Month: February 2023

Google insists the new fall detection feature will avoid false alarms, ‘thanks to our machine learning algorithms and rigorous testing.’

If you download important files from the internet to your Chromebook, there’s one configuration option you might want to consider.

The note-taking app is getting an upgrade, as Google rolls out a package of new Android features

Microsoft explains how it ‘grounded’ the GPT language model behind Bing Chat with Bing search results.

Canada is preparing a new bill that, if signed into law, would require Google to pay publishers for using information from their content. In response, Google is testing a complete block of news content in Search in Canada with a …

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Magic Eraser is arguably Google’s most highly-touted camera feature of recent years. Now, iPhone users can get in on the action, as long as they meet one requirement.

AI has taken the world by storm in recent months, and the next steps are still to come. For Google, though, further expansion of AI in Search by way of Bard could represent a huge increase in cost. more… The …

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Google finally rolls out memory and energy saver features to all. But some people can’t find the settings.

There’s been an increase in cyberattacks targeting Android smartphone firmware. Google has a plan to improve defenses.

Google has struck a deal with Vodafone, a major telecommunications company in Europe, which will expand the footprint of Pixel and Android TV and will update RCS for customers across the continent. more… The post Vodafone will adopt Google’s RCS …

Vodafone will adopt Google’s RCS in new deal that also puts Pixel in retail stores and more Read more »

Google is now rolling out the new energy saver and memory saver modes for Chrome

Most email clients offer a high-priority setting, but they don’t all honor each other’s settings. What can you do to get your email marked important?

Microsoft will also give users more controls to contain Bing Chat’s wayward ramblings.

Ransomware continues to be lucrative, but financially motivated threat actors are not immune from geopolitical developments, Google’s new report says, one year into the war in Ukraine

If you’re always scrambling to find out the name of a song, let your Pixel phone help you.

Google has been gradually adjusting its lucrative advertising business as the public grows more aware of advertisers’ prying eyeballs — and as Apple has taken more dramatic measure to limit targeted advertising.

Google pulled the cover off of its ChatGPT rival, Bard, earlier this week, but Google employees say that the debut was “rushed” and “botched,” and point the blame at CEO Sundar Pichai. more… The post Report: Google employees say Bard …

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In a demo of Bard, Google’s new AI chatbot, the experimental service delivered inaccurate information about the James Webb Space Telescope

If you need a digital whiteboard for brainstorming sessions with colleagues, Google has you covered with Jamboard.

The early build of Android 14 includes improvements to the large screen experience, battery life, and more.