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Google Hash Code 2022 Nicosia Cyprus – Call for participation

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We’ll be hosting a hub at the University of Cyprus for the Online Qualification Round of Hash Code, a team-based programming competition created by Google for university students and industry professionals. The Online Qualification Round takes place on the 24th of February at 19:30 EET and registered teams from Cyprus are invited to participate from our hub, which will take place at the Computer Science Department. Top scoring teams from the Online Qualification Round will then be invited to Google’s office to compete in the Final Round of the competition in April.

If you’re interested in joining our hub, find a team (two to four people) and register at g.co/hashcode. Make sure to select the University of Cyprus from the list of hubs in the Judge System.

Address:

Rooms: 101, 102, 103
Department of Computer Science,
Pure and Applied Sciences (FST-01)
University of Cyprus
1 University Avenue
2109 Aglantzia, CYPRUS

Date and Time:

24th February 2022
From: 19:30 EET
To: 23:30 EET

Free Amenities Offered

High speed Internet access
Wi-Fi access to the Internet for your mobile devices (personal computers and smart phones)
Lab computers will be available for use by the participants
Food in the form of snacks and beverages will be available outside the labs

Google Storage on Google Photos 2021 1

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With the new unfortunate change in Google Storage Policy and Google Photos, you will find your storage running out soon…

To keep track of your data and avoid filling up your quota and missing out on emails better keep an eye on the following two links:

  • https://photos.google.com/quotamanagement
    This link will show you where your space is spent.
    It should help you find files that you can delete from your account to make significant space changes.
  • https://photos.google.com/unsupportedvideos
    The second link will show all videos that could not be processed and occupy as much space as their original size.
    These files could hog a great amount of space as Google Photos did not reduce them at all.
    Please note that a few minutes of a high-quality video could take up many GBs from your account.

Important update to Google Photos storage policy
Starting from 1 June 2021, new photos and videos that you back up in high quality will count towards your free 15 GB of Google Account storage. We wanted to let you know well in advance because you have backed up photos and videos in high quality and will be affected by this change.
Check the backup settings on the Google Photos app or website on each device that you use to see what devices are backing up in high quality. This change does not apply to Pixel 5 and earlier devices.
Why we’re changing
Today, over 1 billion people, including you, back up a remarkable 28 billion photos to Google Photos each week. In order to welcome even more of your memories and build for the future, we are making this change.
Your existing photos and videos won’t be affected
Photos and videos backed up in high quality before 1 June 2021 won’t count towards your free 17 GB of Google Account storage.
You have 9.4 GB of storage remaining
This is based on the photos, videos, and other content that you’ve already backed up to your Google Account.
You have options to manage your storage
In June, you will be able to access a new free tool that lets you find and review blurry, dark, and other low-quality photos to help you stay within your 15 GB of free storage.
If you’d like more storage, you can get more from Google One, starting at €1.99/month for 100 GB.

From: https://photos.google.com/storagepolicy retrieved on the 2nd of June 2021

Reporting a virus on Google Drive

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If you are sent a virus through Google Drive it is very easy to report it and get it removed.

It might not block the attacker but at least it will delay the attack a bit, so it is important to do so whenever you can.

The following video demonstrates the procedure to report a problematic file on Google Drive.

Sign in to Google is required to continue to Forms, and someone might not like to sign-in.

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To do so, you will have to remove the file upload features.
When you enabled that question, you should have gotten the following warning:

Let respondents upload files to Drive
Files will be uploaded to the form owner’s Google Drive. Respondents will be required to sign in to Google when file upload questions are added to a form. Make sure to only share this form with people you trust.

  • At the end there is a message: ” The name and photo associated with your Google account will be recorded when you upload files and submit this form. Any files that are uploaded will be shared outside of the organization they belong to.”

Same as above.