Our coverage of all things Google. Founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in 1998, Google has grown from a company built around a search engine to a business that offers everything from cloud computing, Android, smartphones, VR devices and more. To reflect that, in August 2015 Google changed its company structure and became a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. to allow its different businesses to operate independently.
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Google's improved travel search tools are great for planning trips on a budget
Last year, when I went to Europe for a month, I spent a lot of time on sites like Hostel World before and during the trip, figuring out what places to stay at, how's the area, and how much it'll cost me. I really wish Google's handy new travel features were around that time. The ...
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2010 – 2019: The rise of deep learning
No other technology was more important over the past decade than artificial intelligence. Stanford's Andrew Ng called it the new electricity, and both Microsoft and Google changed their business strategies to become “AI-first” companies. In the next decade, all technology will ...
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How I fully quit Google (and you can, too)
Over the past six months, I have gone on a surprisingly tough, time-intensive, and enlightening quest — to quit using, entirely, the products of just one company — Google. What should be a simple task was, in reality, many hours of research and testing. But I did it. Today, ...
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France fines Google €150 million for abusing its ad dominance
Google faces yet another antitrust fine as regulating pressure builds up on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Researchers were about to solve AI's black box problem, then the lawyers got involved
AI has a “black box” problem. We cram data in one side of a machine learning system and we get results out the other, but we're often unsure what happens in the middle. Researchers and developers nearly had the issue licked, with “explainable algorithms” and “transparent ...
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Google Assistant's 'Interpreter mode' translates conversations in real time
One of the long-standing promises of modern technology has been the ability to translate conversations in real-time. Google is making this a reality with a feature called Interpreter mode. Previously available on Google Home and Nest devices, it will now work on any Android or iOS ...
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Google's Verified SMS feature will curb spam in Android Messages
If you so much as own a cellphone, you've probably come across some kind of spam asking for personal details or linking you to some shady website. Google is now ramping up its efforts to curb such texts by introducing a Verified SMS feature in Android Messages. Now when you receive ...
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Report: Palantir took over Project Maven, the military AI program too unethical for Google
Palantir, the surveillance company founded by Peter Thiel, has unsurprisingly stepped up to fill the void left behind after Google abandoned Project Maven earlier this year over ethical concerns. Project Maven, for those unfamiliar, is a Pentagon program to build an AI-powered ...
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YouTube now bans 'veiled threats' against content creators
It's that time of year for looking back and seeing what happened in 2019. And given that YouTube was raked over the coals ...
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Chrome now alerts you when someone steals your password
Google released a new version of the Chrome browser last night with live phishing alerts and improved password protection. ...
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Google is under investigation over ‘unfair labor practices’ by the Labor Board
The US National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has officially started a new investigation into Google's 'unfair' labor practices. ...
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Google Maps' new Incognito mode comes to iOS
Google normally keeps a record of your rough location, which can be handy if you want to remember a place you've visited ...
