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Haven't checked your old Gmail account in a while? Google may delete it

Google will start by deleting accounts that were created but never used again, and the company will issue repeated reminders in the months leading up to a deletion

Smaller firms can still compete in AI depending on product mkt fit: Nadella

Nadella pointed to search as an example of how AI has sparked fresh competition in a space dominated by Google's engine

Google to delete all personal accounts that have been inactive for 2 years

Google's internal analysis shows that abandoned accounts are at least 10x less likely than active accounts to have 2-step-verification set up

Alphabet Inc adds $115 billion in value after defying AI doubters

With excitement around AI building, Alphabet had largely missed out on the stellar gains seen by many of its tech peers

Google rolls out AI Bard's new update to improve summaries, sourcing

With the new update, users will be able to ask Bard to summarise a specific article or story, or to provide a quick explanation of a topic without going into too much detail

Google's pre-written texts to tackle suicide, aid people to ask for help

Google is also expanding its work with mental health organisations, especially those focused on helping certain populations like children and veterans

AI-generated image: This Google Search tool helps detect synthetic photos

Google has announced that its new 'About this image' tool in search will assist users in identifying the origins of an image and label other AI-generated images in search results

AWS, Microsoft, Google capture 64% Cloud services market share globally

Worldwide cloud infrastructure services spending increased 19% to $66.4 billion in Q1 2023

Google Android 14: What's new, rollout timeline, beta eligible smartphones

Google released the second beta version at the I/O, which is now available for partner phones, tablets and foldables. Below are the details

Google to expand its Dark Web monitoring tool to all Gmail users in US

Google has announced that it will expand its Dark Web monitoring to all Gmail users in the US and later to international markets

Google co-founders see biggest gain since Feb 2021 as AI boost lifts stock

Google will start experimenting with a more conversational search engine and has made its AI-powered chatbot available more broadly, the Mountain View, California-based company said

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CCI asks Google to share policies on data sharing, in-app billing

Move based on complaints that tech giant failed to comply with directive on third-party billing

HC asks media houses, Google to block articles claiming forceful conversion

The Delhi High Court on Friday directed certain media houses and social media platforms, including Twitter and Google, to block the links of news reports and videos claiming that a Muslim man allegedly forced a woman to convert to Islam. Justice Prathiba M Singh passed the order after considering that there was a severe threat which was evident from the comments made by viewers on the news reports and videos available online. The high court issued notice to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY), Press Council of India (PCI), News Broadcasting and Digital Standards Authority (NBDSA) and Google LLC, Twitter Inc. It also issued notice to Sudarshan News chairman Suresh Chavhanke, Odisha Television Limited, Pittie Media LLP, Bharat Prakashan (Delhi) Limited which is the owner of 'The Organiser, Voice of the Nation'. The high court asked the parties to respond to the petition filed by the man, who is also facing a rape case lodged by the woman, and listed it for

Google releases its text-to-music AI tool 'MusicLM' to Android, iOS users

The tool was first announced in January this year and is now available to the public

Apple now the only major smartphone brand without a foldable device

With Alphabet Inc.'s Google launching the Pixel Fold at an event Wednesday, every major brand running the Android operating system has now adopted the form factor

Google I/O 23: Bard AI in 180 countries to Pixel Fold, updates from keynote

On the hardware side of things, Google announced a foray into new form factors with the global unveiling of Pixel Fold and Pixel Tablet

Google is giving its search engine an artificial-intelligence makeover

Google on Wednesday disclosed plans to infuse its dominant search engine with more advanced artificial-intelligence technology, a drive that's in response to one of the biggest threats to its long-established position as the internet's main gateway. The gradual shift in how Google's search engine runs is rolling out three months after Microsoft's Bing search engine started to tap into technology similar to that which powers the artificially intelligent chatbot ChatGPT, which has created one of Silicon Valley's biggest buzzes since Apple released the first iPhone 16 years ago. Google, which is owned by Alphabet Inc., already has been testing its own conversational chatbot called Bard. That product, powered by technology called generative AI that also fuels ChatGPT, has only been available to people accepted from a waitlist. But Google announced Wednesday that Bard will be available to all comers in more than 180 countries and more languages beyond English. Bard's multilingual expans

EU proposes tougher cybersecurity labelling for Amazon, Google, MS

While the new provisions underscore EU concerns of interference from non-EU states, they are likely to spark criticism from US tech giants worried about being shut out from the European market

OnePlus Pad review: Promising tablet let down by limitations in Android OS

On paper, there is a lot to like about the OnePlus Pad. One must give it to OnePlus for taking a novel approach in building its maiden tablet, but to what end? Let's find out