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Google curtails appearance of AI Overviews in searches: Know what happened
Data shows that the AI Overviews in Google Search appears for only 15 per cent of search queries. The reduced visibility, however, is not the result of recent criticism over misleading overviews
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Google Maps: Soon, you will not see location history timeline on web maps
Reportedly, location history will now be called timeline and Google Maps will store it on on-device storage and not on cloud. Therefore, it will not be available if you access Maps on browser
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Google acquires Cameyo to bring vistualised Windows apps on ChromeOS
Google partnered with Cameyo last year to launch a virtual application delivery experience integrated with ChromeOS. Now, the software giant has acquired it for an undisclosed amount
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Tech job cut: Microsoft lays off 1,000 employees from mixed reality team
Majority of the jobs cut have been within Microsoft's Strategic Missions and Technologies organisation, which aims to sell the company's cloud software and server rentals for businesses
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YouTube's 'like' button recedes from view on web interface: Know reason
YouTube has acknowledged the issue and assured that it is looking into the issue, which is reportedly caused due to a bug on the web interface
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MediaTek announces Kompanio 838 chipset for AI-powered Chromebooks: Details
The MediaTek Kompanio 838 supports two 4K displays output at once and boasts an integrated NPU capable of 4 TOPS for on-device AI performance
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Google to lay off at least 100 employees from its cloud unit teams
Roles in sales, operations and engineering, consulting and "go to market" strategy were some of the positions cut
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Israel-Hamas war: Google blocks reviews, draws ire from small businesses
The open-ended Google policy - meant to guard against trolls and protestors who'd misuse the system during conflicts - is one example of the struggles facing many small businesses
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Tech layoffs 2024: Over 9,500 employees lose job across 39 companies in May
Global tech layoffs 2024: As many as 89,333 employees have been laid off across 306 tech companies in 2024 so far
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Tech giant Google's AI search leaves content publishers scrambling
Publishers could also try to protect their content by orbidding Google's web crawler from sharing any content snippets from their sites
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Google to improve AI Overviews, impose limits after odd, incorrect answers
Google will put detection mechanism for 'nonsensical queries' after AI Overviews produced advice such as suggesting users eat rocks or use glue on pizza to help cheese stick
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Google News suffers outage; several users unable to access latest updates
According to the data of the outage tracking website Downdetector, there were 1,232 reports about users having trouble in accessing Google services
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Faked screenshots, says Google in response to Search's AI Overviews debacle
However, Google has admitted that AI Overviews in Search is not free from flaws and the company is working to make it better
Google's Gmail app for Android gets 'quick reply' option: How it works
Google has redesigned the Gmail app for Android that brings quick reply option to make it easier to reply to emails quickly without necessitating the full-screen compose mail option
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Google's May feature drop for Android brings option to edit sent messages
Other new features in the latest drop for Android from Google includes hotspot sharing, Google Home widgets for smartphones and watches, and option for Google Meet video casting
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Google, Amazon win EU court backing in Italian rule dispute: Report
Dispute between companies and Italian authorities centered on provisions adopted in 2020, 2021 mandating online service providers in Italy to sign up to register, submit various types of information
Google Wallet partners with Pine Labs to help manage gift cards within app
This partnership comes nearly three weeks after Google announced the launch of its digital wallet application in India
Tech wrap May 30: Lava Yuva 5G launched, Apple tests AI-powered Siri, more
Lava launched budget 5G smartphone Yuva in India. Apple has been testing ChatGPT integrated Siri assistant since 2023. OpenAI makes ChatGPT-4o's advanced tools available to users in free tier
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YouTube Playables: How to play games on Google's video streaming platform
Google is offering over 75 games under the Playables section within the YouTube app. The game section, however, is available in selected markets for now and could expanded to more countries soon
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Google boosts multitasking on Android with this Chrome browser feature
Google has updated its native Android apps to enable Picture-in-Picture (PiP) view of a custom tab opened on Chrome browser
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