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Google introduces new 'Reading practice' feature for Play Books, Kids Space

Tech giant Google has introduced a new 'Reading practice' feature for its Play Books Android application and Kids Space, which will help new readers independently improve their vocabulary

Meta-owned WhatsApp fined by Russia for not removing banned content: Report

WhatsApp's parent company Meta Inc was banned in Russia in 2022 after it was termed as an 'extremist' organisation

Google's shareholders seek assessment of plans to expand cloud regions

A cloud zone refers to a deployment area for Google Cloud resources within a region

Google to shut 3rd-party Notes, Lists integration on Assistant app

Google will be shutting down the third-party Google Assistant Notes & Lists integration on June 20.

Google ends support for first-generation Chromecast from 2013: Report

Moreover, the report mentioned that the tech giant followed the Chromecast with a second-generation model two years later that was puck-shaped

Google rolls out Magic Compose beta that uses AI to write messages

Google has started to roll out the beta version of the 'Magic Compose' feature, which uses AI (artificial intelligence) to help users write text messages

US court orders Google to pay Sonos $32.5 mn over patent infringement

Jurors said that Google should pay $2.30 for each of the more than 14 million devices sold

Google rolls out its Android Play Games for PC to Europe, New Zealand

Google has rolled out its multi-platform gaming experience Play Games for PC Beta -- a service that lets users play Android games on Windows -- to users in Europe and New Zealand

Stock trading platform 5paisa appoints Ex-Google Narayan Gangadhar as CEO

Discount brokerage firm 5paisa Capital on Thursday said it has appointed former Google executive Narayan Gangadhar as Chief Executive Officer with immediate effect. Gangadhar has over two decades of experience, mostly with global technology companies like Google, Uber and Amazon. He is a Bachelor of Engineering from Mumbai University and a Master in Computer Science from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, a statement said. "Gangadhar's engineering skills and Silicon Valley experience with tech giants will complement the digital transformation priorities at 5paisa.com. Technology, both on the infrastructure trading platform and user interface experience side, will play a critical role in the brokerage industry going forward," promoter R Venkataraman said. 5paisa.com is a leading discount broker with around 35 lakh customers as at the end of March 2023. In December 2022, 5paisa.com announced merger of online retail trading business of IIFL Securities with itself in an all-stock deal,

Nearly 200,000 tech employees fired globally in 2023; more layoffs expected

According to recent data from layoff.fyi, a layoff tracker website, 702 companies have laid off 199,047 employees in 2023 so far worldwide

Google's 'Product Studio' to help merchants create product imagery using AI

Google is also making it easier for merchants to access and understand their performance by bringing all insights reports into the Performance tab

Getting AI right requires policy framework ensuring accountability: Google

Artificial Intelligence will be "critical" to future scientific and economic growth, a blog post by tech titan Google has said asserting the need for a holistic AI strategy focused on unlocking opportunity through innovation, ensuring responsibility and trust, and protecting global security. A cohesive AI agenda needs to advance all three goals not any one at the expense of the others, Google said in a white paper with suggestions for policy agenda for responsible AI progress. The suggestions ranged from growing investments in innovation and competitiveness to promoting an enabling legal framework for AI innovation and preparing the workforce for an AI-driven job transition. The blog post titled, 'A policy agenda for responsible AI progress: Opportunity, Responsibility, Security' said calls for a halt to technological advances are unlikely to be successful or effective, and risk missing out on AI's substantial benefits and falling behind those who embrace its potential. Instead, .

Samsung not planning to switch from Google to Bing on its devices: Report

Samsung Electronics will reportedly not be switching its smartphones' default search engine from Google to Microsoft's Bing anytime soon

Companies aren't taking on Google due to fear: Matrimony.com Founder-CEO

In a Q&A, Murugavel Janakiraman, talks about the Google battle, evolution of the Indian marriage market after Covid, and his company's roadmap for the future

Samsung not planning to replace Google with Microsoft Bing in phones

Shares of Google-parent Alphabet Inc gained more than 1% in premarket trading. Microsoft shares were down about 1%

Google-owned YouTube to introduce 30-second non-skip ads to TVs: Report

The company said that running longer-form creative on the big screen aligns with advertisers' objectives, and allows for richer storytelling

Google won't delete inactive YouTube accounts with videos at this time

The policy only applies to personal Google Accounts, and will not affect accounts for organisations like schools or businesses

What's new on YouTube: More ads, including a 30 sec long unskippable on TVs

30-second ads will be available to advertisers via YouTube Select, a curated advertising platform. These longer ads will be reserved for the top five per cent of YouTube content

Google to kill 3rd-party cookies for 1% of Chrome users early next year

Google has announced it will migrate one per cent of Chrome users to Privacy Sandbox and deprecate third-party cookies for them in Q1 2024

Big win for Twitter, Google at US Supreme Court in internet liability cases

Twitter and Google registered a big win in US Supreme Court on Thursday as the court sidestepped claims that internet companies can be held accountable for the content posted on their sites