At start of December, Google DeepMind released Genie 2. The Genie family of AI systems are what are known as world models. They're capable of generating images as the user — either a human or, more likely, an automated AI agent — moves through the world the software is simulating. The resulting video of the
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Google just hiked the price of its Nest Aware security
Image: Google Google is once again raising prices on subscription plans for its Nest cameras, a little less than two years after aits last price hike. Starting immediately for new subscribers, Nest Aware will cost $10 a month, a $2-a-month increase, while a year’s worth of the plan will cost $100, a $20 annual price
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Hisense taps new Google Home APIs to expand smart home
Image: Hisense Google issued 100 announcements during its Google I/O developers conference this week, none of which involved the smart home. That apparent lack of enthusiasm for a topic close to our heart didn’t dissuade TV and smart-appliance manufacturer Hisense from announcing plans to integrate new Google Home APIs into its own ConnectLife app, so
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So long, Google Assistant. It’s Gemini’s world now
Image: Ben Patterson/Foundry The writing was already on the wall, but now it’s official: The Google Assistant era is over. In a blog post Friday, Google announced plans for Google Assistant’s final phase-out, starting on mobile and continuing with tablets, cars, and mobile-connected devices such as headphones and tablets. Finally, Google Assistant will be going
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Google issues a fix for Chromecast ‘untrusted’ bug
Image: Jared Newman / Foundry If you’re one of the unlucky Chromecast owners whose “untrusted” device stopped working earlier this week, here’s some good news: a fix is on the way. As reported by 9to5Google, Google has issued a fix that should restore service to the stymied Chromecast streamers, including the second-generation Chromecast (pictured above)
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Google tool makes AI-generated writing easily detectable
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.”...