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Google announces new app review process to curb policy violations
Google has introduced a new app review process for both developers and advertisers to help them resolve issues upfront and lessen the likelihood of future policy violations
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Google AI scientist Bengio resigns after colleagues' firings: Details here
Though at least two Google engineers had earlier resigned to protest the dismissal of artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Timnit Gebru, Bengio is the highest-profile employee yet to depart
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Lawmakers call YouTube Kids a 'wasteland of vapid' content: Details here
A House subcommittee is investigating YouTube Kids, saying the Google-owned video feeds children inappropriate material in "a wasteland of vapid, consumerist content" so it can serve them ads
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US SC backs Google in copyright fight with Oracle over Android OS
The high court said Google did nothing wrong in copying code to develop the Android operating system now used on most smartphones
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US Supreme Court sides with Google in major copyright dispute with Oracle
Google had appealed a 2018 ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington reviving the suit.
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Google Wifi app getting rolled into Google Home app, says Report
Google is reportedly shutting down its Google Wifi app for managing its routers and rolling that functionality over to the Google Home app
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Google to block apps from accessing entire app list on phones from May
Are you aware that any single app on your smartphone can see every other app that you have installed on your device, thus accessing sensitive information. Google has announced to change this system
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Google likely to use its own chipset, ditch Snapdragon for Pixel 6
Tech giant Google is reportedly working on its own chipset codenamed Whitechapel that will power its upcoming Pixel 6 device.
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John Krafcik, CEO of Google's self-driving car spinoff steps down
The executive who steered the transformation of Google's self-driving car project into a separate company worth billions of dollars is stepping down after more than five years on the job.
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Google announces it will not attend Mobile World Congress 2021 due to Covid
Google has announced not to participate in-person in the Mobile World Congress 2021, after several tech giants like Nokia, Ericsson, Sony and Oracle decided not to attend it
Google pledges 25 million euros to strengthen media literacy in Europe
Google has announced to contribute 25 million euros towards the European Media and Information Fund to strengthen media literacy skills, fight misinformation and support fact checking
Google Maps app to start directing drivers to 'eco-friendly' routes
Google, an Alphabet Inc unit, said the feature would launch later this year in the U.S. and eventually reach other countries as part of its commitment to help combat climate change through its service
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Saudi local office must for foreign firms to get state contracts from 2024
The government has told foreign companies that, from 2024, they can only secure state contracts if they have local offices
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The threats of 'Western Universalism'
Book review of Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Power: 5 Battlegrounds
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Monetising content
Wikipedia's new initiative will make it more sustainable
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Amazon plans to step up e-payments, financial services in India
Wish to convert cash-hardened customer into a digital one: Amazon Pay CEO
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Google aims to be anti-Amazon of e-comm, but still has a long way to go
The tech giant is trying to present itself as a cheaper and less restrictive option for independent sellers
DotPe raises about Rs 200 crore from PayU, Google, Info Edge Ventures
IT startup DotPe on Friday said it has raised around Rs 200 crore in a funding round led by Naspers firm PayU along with participation from Google and Info Edge ventures
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Big Tech CEOs told 'time for self-regulation is over' by US lawmakers
The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter faced criticism from US lawmakers on Thursday about their approaches to extremism and misinformation
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Big Tech uses AI to arrest blindness among India's burgeoning diabetics
Diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness and vision loss in adults and tech giants such as Intel and Google are building AI-based innovations to address such problems
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