Google's AI chatbot, Bard, is rapidly evolving, now boasting an improved ability to analyze YouTube video content. The update, reported by Android Authority, marks a significant enhancement in Bard's capabilities, allowing it to interpret and respond to detailed queries about YouTube videos. Before this update, Bard's interaction with YouTube content...
Google has announced an update to Google Meet, making virtual meetings more interactive and accessible with the introduction of gesture detection for hand raising. This new feature allows users to simply raise their hand physically, and Google Meet will recognize and replicate the action in the meeting. This enhancement is...
Inflection AI, the innovative startup behind the conversational chatbot Pi, has recently unveiled a new AI model, Inflection-2, claiming superior performance over popular models developed by Google and Meta. According to a recent Forbes report, this new model is rapidly gaining attention for its potential to rival OpenAI's GPT-4. Inflection-2...
During the ongoing antitrust trial, it was revealed that Google pays Apple 36% of Safari browser search advertising revenue. This detail, which emerged from the testimony of Kevin Murphy, a professor at the University of Chicago, sheds light on the financial dynamics of the long-standing partnership between the two tech...
Google has initiated a lawsuit against unidentified individuals in India and Vietnam, alleging a scam that exploits the growing interest in artificial-intelligence tools. According to The Wall Street Journal, the scam specifically targets U.S. small businesses, tricking them into compromising their social-media-account passwords. The Bard AI chatbot scam The fraud...
Alphabet Inc's Google is reportedly in advanced discussions to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Character.AI, an emerging artificial intelligence chatbot startup. According to Reuters, this investment could significantly boost Character.AI’s capabilities to meet growing user demand and advance its AI model training. Deepening an existing partnership Character.AI already...
According to a Nov. 8 Financial Times report, Google and major European telecommunications companies are urging the European Union to designate Apple's iMessage as a "core platform service" under the bloc's new Digital Markets Act (DMA), which would require the messaging app to be interoperable with rival services. In a...
Google announced a series of new shopping-focused search features and updates to its Chrome browser aimed at helping holiday gift-givers find the best deals. The new features tap into Google's Shopping Graph, a dataset of product information scraped from retailers across the web. A new "Shop Deals" destination on Google Search...
The leading cloud computing giants — Amazon, Microsoft, and Google's parent company Alphabet — are set to significantly increase their capital expenditures to cater to the burgeoning field of generative AI, according to a report by The Financial Times. A spike in infrastructure investment These Big Tech companies, which command...
Fortnite creator Epic Games is taking Google to court in San Francisco, alleging antitrust violations tied to Google's Play Store. This legal confrontation unfolds as Google simultaneously contends with another antitrust lawsuit from the Department of Justice in Washington D.C., scrutinizing some of its fundamental business operations. Epic Games has...
Google has terminated its contracts with Australian developer Lendlease for four major Bay Area development projects. According to a Nov. 2 CNBC report, the canceled deals include plans for new Google campuses in downtown San Jose, Mountain View, and Sunnyvale. Google and Lendlease had partnered over the past four years...
The ongoing antitrust lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice against Google has now unveiled previously secretive data about the tech giant's most lucrative search keywords and queries. During the trial this week, a list of Google's top 20 highest-revenue search terms for the week of September 22, 2018,...
Andrew Ng, co-founder of Google Brain and former chief scientist at Baidu, has accused large tech companies of spreading fear about artificial intelligence leading to human extinction as part of a "regulatory capture campaign" to shut down competition from open source AI. In an Oct. 30 interview with The Australian...
Porsche announced on Oct. 30 that it will integrate Google services into future vehicle models, representing a major step towards a more connected driving experience. Beginning in the middle of this decade, Porsche vehicles will offer Google Maps for navigation, Google Assistant for voice control features, and access to a...
Google has revealed a new method known as audioplethysmography (APG), enabling active noise canceling (ANC) headphones and earbuds to detect heart rate through a straightforward software update. The company points out that the ear canal is an excellent location for health monitoring due to the abundant blood vessels in the...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai defended the company's partnership with Apple during a high-profile antitrust trial. This trial could reshape Google's search engine operations and has captured the tech world's attention. The heart of the matter Pichai's testimony, according to The Wall Street Journal, aimed to counter the Justice Department's claim...
Google is pushing the boundaries of home internet speeds by beginning a trial of 20 gigabit-per-second internet service for a small number of residential Google Fiber customers. According to TechSpot report, the search giant announced that starting later this year, it will invite select Google Fiber subscribers in unspecified locations...
Google announced major updates to Google Maps powered by artificial intelligence (AI) that aim to transform how people interact with the world. The new features focus on helping users plan trips, navigate unfamiliar places, make sustainable choices, and discover local activities. According to the Oct. 26 Google announcement, a key...
Google is preparing to test a new "IP Protection" feature in the Chrome browser that aims to enhance users' privacy by masking their IP addresses. IP addresses allow websites and online services to track a user's activities across different sites, enabling the creation of persistent user profiles. This poses significant...
As the situation intensifies in the Middle East, Google and Apple have made significant changes to their map functionalities in Israel and the Gaza Strip. According to Bloomberg reporting, this move comes in response to the Israeli military's request and the looming possibility of a ground invasion into Gaza. Tech...
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