google will continue to work side by side in order to strengthen the ecosystem of equipment powered by Android XR. Let us remember that Google announced said operating system at the end of 2024and that aims to take advantage of the vast catalog of apps that are already part of the conventional version of Android. In addition, it aims to provide it with advanced AI functions by Gemini and Project Astra. It is worth clarifying that the augmented reality glasses will be a separate product from Project Moohanthe mixed reality headset that Samsung announced in December. This prototype, which has airs of Apple Vision Pro and Meta Quest Pro, will become a device for consumers that, in theory, will hit the market this year. Samsung prepares augmented reality glasses with Android XR Regarding the augmented reality glasses that he is developing together with Google, the executive of Samsung preferred not to give details about when they could be launched. However, Roh mentioned that the goal of both companies is to achieve the desired level of “quality and readiness” as soon as possible. It would not be unusual for a prototype of this wearable to be seen during Google I/O 2025, as it is expected that those from Mountain View will take advantage of their traditional event to reveal deeper information about Android XR and its hardware ecosystem. For now it is not known if Qualcomm is also part of this project along with Samsung and Google. Let’s keep in mind that Project Moohan is being developed using the Snapdragon XR2+ Gen 2 as a platform. So it would not be surprising if said technology, or something similar, was part of this initiative. The augmented reality glasses segment is gaining more and more prominence. In 2024, Goal showed an advanced prototype called Orionwhich works together with a wireless processing unit and depends on a kind of wrist strap for gesture control. And for years it has been rumored that Apple works in a similar devicealthough without any real details of its capabilities. With Project Moohan and augmented reality glasses on the way, Samsung and Google want hit the table from the hand of Android XR. We’ll see if they succeed.

Google updates them and allows controls with your face

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Google follows working on their Chromebooks and each year it has improved some aspects to also use Qualcomm chips that enhance the autonomy experience in its laptops; especially to compete against Apple’s. Now he has shown one of the new accessibility features on your Chromebooksthe ability to control the PC with facial expressions and head. It is not an accessibility technology that you have presented just for show, but rather from today it is deploying it to more users with compatible Chromebooks; those who have at least 8 GB of RAM to be able to enjoy a new experience. It’s part of a years-long development by Google that began as an AI-powered accessibility tool based on open source for games on Windows. It was known as Project Gamefacewhich was also announced at the time for Android to help people with motor deficiencies. Amanda Lin Diets, a Google software engineer, appears in the demo video to show off the new Chromebook control feature with gestures and headand which has also helped in the development of this innovative technology that opens up other types of experiences with a Chromebook. You can see perfectly how with grimaces and turns of his head It controls the Chromebook interface to send an email. A series of actions that manage to avoid the problems that certain users may have when performing actions as simple as managing their emails from a PC. Face control with Google Chromebooks Manuel Ramirez One of those features that They add great value to the Chromebook experience from Google and that will arrive in the new ones that it just announced a couple of hours ago. There would be more than 20 new devices, including the standard ChromeBook and then the Chromebook Plus. Google, according to The Vergehas also announced a series of features focused on educators and students and that are based on ChromeOS features that it has called Class Tools. Among its main functions are the possibility of control the screens in real time of students thanks to a code that, once shared, educators will be able to send content directly to their screens. Manuel Ramirez The Free Android This content can range from text fragments or translations, remotely view your screens or even share the work of one of the students with the rest of the class. Google Classroom also receives improvements and now integrates with Figma, which will allow teachers to assign blank projects to students for group work.

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