Google CEO Sundar Pichai is scheduled to testify before Congress next week, and he’ll potentially face questions on a number of thorny issues ranging from perceived search engine bias to Google’s interest in developing a search engine for use in China that would be heavily censored there. To that latter point, a top US general...Read More
Google has officially announced that it’s shutting down Allo, ending the run of yet another failed Google chat app experiment. The news isn’t entirely unsurprising, given that Google had already paused investment in Allo back in April. Back then, the head of the communications group at Google, Anil Sabharwal, noted that “[Allo] as a whole...Read More
On a Monday morning this spring, Jeff and Sanjay stood in the kitchenette of Building 40, home to much of Google’s artificial-intelligence division. Behind them, a whiteboard was filled with matrix algebra; a paper about unsupervised adversarial networks lay on a table. Jeff, wearing a faded T-shirt and jeans, looked like a reformed beach bum;...Read More
Kate Brandt has a radical idea for how we’ll have to live in the future, if we’re going to be in balance with nature. She envisions a world without landfills, where ownership is obsolete, and everything down to the socks on our feet is rented and shared. Brandt is Google’s sustainability officer. And she’s obsessed...Read More
A Google sign and logo at the Googleplex in Menlo Park, Calif. This week, Google project manager spoke to Reuters about a problem discovered in the firm’s email service. Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Josh Edelson/AFP/Getty Images A Google sign and logo at the Googleplex in Menlo Park, Calif. This week, Google project...Read More
Follow the growth, but don’t pay a big premium for it. Getty Many readers have asked what to do with the tech stocks that have been the cornerstones of their portfolios. Wayne Himelsein, one of my managers, who has been moving out of tech stocks for the past two months, recently recommended buying Amazon. That actually...Read More
Roughly a month ago European Commission (EC) competition chief Margrethe Vestager said that Google’s efforts in shopping search were making progress and that the company would likely be able to avoid additional antitrust penalties. However in a new open letter to Vestager, EU shopping comparison rivals argue that things are actually getting worse for them....Read More
Whether you need a smartphone, smart TV, smart home assistant, or smart charger that turns your smartphone into a smart home assistant that can control your suddenly smart TV, Google’s Black Friday specials might have what you’re looking for. Smart Home Assistants Google’s entire Home line of smart home assistants is getting some serious discounts....Read More
Imagine a world where smart things got smarter without the need for service from a technician or buying new gear. Droid Life, a technology enthusiast website, reported Oct. 13 that Google is bringing real-time translation to all Assistant-optimized headphones in an over-the-air software update. Google’s Juston Payne talks about Google Pixel Buds at a Google event at...Read More
Google’s making it easier for everyone — especially power Google Docs users who spend their days in the company’s office software — to quickly start new projects right from the Chrome browser. In a tweet a Google account, the company announced a new list of shortcuts to create documents, slideshow presentations, spreadsheets, sites, and forms...Read More
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