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Google to add digital watermark to AI-edited images
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Google tests medical AI chatbot in hospitals

Google’s Med-PaLM 2, an AI tool made to respond to inquiries regarding medical information, has been tested in the Mayo Clinic research hospital, among others, according to The Wall Street Journal. PaLM 2, which was unveiled at Google I/O in May of this year, has a variation called Med-PaLM 2. The language model supporting Google’s […]

Google delays release of custom phone chip
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Google delays release of custom phone chip

The release of a fully customised CPU for Google’s Pixel smartphones has been postponed until 2025, according to The Information on Thursday, which cited two sources familiar with the situation. According to The Information, Google originally intended to introduce the Redondo chip next year to replace the semicustom chips it now produces with Samsung Electronics. […]

Google to ban advertisers from tracking consumers with third-party
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France fines Google $2.2m over search, app store results

    Google was on Tuesday fined $2.2 million by French authorities for providing inaccurate search and app store results. The US tech giant’s search engine lacks information on the factors used to rank results, according to the Competition, Consumer, and Anti-Fraud Office. The watchdog claimed there were no justifications for the costs in the […]

Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft meet EU over gatekeeper status
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Amazon, Google, Apple, Meta, Microsoft meet EU over gatekeeper status

Alex Omenye Alphabet’s Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Microsoft have alerted the European Commission that they qualify as gatekeepers, according to EU industry director Thierry Breton. Under the new EU IT regulations, companies with a market capitalization of 75 billion euros and more than 45 million monthly active users are regarded as gatekeepers offering a […]

Google's first West Africa Director, Juliet Ehimuan, resigns
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Google’s first West Africa Director, Juliet Ehimuan, resigns

Google’s first director for West Africa, Dr. Juliet Ehimuan, has announced her retirement from the firm. She made this announcement on LinkedIn on Friday, where she also stated her desire to pursue a wider position within the local IT scene. Dr. Ehimuan previously held the position of Country Director for Nigeria at Google before being appointed to the position […]

Google adds feature to allow users read doc aloud
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Google to delete unused accounts starting December

The search engine giant, Google has on Tuesday announced that it will delete unused accounts for a period of two years in order to prevent security threats like hacking. According to Google, if an account has not been used or signed into for at least two years, it may delete the account and content across […]

Google adds feature to allow users read doc aloud
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Google to empower women entrepreneurs in Nigeria, others

Google has announced the launch of three empowerment initiatives women entrepreneurs in Africa in commemoration of International Women’s Day. According to The Punch, Google’s women empowerment programmes include the Google for Startups Accelerator Africa: Women Founders Cohort, the Hustle Academy for Women-Led SMEs, and a series on social media to celebrate inspiring women in Africa’s […]

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Taiwanese media to get Google’s $9.8m fund

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, said on Wednesday that Taiwanese media would get a $9.8 million fund over the next three years to boost its media operations and digital competitiveness. According to Reuters, although not in Taiwan, Google has come under pressure in some countries to pay news publishers for their content on its platform. The […]

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Alphabet’s Waymo lays off additional 137 workers

Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has laid off 137 workers in its self-driving technology unit, Waymo, making this the second round of job cuts in 2023. The firm told Reuters this on Wednesday. The layoff has affected about eight percent of Waymo’s  workforce or 209 employees from January till date. Reuters reported that concerns have been […]

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Gmail service now restored worldwide after hour-long outage

Google’s email service, which crashed for some minutes worldwide, has been restored. It is now back up and running after the short outage. DailyMail reported earlier in the afternoon on Monday that Down Detector, a website’s real-time information provider, showed that the down time began at 2:08 PM. This affected some of its 1.5 billion […]

Microsoft proposes relocation of Chinese staff over US-China tensions
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AI gets attention of top tech execs – Report

The chief executives of tech giants, Google and Microsoft have since Monday continually mentioned the trending  hyped technology, AI, which has just recently gained more attention than before. According to the transcript from the conference reviewed by Reuters, the tech executives repeated phrases like “AI,” “generative AI,” or “machine learning” for about two to six […]

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E-commerce offers growth opportunity for SMEs -Google rep

The Google Country Director for West Africa, Juliet Ehimuan, has said e-commerce presents an opportunity for small businesses in Nigeria and other African countries to attract new customers and grow. She disclosed this as google announced its plan to support small retail businesses on the continent as part of a month-long celebration of International Micro, […]