Google: News

13 Aug 2024

Microsoft

India's first open-source AI model debuts, supports 10 Indic languages

Sarvam AI, a Bengaluru-based artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, has introduced Sarvam 2B, India's first open-source foundational model.

12 Aug 2024

Technology

Check Pixel 9 series's full specs ahead of launch event

Google is gearing up for its annual hardware event, 'Made by Google,' scheduled for Tuesday in Mountain View, California.

12 Aug 2024

India

Pernod India's legal chief heads to Google amid regulatory challenges

Bijoya Roy, the Chief Legal Officer of Pernod Ricard in India, has resigned from her role amid several legal and regulatory challenges faced by the French liquor giant.

12 Aug 2024

Amazon

The Google techie who is now China's richest man

Colin Huang (44), the visionary behind e-commerce giants Temu and Pinduoduo, has now become China's richest person with a net worth of $48.7 billion, as per the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

12 Aug 2024

Android

Android users beware! Critical vulnerabilities found in Qualcomm Adreno GPUs

Google researchers have recently identified over nine vulnerabilities in Qualcomm's Adreno GPU, a graphics processing unit integrated into Snapdragon processors.

11 Aug 2024

Android 15

Made by Google 2024: How to watch, expected products, announcements

Google has announced that it will be hosting the Pixel 9 keynote event on August 13, at its headquarters in Mountain View, California.

11 Aug 2024

Google Chrome

Your favorite Chrome extensions might disappear soon

Google Chrome is set to disable certain extensions including the widely-used ad-blocker uBlock Origin.

10 Aug 2024

Facebook

Former YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki passes away after cancer battle

Susan Wojcicki, the former CEO of YouTube, has passed away after a two-year battle with non-small cell lung cancer.

09 Aug 2024

DeepMind

Google's new robot can play table tennis like humans

Google's DeepMind team has made a significant breakthrough by developing a table tennis-playing robot.

09 Aug 2024

iOS

Google's security app debuts with Material You redesign, new features

Google has unveiled the latest version of its security app, Google Authenticator 7.0, on Android.

08 Aug 2024

Mark Zuckerberg

Google, Meta secretly collaborated to attract teenagers to Instagram: Report

Google and Meta have been accused of secretly targeting teenagers with Instagram ads on YouTube, according to a report by the Financial Times.

08 Aug 2024

MediaTek

Flaw in 5G phones exposes millions of users to spying

A team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University has revealed a series of security vulnerabilities in 5G basebands, the processors that enable phones to connect to mobile networks.

08 Aug 2024

YouTube

YouTube's new AI feature helps creators find next video idea

YouTube is currently experimenting with a new feature that integrates Google Gemini to aid creators in generating video ideas, titles, and thumbnails.

07 Aug 2024

Technology

Google reveals how it transfers 1.2M terabytes of data daily

Google has disclosed the technical specifications of its proprietary data transfer tool, Effingo.

07 Aug 2024

Google Chrome

Chrome users can now tip their favorite websites: Here's how

Google has unveiled plans to incorporate Web Monetization into its Chrome browser, offering an alternative income source for website owners via micro-payments.

06 Aug 2024

Google Home

Google's new Apple TV 4K rival looks like set-top box

Google has introduced its latest streaming device, the Google TV Streamer, priced at $99.99 (roughly ₹7,500) in the US.

06 Aug 2024

Technology

How Google's antitrust defeat threatens Mozilla Firefox's survival

In a significant antitrust lawsuit, US District Judge Amit Mehta has declared Google a monopolist in the online search market.

06 Aug 2024

Android

Google fixes zero-day vulnerability in Android kernel

Google has addressed a critical zero-day vulnerability, identified as CVE-2024-36971, in the Android kernel.

06 Aug 2024

Google Chrome

How Google Chrome's upcoming update threatens your ad-free browsing experience

Google Chrome is on the brink of launching its long-awaited new browser extension platform, Manifest V3 (MV3), after six years in development.

06 Aug 2024

Apple

Google's antitrust defeat: A boon for Microsoft Bing? 

