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Meta Reportedly Developing an AI-Powered Search Engine to Take on Google and Microsoft’s Bing
Meta is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence (AI) search engine. According to a report, the social media giant wants to compete with existing players such as Google, Microsoft’s Bing, and DuckDuckGo. The company reportedly plans to use AI for the search engine, likely giving it a Perplexity-like avatar. Key details about the platform...
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Google Tests Verified Check Marks in Search Results to Help Users Identify Verified Sources
Google is testing the use of check marks next to some companies in search results. The new feature is designed to help users identify verified sources and stay safe from fraudulent websites that mimic legitimate businesses or services and mislead users on the web.
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Google Showcases India-Focused AI, Payment and Safety Features at Google for India 2024 Event
Google for India 2024 event was held on Thursday and the company unveiled new features across its apps and services that are aimed at users in India. The search giant introduced enhancements to Google Pay, Google Maps, search and showcased health-related features created in collaboration with the healthcare industry.
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Google Search Results Will Now Show Archived Web Pages via Wayback Machine
Google search results will now include the historical context of links, providing information about recently updated web pages, the company announced on Wednesday. This initiative is part of a collaboration between the Mountain View-based tech giant and the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which displays the website exactly how it looked on a ...
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Google Search Updates Content Removal and Ranking System to Combat Explicit Deepfakes
Google Search updated its removal processes and ranking systems on Wednesday to combat non-consensual fake explicit imagery, also known as deepfakes. The tech giant’s new strategy involves quickly removing explicit deepfakes and demoting websites that host such content so that this type of content does not appear high up in Search results.
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Google AI Overviews Now Showing for Just 15 Percent of Searched Queries: Report
Google recently found itself in hot water for the AI Overviews feature after it reportedly began showing incorrect and unhelpful answers for searched queries. The tech giant also issued a statement claiming it was working to address the issues. Now, a new report has found that the visibility of AI Overviews has dropped drastically and is appearing ...
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Google to Soon Test Ads Within Its Recently Launched AI Overviews Feature in Search
Google is planning to test ads on its recently launched artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search experience dubbed AI Overviews. Notably, AI Overviews is a rebranded Search Generative Experience (SGE) which was released as an experimental feature to beta testers in May 2023. Now that the feature has been made generally available in the US, the t...
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Microsoft, Google Challenge High Court Order On Removal Of Intimate Images
Tech giants Microsoft and Google have moved the Delhi High Court against its single-judge bench's order directing search engines to proactively remove non-consensual intimate images (NCII) from the internet without requiring specific URLs.
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CCI to Probe Google Amidst Dispute With Indian Firms Over In-App Billing Policy
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday ordered a probe into Google amidst an ongoing dispute with companies in India over the former's in-app billing system. The antitrust body has said that the search giant implemented its policies in a "discriminatory manner".
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Google Drive Brings Improvements to Video Playback, and Search Experience on iOS
Google Drive is getting a couple of updates that will improve the usability of the cloud-based storage platform. The tech giant is adding a new transcode to improve the playback speed and rebuffering of videos played within the Drive. It is also improving the search functionality on iOS and adding query filters to help users quickly get to the desi...
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Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal With Google; Said to Be Worth $60 Million a Year
Social media platform Reddit has struck a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search engine giant's artificial intelligence models, three people familiar with the matter said. The contract with Alphabet-owned Google is worth about $60 million (roughly Rs. 497 crore) per year, according to one of the sources.
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Google Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Assistant, Devices and Services Teams; Fitbit Co-Founders to Depart Google
Google on Wednesday announced that it was laying off hundreds of employees across its Google Assistant team while a similar number of users were laid off from its Devices and Services team, according to the company. The majority of the layoffs from the latter will comprise its 1P augmented reality (AR) teams, according to the search giant.
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Google Mulling Gemini AI-Powered Chatbot to Tell Personal Life Stories Using Photos, Search Activity: Report
Google is reportedly considering development of new AI-powered chatbot that uses the photos and search history of a user to understand and tell their life story. The search giant reportedly wanted its purported Project Ellman chatbot to be "Your Life Story Teller".
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Spotify Allowed to Sidestep Play Store Fees as Part of Confidential Deal, Google Executive Says
Google allowed Spotify to bypass the company's mandatory Play Store fees, according to a company executive. During the ongoing Epic vs Google trial, the search giant's head of partnership testified that Spotify did not pay the company any fees when it processed customer payments on its own. If customers chose to pay Spotify via Google's in-app bill...
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Google Paid Billions to Make Play Store and Assistant Default Apps on Samsung Phones, Google Executive Says
Google paid Samsung $8 billion in order to make the Play Store, Google Search, and Google Assistant the default options on the South Korean company's smartphones, according to information that has emerged during the ongoing Google vs Epic trial. Meanwhile, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai also testified that the search giant pays Apple 36 percent of Safa...
