Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) may have trailed OpenAI’s ChatGPT in the early stages of the GenAI race, but it is now moving quickly with its latest initiative. Last week, Google announced what it calls the “next Chrome era,” introducing the most significant upgrade in the browser’s history by embedding Google AI throughout the platform. Elevate Your Investing Strategy: Take advantage of TipRanks …
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A prototype app called Pixeltone developed by Adobe Research and the University of Michigan showed the possibility of using voice control and touch for photo editing. The top comment on the YouTube video demonstrating the capability is this one, left by a viewer 12 years ago: “Why so much hate? It isn’t for the “real” photographer, but for my dad, …
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Bringing AI to smartphones and tablets has been a massive success for Google, which earlier this month saw its AI assistant Gemini become the top free app on Apple’s App Store for the first time. More specifically, AI and Gemini have become integral parts of the past few major Android updates and are super-well integrated into the Android ecosystem. For …
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Google’s new, cheaper AI Plus plan is now available in more than 40 countries, including Angola, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Egypt, Ghana, Indonesia, Kenya, Mexico, Nepal, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Uganda, Vietnam and Zimbabwe. The company first launched its AI Plus plan in Indonesia earlier this month at Rp 75,000 ($4.50) per month. The plan costs around $5 in most countries, …
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Google is continuing to slowly tease its rumored plans to bring Android to PCs, merging it with ChromeOS, and now Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon is getting in on the action. He says he’s seen a version of the software, and that he “can’t wait to have one.” Amon was speaking on stage with Google’s head of platforms and devices, Rick …
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The experimental tool is available through public beta in the US. The format is visually similar to platforms like FigJam or Adobe’s Firefly Boards, so this isn’t a unique concept, but it’s interesting to see Google developing more design-based apps. Mixboard users can add their own images, or generate visuals with descriptions like “show me cups, bowls, and plates in …
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The ad tech trial many thought would go nowhere has done the unthinkable: it delivered. Judge Leonie Brinkema ruled that Google illegally monopolized the digital advertising market – validating years of industry gripes. The court found that Google violated U.S. antitrust laws by monopolizing the markets for publisher ad servers with DoubleClick for Publishers, and ad exchanges, via AdX, by …
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A dark-eyed flycatcher was spotted recently on Google’s Mountain View campus, one of the first sightings in the United States. Courtesy Eric Goodill. A rare bird appeared on Google’s Mountain View campus last week, causing a big stir as throngs of people came to see the dark-sided flycatcher before it flew away. The flycatcher was spotted on Wednesday, Sept. 17, …
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Google’s AI assistant, Gemini, is coming to your TV. On Monday, the company announced it’s introducing Gemini for Google TV, allowing TV owners to engage in free-flowing, natural language conversations with the AI. When fully rolled out, this expansion of Gemini to a new platform will bring Google’s AI to over 300 million active Google TV and other Android TV …
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Tech giant Google (GOOGL) begins its antitrust trial as the U.S. government pushes to break up parts of its advertising business. Indeed, the Department of Justice and several states want Google to sell its ad exchange, AdX, where publishers currently pay a 20% fee to sell ads through instant auctions. Regulators also want Google to make the auction system open …
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