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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

Apple Maps available on web with limited features as part of public beta

Apple Maps can be accessed on the web using Safari and Chrome on Mac and iPad and Chrome and Edge on Windows PCs

Startup Wiz likely to reject $23 bn acquisition proposal from Google

Wiz's decision to call off the deal will be a setback for Google, which has been investing in its cloud infrastructure

Google planning to keep third-party cookies in its Chrome browser

Cookies are packets of information that allow websites and advertisers to identify individual web surfers and track their browsing habits, but they can also be used for unwanted surveillance

Google ends Notes experiment it introduced in Search in November last year

The Notes experiment aimed to let users connect by adding tips on an article in Search results. The Notes experiment will end by the end of July

Google Chrome for iOS, Android gets a major feature-packed update: Details

Google Chrome for iOS and Android has started receiving some of the new features, but there are a few that will be available in the coming weeks

Google Chrome is introducing 'Listen to this page' for Android: Know more

The feature is reportedly launching server-side with Chrome 125 and will let you listen to the content of the web page in the background.

Austrian group accuses Google of tracking users on Chrome browser

NYOB has filed a complaint with the Austrian data protection authority claiming that Google's new 'Privacy Sandbox' still allows tech giant to track browser users

Google shifts ChromeOS to Android stack: What it means, advantages and more

ChromeOS based on Android stack will not only enable Google AI integration, but will also allow Android smartphones and accessories to work better with Chromebooks

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

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

Google's Chromebook Plus gets big AI boost to rival Copilot Plus PCs

Devices based on Google's Chromebook platform also get new features such as simplified sync with Android smartphones, new Game dashboard, and more

Google Pay gets three new features including buy now and pay later: Details

Google said the new features on its payment platform, Google Pay, will enhance users online shopping experience and can be utilised at the checkout

Google introduces AI in search, raising hopes for better results for users

Google on Tuesday rolled out a retooled search engine that will frequently favor responses crafted by artificial intelligence over website links, a shift promising to quicken the quest for information while also potentially disrupting the flow of money-making internet traffic. The makeover announced at Google's annual developers conference will begin this week in the U.S. when hundreds of millions of people will start to periodically see conversational summaries generated by the company's AI technology at the top of the search engine's results page. The AI overviews are supposed to only crop up when Google's technology determines they will be the quickest and most effective way to satisfy a user's curiosity a solution mostly likely to happen with complex subjects or when people are brainstorming, or planning. People will likely still see Google's traditional website links and ads for simple searches for things like a store recommendation or weather forecasts. Google began testing A

OpenAI readying search product to potentially rival Google, Perplexity

The feature would allow users to ask ChatGPT a question and receive answers that use details from the web with citations to sources such as Wikipedia entries and blog posts

Arc browser now available for Windows: What it is, how to download, install

Though built on Apple's Swift programming language, the initial version of the Arc browser for Windows lack some features that are supported on Apple's macOS version

Google postpones plan to phase out advertisement cookies in Chrome browser

Google said it hopes to eliminate third-party cookies early next year, provided it can come to an agreement with regulators

Google agrees to delete web browsing data as it settles 'incognito' lawsuit

The case, filed in 2020, alleged the Alphabet Inc. unit surreptitiously collected data from people using its popular Chrome web browser in a private "incognito" browsing mode

Incognito: Google to delete data it collected from private browsing mode

Google has agreed to purge billions of records containing personal information collected from more than 136 million people in the US surfing the internet through its Chrome web browser. The records purge comes as part of a settlement in a lawsuit accusing the search giant of illegal surveillance. The details of the deal emerged in a court filing on Monday, more than three months after Google and the attorneys handling the class-action case disclosed they had resolved a June 2020 lawsuit targeting Chrome's privacy controls. Among other allegations, the lawsuit accused Google of tracking Chrome users' internet activity even when they had switched the browser to the Incognito setting that is supposed to shield them from being shadowed by the Mountain View, California, company. Google vigorously fought the lawsuit until US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers rejected a request to dismiss the case last August, setting up a potential trial. The settlement was negotiated during the nex

Google, Indian app developers 'agree to' pause billing dispute for 4 months

Sigh of relief for Indian startups after government intervened in dispute, says one CEO