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Google's Circle to Search feature will soon handle language translation
Google just announced that it's expanding the Circle to Search feature to include translating from one language to another. The search giant also revealed an AI-centric update to Maps.
The Google Pixel 8 is $230 off and down to a new record-low price
The new Google Pixel 8 is on sale for $470 at Woot.
Google says its new version of Chrome for Windows laptops with Snapdragon chips is much faster
Google has a new version of Chrome for Windows laptops that run Qualcomm Snapdragon processors. The two companies say the Snapdragon version of Chrome shows “a dramatic performance improvement.”
The EU is investigating Apple, Meta and Google over fees and self-preferencing
The European Commission has opened investigations into Apple and Google over their new policies for developers in the EU. The bloc is looking into whether the fees and conditions comply with strict new rules for major tech firms.
Authorities reportedly ordered Google to reveal the identities of some YouTube videos' viewers
Federal authorities in the US asked Google for the names, addresses, telephone numbers and user activity of the accounts that watched certain YouTube videos between January 1 and 8, 2023, according to unsealed court documents viewed by Forbes.
Google will start showing AI-powered search results to users who didn't opt in
Google expands Search Generative Experience's testing to include users who didn't opt in to see the experimental feature.
Google used AI to accurately predict floods up to 7 days in advance
Google just announced that it successfully used AI-enhanced technology to successfully predict floods along riverlines up to seven days in advance. The average timeline was five days in advance.
Fitbit’s health chatbot will arrive later this year
Like most other corners of the tech world, Google sees AI powering the next innovations in health technology. The company’s annual The Check Up event revealed plans to expand Google Lens for better skin condition searches, add a personal health chatbot to the Fitbit app and use a version of its Gemini chatbot in the medical domain.
The Google Pixel Buds Pro drop to $139 for the Amazon Big Spring Sale
Amazon's Big Spring Sale is approaching and the Google Pixel Buds Pro are currently on sale.
Of course Apple wants to bring Google's Gemini AI to iPhones
Apple is reportedly in talks with Google to integrate its Gemini AI in iPhones, Bloomberg reports.
Microsoft is once again asking Chrome users to try Bing through unblockable pop-ups
Microsoft has been pushing Bing pop-up ads in Chrome on Windows 10 and 11. Windows Latest and The Verge reported on Friday about the ad, which says (in bold lettering) to users browsing the web in Chrome, “Chat with GPT-4 for free on Chrome! Get hundreds of daily chat turns with Bing Al.”
Google I/O 2024 takes place on May 14
It'll soon be time to learn about what's next for the likes of Android, Pixel and Google's AI products. The company's I/O conference will take place on May 14.
Safe Browsing on Google Chrome adds real-time protection against malicious sites
Google says it has updated Chrome to offer better protection against malicious websites. With the Safe Browsing mode enabled, Chrome will check URLs in real-time without disclosing which sites you visit to Google's servers.
Google DeepMind's new AI can follow commands inside 3D games it hasn't seen before
Google DeepMind has published new research into an AI system that's able to carry out tasks in 3D games it hasn't seen before. The team says it's the first time an agent has shown it's able to understand a wide range of gaming worlds and carry out tasks within them based on natural-language instructions.
Google’s Gemini will steer clear of election talk in India
Gemini, Google's AI chatbot, won't answer questions about questions about India's upcoming national elections, the company wrote in a blog post today. The restrictions are similar to the ones Google announced in December ahead of global elections in the US and the EU.
Google Wallet can now automatically add your movie tickets and boarding passes
Per Google's release notes for Wallet this week, the app can now pull some movie tickets and boarding passes from users Gmail inboxes automatically. Once a confirmation email has shown up, the pass should be added to the user's Wallet.
Google fires engineer who protested at a company-sponsored Israeli tech conference
"I'm a Google software engineer and I refuse to build technology that powers genocide or surveillance!" The engineer shouted as such, interrupting a speech by Barak Regev, Google Israel's managing director, during an Israeli tech event in New York.
Google is following Apple's lead by adding new developer fees in the EU
Google has revealed that it will indeed charge developers even if they don't use the Play Store, just like Apple did with the App Store.
A former Google engineer was arrested for allegedly stealing AI secrets for Chinese rivals
In an indictment that was unsealed in a federal California court, prosecutors accused Linwei Ding, a 38-year-old Chinese national who started working at Google in 2019, of uploading trade secrets from his Google-issued laptop to personal cloud storage accounts.
Google is changing its search results to weed out SEO spam
Amid complaints about its search results declining in quality, Google is tweaking its algorithms to do a better job of weeding out spammy or automated content. The company says the ranking updates, arriving in May, will “keep the lowest-quality content out of search.”