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IT firms tighten employee scrutiny amid high costs, thin margins: Report
The senior employees who have been hired at a premium over the past two years will also face a greater degree of scrutiny
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Google hopes its chatbot 'Bard' will outsmart ChatGPT, Microsoft in AI
Bard initially will be available exclusively to a group of trusted testers" before being widely released later this year, according to a Monday blog post from Google CEO Sundar Pichai
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Google Chrome may soon let users erase 15 minutes of history on Android
The new feature is likely to be available from the overflow menu located where the three vertical dots are in the top right corner
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Google invests nearly $400 million in ChatGPT rival Anthropic: Report
According to the report, the deal gives Google a stake in Anthropic, but doesn't require the startup to spend the funds buying cloud services from Google
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Google, Apple, Amazon give investors reason to fret as Q4 profits drop
Alphabet posted a lower profit and a small revenue increase for last year's fourth quarter
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Investors fret on Google, Apple, Amazon's lackluster quarterly performance
Wall Street has its eyes on big tech after some of the biggest companies in the world posted lackluster quarterly financial performances.
YouTube releases 'Go Live Together' for creators to co-stream on phone
The video streaming platform also indicated that it may introduce the feature to YouTube on the desktop version
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Google to host event about artificial intelligence on February 8
The 40-minute event will be streamed on YouTube
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YouTube Shorts now averaging over 50 bn daily views: Sundar Pichai
YouTube advertising revenue was $7.96 billion -- down 8 per cent from $8.63 billion the year prior -- in the December quarter
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Google's parent Alphabet reports $76 bn in revenue, bets big on AI
The company said it would take a charge of between $1.9 billion and $2.3 billion related to the layoffs of 12,000 employees
Apple, Google urged to remove TikTok from app stores by US Senator
In the letter, the Senator from Colorado highlighted the danger of TikTok's extensive reach in the US
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Google to add new feature to let users use Android phone as USB webcam
Tech giant Google is reportedly working on a new feature that will allow users to use their Android phone as a USB webcam
Google workers stage rallies against job cuts, low wages on US coasts
The protest in New York, which drew about 50 employees outside a Google store on Ninth Avenue, began just minutes after parent company Alphabet Inc. reported fourth-quarter results
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Samsung partners with Qualcomm, Google to build extended reality ecosystem
Samsung Electronics Co has announced that it has partnered with Qualcomm and Google to build an ecosystem for extended reality (XR)
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Google may soon allow users to translate text within images in Chrome
Tech giant Google is reportedly working on a new way to easily translate text within images in Chrome
Google plans to add Microsoft 365 integration to ChromeOS this year
Google has said that the company is planning to add Microsoft 365 integration to ChromeOS later this year, which will make it easier for users to install the app and open files
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Indian cos see Google's changes bringing China-like ecosystem in India: Rpt
The existence of multiple operating systems in China enables the users to have a wide variety to choose from
Google's upcoming Pixel Tablet may come with 2 dock options: Report
Last week, it was reported that the company might release a Pro version of its upcoming Pixel Tablet, which will feature a Tensor G2 chip
Google terminates thousands of accounts pushing Chinese disinformation
Google's Threat Analysis Group has terminated thousands of accounts associated with a group known as "Dragonbridge" or "Spamouflage Dragon" that disseminated pro-Chinese disinformation
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Google Meet users can now share access to presented content with attendees
Google is rolling out a new feature to its video-communication service 'Google Meet' which will allow users to share access to the content they are presenting in a meeting with attendees
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