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Google rebrand Bard to Gemini one year after launch
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Google rebrand Bard to Gemini one year after launch

Approximately one year after introducing Bard to compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the company has decided to retire the name and rebrand it as Gemini. Alongside this rebranding, the company is unveiling Gemini Ultra, its most powerful large language model to date. Notably, Gemini Ultra will be a paid service, accessible through a new $20 Google […]

Alphabet seeks outside funding to scale internet provider GFiber
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Alphabet seeks outside funding to scale internet provider GFiber

Alphabet intends to increase the pace of its development into new cities by seeking outside financing for GFiber, the subsidiary that offers internet and Wi-Fi access in select areas of the United States, according to a report by Reuters on Monday. The parent company of Google owns GFiber, which is in competition with major ISPs […]

Google launches Bard chatbot in Nigeria
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Google launches Bard chatbot in Nigeria

Google’s Bard chatbot, powered by the Gemini Pro model, is now accessible in Nigeria as part of its global expansion, effective from February 1, 2024. “This new capability is powered by our updated Imagen 2 model, which is designed to balance quality and speed, delivering high-quality, photorealistic outputs. Just type in a description — like […]

Google unveils AI-powered educational tools
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Google unveils AI-powered educational tools

Google has launched a suite of new tools for classroom management, enhanced accessibility, and AI-powered capabilities for generating questions and crafting lesson plans. Google’s Classroom already enables teachers to append questions to YouTube videos within assignments. The tech giant announced that soon, AI will offer question suggestions at various points in the video. This feature […]

Mozilla accuses Google, Apple, Microsoft of blocking users
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Mozilla accuses Google, Apple, Microsoft of blocking users

Software company, Mozilla, has accused Apple, Google, and Microsoft of using their control over hardware and operating systems to force more people to use their browsers. The company said in a recent blog post that Mozilla’s Firefox browser is being disadvantaged as a result of Microsoft, Google, and Apple making it difficult for people to […]

Google Maps, others to restrict route options during Paris Olympics Games
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Google Maps, others to restrict route options during Paris Olympics Games

The chief executive of Paris’s public transport organization stated that navigation apps like Google Maps have been directed to limit recommended routes to those made available to travelers during the 2024 Olympic Games. According to Laurent Probst, head of Ile-de-France Mobilites, the body that oversees public transport network operators in Paris and the surrounding area, […]

Google to lay off more staff – CEO Sundar Pichai
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Google to lay off more staff – CEO Sundar Pichai

The CEO of Google, Sundar Pichai has disclosed to employees in a memo that more layoffs are anticipated this year. This comes after the layoff of over 1,000 people across several departments last week and the slashing of 100 jobs at YouTube, Pichai’s message warned the firm will have to make “tough choices” to accomplish […]

Google releases AI multisearch feature
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Google releases AI multisearch feature

Google on Wednesday, launched an AI-powered tool in the US that lets users use their phones to concurrently search with text and images. At the Samsung Electronics Unpacked event, the Alphabet-owned company said that users of smartphones including the Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro, and the new Samsung Galaxy S24 series will be able to […]

Google changes description text for Incognito Mode
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Google changes description text for Incognito Mode

Google has changed the language that describes how data is collected when users use the Chrome browser’s Incognito Mode. The newly added wording, which can be found in Chrome’s Canary version 122.0.6251.0, says: Others who use this device won’t see your activity, so you can browse more privately. This won’t change how data is collected […]

Google to revises app rules after EU charges over market abuse
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Google lays off hundreds from sales team

Google on Tuesday announced that the company is letting go of hundreds of staff in its advertising sales team. The layoff of the advertising team is the latest job cut in the tech giant. Google said last week that it will be laying off a number of staff members from its augmented reality team, hardware […]

Australia fines Google $36m over anticompetitive search engine deals
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Google, Bing face criticism over x-rated results

Search engines DuckDuckGo, Bing, and Google are facing criticism for including nonconsensual artificial intelligence deepfake pornography at the top of some search results. The process of making explicit deepfake images involves taking original sexual content and replacing the actor’s or actress’s face with a likely actual person, such as a celebrity. Tests utilizing a combination […]

Google introduces updates to play store
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Google to allow more real-money games on Play Store

Google said on Friday that it will enable additional kinds of games in the category that go by local rules in order to encourage more real-money games on the Play Store this year. According to the search giant, the extended support for the real-money gambling program will launch in June in Mexico, Brazil, and India, […]