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Susan Wojcicki, internet pioneer at Google, Youtube passes away at 56

She announced plans in February 2023 to leave YouTube to focus on her family, health and personal projects

Pixel 9 series: Of four, Google may launch just 2 models in India on Aug 14

Ahead of global launch on August 13, Google has updated its India-centric online store where it has listed only the Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro Fold models. There is no mention of the other two models

Google Pixel Watch 3 to get bigger battery and brighter display: Report

Next generation Pixel Watch is expected to be powered by the same Qualcomm Snapdragon Wear 5100 chip from last year's Pixel Watch 2 but could get 24 hours battery life with always-on-display enabled

Tech wrap Aug 7: Vivo V40 series, iOS 18 beta, Google TV Streamer, and more

Vivo launched the V40 and V40 Pro smartphones with imaging system co-engineered with Zeiss. Apple released iOS 18 public beta 3. Google introduced TV Streamer. OpenAI updates ChatGPT app for desktop

Google unveils set-top-box like TV Streamer to replace Chromecast: Details

Priced at $99.99, the Google TV Streamer is currently exclusive to the US market and is now available in the region for pre-orders

Google Home set to get these Gemini intelligence-powered smart experiences

The Gemini-powered features will launch initially in Google's public preview beta program to select Nest aware subscribers and are expected to roll out widely later this year

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Made by Google event on August 13: What to expect from Pixel 9 series

Google is expected to introduce new mobile artificial intelligence features with the Pixel 9 series, which would include a new Plus model and a foldable

After phones, Google to enable Gemini assistant on wireless earbuds: Report

Google is expected to introduce Gemini for earbuds along with the Pixel Buds Pro 2 at the Made by Google event on August 13

AI in Olympics ad sparks creative debate; Google hits the delete button

Google is not alone in facing criticism for advertisements that appear to endorse AI's encroachment into creative domains

Google illegally monopolised search through exclusive deals, rules US judge

By monopolising distribution on phones and browsers, Google has been able to consistently raise the prices of online advertising

ADIF files complaint with CCI against Google for anti-competitive practices

The complaint outlined Google's dominant position and alleged abusive behaviour

Google, Amazon, Walmart seeks to join RBI'S digital currency project

Google Pay and Amazon Pay are payments applications offered by Alphabet Inc's Google and Amazon.com, respectively, that facilitate retail payments over India's widely used Unified Payments Interface

Google makes apps sideloading on Android a tad more difficult: Report

This is partly due to its strides to make Android apps smaller in size when delivered through the Google Play Store, which is the default app distribution platform for Android devices

Trump slams Google over claims it was censoring news related to him

Former US president Donald Trump has lashed out at Google over reports that was censoring news and photos of the Republican presidential candidate. "Google has been very bad. They've been very irresponsible and I have a feeling that Google is going to be close to shut down because I don't think Congress is going to take it. I really don't think so. Google has to be careful," Trump told Fox News in an interview. Early this week, Trump alleged that it was virtually impossible to find pictures or anything about the failed assassination bid on him on July 13 on Google. Google, however, denied those allegations. Over the past few days, some people on X have posted claims that search is censoring' or banning' particular terms. That's not happening, and we want to set the record straight. The posts relate to our Autocomplete feature, which predicts queries to save you time. Autocomplete, it said in a social media post. Google said autocomplete wasn't providing predictions for queries abou

Google parent Alphabet reduced stake in Crowdstrike before July outage

The company cut its stake to 427,895 class A shares from 855,789 shares, as of June 30

Google Photos: Soon, these AI tools will be available on Android, iOS app

Select AI editing tools, including Magic Editor, Magic Eraser, and Photo Unblur, are set to arrive soon on Google Photos app for Android and iOS

Google Chrome to get AI features, including Lens integration: Details here

Among the new additions are Lens integration to make search easier, products comparison from multiple tabs, and smart search through history using text prompts

Amazon set to join Google, Microsoft's spending surge as AI race heats up

The e-commerce giant's capital investments - mostly for building cloud and generative AI infrastructure - is expected to have risen 43 per cent in the second quarter to $16.41 billion

Google Photos could get 'Show more' option for faces in Memories: Report

Google Photos has a Memories feature where it categorises images based on faces. Reportedly, it is set to get a new option to let users have granular control over faces for personalised experience