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Rolling Stone, Billboard owner Penske sues Google over AI overviews

News organizations have for months said the new features, including Google's "AI Overviews," siphon traffic away from their sites, eroding advertising and subscription revenue

'Learning how to learn' will be vital skill in AI era: Google scientist

A top Google scientist and 2024 Nobel laureate said Friday that the most important skill for the next generation will be "learning how to learn" to keep pace with change as Artificial Intelligence transforms education and the workplace. Speaking at an ancient Roman theatre at the foot of the Acropolis in Athens, Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google's DeepMind, said rapid technological change demands a new approach to learning and skill development. "It's very hard to predict the future, like 10 years from now, in normal cases. It's even harder today, given how fast AI is changing, even week by week," Hassabis told the audience. "The only thing you can say for certain is that huge change is coming." The neuroscientist and former chess prodigy said artificial general intelligence a futuristic vision of machines that are as broadly smart as humans or at least can do many things as well as people can could arrive within a decade. This, he said, will bring dramatic advances and a possible ...

Google's Gemini AI can now analyse your audio files: All you need to know

Google's Gemini app now lets Android, iOS, and web users upload audio files for AI to do a comprehensive analysis, opening new use cases like transcribing interviews, lectures, and voice memos

Google's Gemini AI reportedly unsafe for teens despite guardrails

Common Sense Media flags Gemini's kid-focused versions as "High Risk," warning that added filters aren't enough to protect children from unsafe or inappropriate content

Google pushes its AI chips into rival data centres, challenging Nvidia

Google is deploying TPUs in rival data centres, challenging Nvidia's GPU dominance and aiming to break developers' reliance

Google hit with $3.45 billion EU antitrust fine over adtech practices

The Commission said Google favoured its own online display technology services to the detriment of rivals and online publishers and that it abused its market power since 2014 until today

Google ordered to pay $425.7 mn in damages for improper smartphone snooping

A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people's smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions. The verdict reached Wednesday in San Francisco federal court followed a more than two-week trial in a class-action case covering about 98 million smartphones operating in the United States between July 1, 2016, through Sept 23, 2024. That means the total damages awarded in the five-year-old case works out to about $4 per device. Google had denied that it was improperly tracking the online activity of people who thought they had shielded themselves with privacy controls. The company maintained its stance even though the eight-person jury concluded Google had been spying in violation of California privacy laws. This decision misunderstands how our products work, and we will appeal it, Google spokesman Jose Castaneda said Thursday. Our privacy tools give people control over their data, and when they turn off personalisation, we honour

Pixel 10 series' Material 3 Expressive expands to older-generation models

Android 16 QPR1 for Pixel smartphones introduces a refreshed Material 3 design, advanced LE Audio streaming, expanded Gboard AI features, Quick Share changes, Pixel Watch navigation support, and more

Australia warns Meta, TikTok to prepare as under-16 ban approaches

eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said Thursday she had written to the technology companies saying she expected them to get ready to deactivate accounts held by Australians who are under 16

Google Pixel's Screenshots app may soon get Read Aloud option: How it works

Google is adding a new Read Aloud feature to the Pixel Screenshots app, letting users listen to saved articles or captured content. This update might soon reach the Pixel 9 series, too

How OpenAI 'accidentally' saved Google from losing YouTube, Chrome

Generative AI's sudden ascent reshaped how courts view online search, giving Google an unlikely shield against antitrust efforts to split off YouTube and Chrome

Puch AI is call, message away to answer your queries: How's it different?

Puch AI works on calls, letting users dial in and talk to an AI voice in 22 languages, with celebrity voices greeting them before answering queries

US judge orders Google to revamp search engine in monopoly case

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a major makeover of Google's search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly, but rebuffed the US government's request to break up the company. The 226-page decision made by US District Judge Amit Mehta in Washington, DC, will likely ripple across the technological landscape at a time when the industry is being reshaped by artificial intelligence breakthroughs including conversational answer engines as companies like ChatGPT and Perplexity try to upend Google's long-held position as the internet's main gateway. Mehta is trying to rein in Google by placing new restraints on some of the tactics the company deployed to drive traffic to its search engine and other services. But the judge stopped short of banning the multi-billion dollar deals that Google has been making for years to lock in its search engine as the default on smartphones, personal computers and other devices. Those deals, involving payments of .

Google Pixel 10a to launch with last year's Tensor chip: What to expect

Google is reportedly developing the Pixel 10a, codenamed "stallion," expected with Tensor G4, a brighter HDR display, and dual rear cameras

Gmail protections strong, effective; security warning claims false: Google

Google has rejected reports of a Gmail data breach, clarifying it has not sent any global password reset alerts and stressing that Gmail's security protections remain strong and effective

Google Play Games to show player stats in profile from September 23: Report

Google Play Games will show stats, milestones, and new social features on Android and Windows platforms. These Steam-inspired player profile section will likely appear from September 23

Google introduces 'Temporary Chats' in Gemini: What is it and how it works

Gemini's Temporary chat is rolling out to more users, offering a way to have sessions that vanish after 72 hours and the chats are not saved for personal context or for AI models training

I moved from TV to Lumio Arc projectors at home: Here is what happened next

Trying Lumio Arc 5 and Arc 7 projectors showed me the pros, cons, and learnings of replacing a television with a portable big-screen experience

Pixel 10 series' buyers report troubles with Qi2 wireless charging: Report

Early Pixel 10 buyers are reportedly facing issues with wireless charging, with some reporting that their devices have stopping mid-charge or charging slowly on Qi and MagSafe-compatible pads

Google warns Gmail users after major data breach exposes accounts

In a blog post, Google clarified that the issue is not limited to the Salesforce-Drift integration, but also affects other connected systems, making the impact broader than initially believed