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Google lays off hundreds working on Assistant software, other parts of firm

A few hundred roles are being eliminated in the company's Devices and Services team, with the majority in the 1P AR hardware team, the company said

Google News Initiative announces second cohort of startup labs in India

The three-month-long programme aims to assist independent, early-stage Indian news startups in achieving financial and operational sustainability

Top 10 global news searched this year, check the top Google searches

Numerous events attracted people's attention from all over the world in 2023. We have shared the top 10 such events and below you will also get the list of top searches under different categories

AI researcher who helped in writing landmark paper is leaving Google

Llion Jones, who helped write the pioneering AI paper "Attention Is All You Need," confirmed to Bloomberg that he will depart Google Japan later this month

Google programme to train and support Indian local news publishers

Initiative will support small or medium-sized news organisations in 9 languages

Google's new alliances with news firms to provide more money, exposure

Google News Initiative has launched new partnerships with five news associations to provide financial grants and training to nearly 1,000 local publications across the US

Acer launches Google TV-based smart TVs, including OLEDs and QLEDs: Details

Acer launched television in its O, V, I, G, H, and W-series. The flagship O series features an OLED display and a 60-watt speaker system with large woofers offered in 55-inch and 65-inch variants

Google I/O event 2023 will take place on May 10, here's the full details

Google I/O event 2023 is scheduled to take place on May 10, registration for the same has already started on March 7. The event might run around AI chatbot Bard

Tech giants offering one-year salary to encourage resignations in Europe

All big tech giants are still reducing staff strength across the globe, but are struggling to lay off employees in Europe because of strong labour protection laws there

Google layoffs have nothing to do with performance: Sacked Indian employee

Even as tech giant Google continues to cut down staff, a sacked Indian employee stated that the layoffs are not based on performance

Google Contacts' new feature let users add, edit contacts from sidebar

Google announced that it is rolling out a new feature to its contact management service 'Google Contacts', which will allow users to create new contacts and edit existing contacts from the "Sidebar"

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

Google to soon introduce end-to-end encryption for Gmail users on web

The new feature is not yet available to users with personal Google accounts or Google Workspace Essentials etc

Pixel 7 series, Pixel 6a to get 5G as part of December Feature drop: Google

Google said, it has been actively working with the Indian carriers to enable 5G on its supported devices at the earliest

Google may face a third CCI fine in less than a month. Now for Android TV

Google has already been fined in previous two cases for "abusing its market dominant position" in connection with the Android mobile device ecosystem

Android 13 (Go edition) announced: What is new in Google OS for smartphones

Successor to the Android 12 (Go edition), the Android 13 (Go edition) will be available in 2023 for affordable smartphones with limited storage and memory

Highlights: Google unveils Pixel 7 series, Pixel Watch, Pixel Tablet & more

The Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones will be available for pre-order in India, along with the rest of the world, from 08:15 pm on e-commerce platform Flipkart

Google search gets new features to be visual and add languages

Google shopping search now understands more than 35 billion product listings

Google to soon allow people to translate local news directly in Search

The company also announced another feature that will help people find out what others are saying in online discussions and forums across the web

Google pays billions annually to remain top search engine: US Justice Dept

DOJ attorney Kenneth Dintzer didn't disclose how much Google spends to be the default search engine on most browsers and all US mobile phones, but described the payments as "enormous numbers"