SAN FRANCISCO — Google and Tesla agree autonomous vehicles will make streets safer, and both are racing toward a driverless future. But when Google tested its self-driving car prototype on employees a few years ago, it noticed something that would take it down a different path from Tesla. Once behind the wheel of the modified...Read More
BRUSSELS—European Union competition regulators are preparing to issue an additional layer of formal charges as soon as late July against Alphabet Inc.’s Google over its behavior with its shopping service, according to people familiar with the matter. The so-called supplementary statement of objections will likely sharpen the EU’s previous accusations that Google uses its dominance...Read More
Two weeks after Twitter acquired Magic Pony to advance its machine learning smarts for improving users’ experience of photos and videos on its platform, Google is following suit. Today, the maker of Android and search giant announced that it has acquired Moodstocks, a startup based out of Paris that develops machine-learning based image recognition technology for...Read More
Oracle v. Google Judge blasts Oracle’s attempt to overturn pro-Google jury verdict The Google/Oracle decision was bad for copyright and bad for software How Oracle’s fanciful history of the smartphone failed at trial Google’s fair use victory is good for open source Op-ed: Oracle attorney says Google’s court victory might kill the GPL View all…...Read More
Yep, it’s not just you: Google Calendar appears to be down and has been since 9:47AM ET, according to Google’s App Status Dashboard. Try going to Google Calendar now and you’ll likely be greeted with a blank page, or a server error page that tells you in a handful of languages that your meetings today...Read More
“They are concerned that Android is fragmenting, that it needs to become a more controlled platform,†said Ben Wood, an analyst at CCS Insight. “I think they’ll seek to control it more, more like Apple.†Google is best known for its internet software but has taken steps into hardware in recent years by releasing its...Read More
Google Trends also reported a 680% spike in searches for “Move to Gibraltar” in the London area, as well as significant rises for the terms: “What if the pound collapses?” and “Buy gold.” The price of gold surged in the early hours of the morning, with the precious metal rallying as much as 8.1pc to nearly $1,360 an...Read More
Now on Tap was launched as an extra on top of Google Now last year, and frankly, it was kind of a dud. The feature was slow, unhelpful, and generally pretty annoying. But since its release, Google has been quietly pushing out dozens of new features and tweaks. If you haven’t checked it out in...Read More
Google cloud boss Diane Greene. Google The first thing to understand about Diane Greene, the woman Google acqui-hired in November to transform its fragmented cloud business, is that she has the mind of an engineer. Cool technology, elegantly designed and built, lights her up. Even her jokes tend to be geek oriented. A lifelong competitive...Read More
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