Technology Google DeepMind has been using its AI watermarking method on Gemini chatbot responses for months – and now it’s making the tool available to any AI developer By Jeremy Hsu Facebook / Meta Twitter / X icon Linkedin Reddit Email The probability that one word will follow another can be used to create a...
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What happens in the Google ad tech antitrust trial now
By Marty Swant • October 1, 2024 • Ivy Liu After three weeks in federal court, two dozen witnesses and hundreds of exhibits, the bulk of the U.S. vs Google ad-tech antitrust trial has wrapped until closing arguments, which are expected in late November. There’s also another wild card still in play: How everything will
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The brilliant Google Maps feature that nobody seems to know
Image: Alex Photo Stock/Shutterstock.com Did you know Google Maps has a feature called Travel Time that lets you to see approximately how far you can travel in a given time limit? As of now, this feature works with Walking and Driving navigation, but not Cycling or Public Transportation. It’s also only available in the web
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Google I/O 2024: How to watch and what to expect
Google I/O is one of the biggest technology events of the year, constantly competing with Apple’s WWDC annual developer conference. Both events usually occur within a month of each other, and this year is no exception. I/O 2024 kicks off on Tuesday, May 14th this year. There’s a ton of expected announcements around software and...
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Apple, Google team up to make Speedometer 3.0 benchmark faster and fairer
Image: Foundry A collaboration of developers announced on Monday that Speedometer 3.0, a new version of the online tool used to gauge the speed of web browsers. Developed by Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Mozilla, Speedometer 3.0 claims to be “a better way of measuring performance and a more representative set of tests that reflect the modern Web.”...
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Google Chrome adds smart AI-powered features, with more to come
Image: Mark Hachman / IDG Google Chrome is adding three new generative AI features, ranging from the creative to the practical. For now, however, they’re an experiment — though it’s likely they’ll arrive in the stable version of the browser before long. The three new features include AI-powered tab organization, a way to use AI
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Google makes employ of public security argument to deflect competitors
By Ronan Shields • November 3, 2023 • 3 min read • Ivy Liu Google’s advertising empire (both in search and online display advertising) is under fire on several fronts, and in this week’s proceedings, the narrative took a new hue as the search giant’s defense spoke up in court. In some territories, those jibes are being
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Google to pay €3.2M yearly fee to German recordsdata publishers
Google has agreed to pay German publishers €3.2mn per year for publishing their content on its News search engine. The compensation is part of an interim agreement between the tech giant and Corint Media, pending a decision by the German Patent and Trademark Office (DPMA), which will determine the final (and potentially higher) amount. Corint
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Google Bard Expands Its Reach into Google Apps and Services
In a significant leap in the world of generative AI, Google’s Bard will now have access to a broader range of Google applications and services, including Gmail, Docs, Drive, YouTube, and more. Known as Bard Extensions, this feature will allow you to interact with the chatbot to maximize the power of Google’s suite of tools.
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Google axes Chromebooks with discrete Nvidia GPUs
Image: Asus Who wants to play full-power PC games on a Chromebook? At least a few people, presumably, since Google and its manufacturing partners have made “gaming Chromebooks” for a year or so. But with some screen upgrades and RGB keyboards, these machines are very clearly intended to be used with cloud services like GeForce
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