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Meta Reportedly Developing an AI-Powered Search Engine to Take on Google and Microsoft’s Bing
Meta is reportedly developing an artificial intelligence (AI) search engine. According to a report, the social media giant wants to compete with existing players such as Google, Microsoft’s Bing, and DuckDuckGo. The company reportedly plans to use AI for the search engine, likely giving it a Perplexity-like avatar. Key details about the platform...
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Google Tests Verified Check Marks in Search Results to Help Users Identify Verified Sources
Google is testing the use of check marks next to some companies in search results. The new feature is designed to help users identify verified sources and stay safe from fraudulent websites that mimic legitimate businesses or services and mislead users on the web.
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Google Showcases India-Focused AI, Payment and Safety Features at Google for India 2024 Event
Google for India 2024 event was held on Thursday and the company unveiled new features across its apps and services that are aimed at users in India. The search giant introduced enhancements to Google Pay, Google Maps, search and showcased health-related features created in collaboration with the healthcare industry.
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Google Search Results Will Now Show Archived Web Pages via Wayback Machine
Google search results will now include the historical context of links, providing information about recently updated web pages, the company announced on Wednesday. This initiative is part of a collaboration between the Mountain View-based tech giant and the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine, which displays the website exactly how it looked on a ...
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Google Search Updates Content Removal and Ranking System to Combat Explicit Deepfakes
Google Search updated its removal processes and ranking systems on Wednesday to combat non-consensual fake explicit imagery, also known as deepfakes. The tech giant’s new strategy involves quickly removing explicit deepfakes and demoting websites that host such content so that this type of content does not appear high up in Search results.
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Google AI Overviews Now Showing for Just 15 Percent of Searched Queries: Report
Google recently found itself in hot water for the AI Overviews feature after it reportedly began showing incorrect and unhelpful answers for searched queries. The tech giant also issued a statement claiming it was working to address the issues. Now, a new report has found that the visibility of AI Overviews has dropped drastically and is appearing ...
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Google to Soon Test Ads Within Its Recently Launched AI Overviews Feature in Search
Google is planning to test ads on its recently launched artificial intelligence (AI)-powered search experience dubbed AI Overviews. Notably, AI Overviews is a rebranded Search Generative Experience (SGE) which was released as an experimental feature to beta testers in May 2023. Now that the feature has been made generally available in the US, the t...
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Microsoft, Google Challenge High Court Order On Removal Of Intimate Images
Tech giants Microsoft and Google have moved the Delhi High Court against its single-judge bench's order directing search engines to proactively remove non-consensual intimate images (NCII) from the internet without requiring specific URLs.
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CCI to Probe Google Amidst Dispute With Indian Firms Over In-App Billing Policy
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Friday ordered a probe into Google amidst an ongoing dispute with companies in India over the former's in-app billing system. The antitrust body has said that the search giant implemented its policies in a "discriminatory manner".
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Google Drive Brings Improvements to Video Playback, and Search Experience on iOS
Google Drive is getting a couple of updates that will improve the usability of the cloud-based storage platform. The tech giant is adding a new transcode to improve the playback speed and rebuffering of videos played within the Drive. It is also improving the search functionality on iOS and adding query filters to help users quickly get to the desi...
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Reddit Signs AI Content Licensing Deal With Google; Said to Be Worth $60 Million a Year
Social media platform Reddit has struck a deal with Google to make its content available for training the search engine giant's artificial intelligence models, three people familiar with the matter said. The contract with Alphabet-owned Google is worth about $60 million (roughly Rs. 497 crore) per year, according to one of the sources.
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Google Cuts Hundreds of Jobs in Assistant, Devices and Services Teams; Fitbit Co-Founders to Depart Google
Google on Wednesday announced that it was laying off hundreds of employees across its Google Assistant team while a similar number of users were laid off from its Devices and Services team, according to the company. The majority of the layoffs from the latter will comprise its 1P augmented reality (AR) teams, according to the search giant.
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Google Mulling Gemini AI-Powered Chatbot to Tell Personal Life Stories Using Photos, Search Activity: Report
Google is reportedly considering development of new AI-powered chatbot that uses the photos and search history of a user to understand and tell their life story. The search giant reportedly wanted its purported Project Ellman chatbot to be "Your Life Story Teller".
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Spotify Allowed to Sidestep Play Store Fees as Part of Confidential Deal, Google Executive Says
Google allowed Spotify to bypass the company's mandatory Play Store fees, according to a company executive. During the ongoing Epic vs Google trial, the search giant's head of partnership testified that Spotify did not pay the company any fees when it processed customer payments on its own. If customers chose to pay Spotify via Google's in-app bill...
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Google Paid Billions to Make Play Store and Assistant Default Apps on Samsung Phones, Google Executive Says
Google paid Samsung $8 billion in order to make the Play Store, Google Search, and Google Assistant the default options on the South Korean company's smartphones, according to information that has emerged during the ongoing Google vs Epic trial. Meanwhile, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai also testified that the search giant pays Apple 36 percent of Safa...