In a landmark decision, US District Court Judge Amit P. Mehta ruled that tech behemoth Google acted unlawfully to preserve its monopoly in the online search market.

05 Aug 2024

Amazon

Groq raises $640M to challenge NVIDIA in AI chip arena

Groq, an artificial intelligence chip startup, has successfully secured $640 million in a recent funding round.

05 Aug 2024

Donald Trump

'Close to shutdown...': Trump attacks Google over censorship reports

Former United States President Donald Trump has accused tech giant Google of bias, adding that it is "going to be close to shut down."

04 Aug 2024

Google Wallet

Google Wallet can now turn any document into digital pass

Google Wallet has launched a novel feature, powered by artificial intelligence (AI), that allows users to transform any document into a digital pass.

03 Aug 2024

Olympics

Google pulls 'Dear Sydney' AI Olympics advertisement after criticism

Google has withdrawn an Olympics advertisement for its AI chatbot Gemini from the airwaves, following public disapproval.

03 Aug 2024

NVIDIA

NVIDIA delays its new AI chip over design issues

NVIDIA's forthcoming artificial intelligence (AI) chip is facing a potential delay of at least three months, due to identified design flaws.

03 Aug 2024

Amazon

Cloud infrastructure market rebounds, rakes in $79B this quarter

The cloud infrastructure sector has made a strong comeback after a slow 2023, with revenues hitting $79 billion in the recent quarter.

03 Aug 2024

Google Chrome

Google Chrome to disable uBlock Origin ad blocker soon

Google Chrome is alerting users that the popular ad blocker extension, uBlock Origin (uBO), may soon be deactivated.

Google hires Character.AI co-founders, signs new licensing deal 

Noam Shazeer, the co-founder and CEO of Character.AI, is making a return to Google.

02 Aug 2024

Gmail

Startup accuses Google of 'predatory conduct' for blocking API access

London-based Gener8 has accused Google of "predatory conduct" following the tech giant's decision to revoke its access to the Gmail API.

02 Aug 2024

Android

Google Chrome now lets you search browsing history conversationally

Google is set to revolutionize the way users interact with their browsing history on Chrome.

01 Aug 2024

Android 15

Pixel 9 to miss Android 15 at launch: Here's why

Google's highly-anticipated Pixel 9 series is set to make its global debut on August 13.

You can now write SEO-rich blogs with Wix's AI tools 

Wix, a leading website builder, has introduced a set of artificial intelligence (AI) tools designed to generate comprehensive SEO-optimized blog posts.

Google launches three 'open' AI models prioritizing safety and transparency

Google has launched three innovative 'open' generative artificial intelligence (AI) models, known as Gemma 2 2B, ShieldGemma, and Gemma Scope.

Google cracks down on explicit deepfakes in search results

Google has rolled out an update to its Search function, aimed at making explicit deepfakes more difficult to find.

31 Jul 2024

Android

Google Photos's AI editing tools now free for all users

Google has announced that its advanced artificial intelligence (AI) editing tools on Photos app, previously accessible only via subscription, are now available to all users at no cost.

31 Jul 2024

Donald Trump

Meta's AI chatbot denies Trump assassination attempt, company blames 'hallucinations'

Meta's artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot recently made an erroneous statement denying the attempted assassination of former US President Donald Trump.

AI firm Perplexity starts ad revenue sharing amid plagiarism allegations

Perplexity, an artificial intelligence (AI) firm, has launched a new initiative called the "Publishers's Program" in response to recent plagiarism allegations.

30 Jul 2024

NVIDIA

Apple chooses Google's chips over NVIDIA for AI development

Apple has revealed that it uses Google's tensor processing unit (TPU) chips to train its artificial intelligence (AI) models.

30 Jul 2024

Larry Page

Who knew? Shakespeare inspired Google's founders

Richard Branson, the billionaire entrepreneur, has disclosed an intriguing connection between William Shakespeare and the genesis of Google.

30 Jul 2024

Donald Trump

Elon Musk accuses Google of 'search ban' on Donald Trump

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has publicly accused Google of implementing a "search ban" on former US President Donald Trump.