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YouTube Bringing New Video Page On Mobile And Web
YouTube is rolling out a new video page that tweaks several elements and, most notably, unifies the design across Android, iOS, and the web. According to 9To5Google, the highlight of this redesign is the use of pill-shaped buttons for key elements. For example, instead of...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 20, 2022
1 min read
US Court Allows Mega Antitrust Case Against Google To Proceed
A US court has allowed a larger antitrust case against Google to proceed that alleges that the tech giant monopolized the ad-tech market and suppressed competition by its access to data. The judge, however, dismissed claims of collusion between Google and Facebook (now Meta) in...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 14, 2022
2 min read
Google To Bring New Accessibility, Sharing Features To Android Devices
Google has announced that it is bringing several new features — including Nearby Share — to help users stay productive, communicate with loved ones, and enjoy entertainment across devices. The company said that Nearby Share lets users quickly and securely share files between nearby Android...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 9, 2022
2 min read
YouTube Showing Election-Fraud Videos To Users Skeptical About 2020 US Polls
YouTube is showing more election-fraud videos to users already skeptical about the legitimacy of the 2020 US presidential election, a study has revealed, showing how its algorithms perpetuate existing misperceptions. The study, published in the Journal of Online Trust and Safety, found that those most...
Bijay Pokharel,
September 2, 2022
2 min read
Google Launches Open-Source Software Bug Bounty Program
Tech giant Google will now pay security researchers to find and report bugs in the latest versions of Google-released open-source software (Google OSS). The company’s newly announced Vulnerability Reward Program (VRP) focuses on Google software and repository settings (like GitHub actions, application configurations, and access...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 30, 2022
1 min read
Google Android 14 Beta Likely To Roll Out In April 2023
Tech giant Google is likely to start rolling out Android 14 Beta for its Pixel devices in April 2023, as the quarterly platform release (QPR1) beta for Android 13 starts next month. Google originally stated the Android 13 QPR betas would run until June 2023...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 30, 2022
1 min read
Google Meet’s New Feature Allows Users Mute, Unmute Easily
Google has announced that Meet users will soon be able to unmute themselves by holding down the spacebar and mute themselves again by releasing it. The company said that will make it easier for users to participate in their meetings by quickly unmuting to say...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 29, 2022
1 min read
Google Wants You To Chat With Its AI Chatbot At Your Own Risk
Google has opened its experimental artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot for the public and you can now register to chat with the AI-driven bot trained on the company’s controversial language model. Google has already warned that early previews of its LaMDA (Language Model for Dialogue Applications)...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 28, 2022
2 min read
Google Search, Maps To Label If Medical Centers Provide Abortions
Google is rolling out a change and it will now add labels to Search and Map listings for healthcare facilities that provide abortions. According to TechCrunch, Google said that if it has received confirmation that a healthcare facility provides abortions, the label for the center...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 26, 2022
1 min read
Google Play Games For PC Feature Expands To 5 Countries
Tech giant Google has expanded its Play Games for PC feature under an open beta to users in South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, and Australia. Earlier this year, the company announced that Google Play Games would be coming to PCs as a beta experience...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 25, 2022
1 min read
Google AI Flags Parents’ Accounts For Potential Abuse Over Kid’s Nude Photos
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) has reportedly flagged parents’ accounts for potential abuse over nude photos of their sick kids. The father said that after using his Android smartphone to take photos of an infection on his toddler’s groin, the tech giant flagged the images as...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 22, 2022
1 min read
Google Adds AI-Language Skills To Alphabet’s Helper Robots
Google’s parent company Alphabet is bringing together two of its most ambitious research projects — robotics and AI language understanding — to make a “helper robot” that can understand natural language commands. According to The Verge, since 2019, Alphabet has been developing robots that can...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 17, 2022
1 min read
Android 13 Rolled Out With New Features For Pixel Devices
Google has started rolling out Android 13 with many new features, including improved privacy controls, language settings, and more, starting with Pixel devices. Google said Android 13 will roll out to Samsung Galaxy, ASUS, HMD (Nokia phones), iQOO, Motorola, OnePlus, OPPO, Realme, Sharp, Sony, Tecno,...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 16, 2022
2 min read
Youtube Plans To Launch Streaming Video Service
YouTube is planning to launch an online store for streaming video services, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The company has renewed talks with entertainment companies about participating in the platform, which it is referring to internally as a “channel store”, the report said,...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 13, 2022
1 min read
Google Fined $40 Million For Misleading Users On Android Location Tracking
The Federal Court in Australia on Friday ordered Google to pay over $40 million in penalties for making misleading representations to consumers about the collection and use of their personal location data on Android phones. According to Australia’s Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC), the data...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 12, 2022
2 min read
Google’s Learn-To-Read App For Kids Now Available As Website
Google has introduced a new website — Read Along — to help kids learn to read independently with the help of an animated reading assistant named “Diya”. Read Along has been an Android app so far, which was first released as Bolo in India in...
Bijay Pokharel,
August 10, 2022
1 min read
Play Points To Let Users Score Discounts On Google Store Products
Google has started rolling out a new programme to the Play Store that will let users use their Play Points toward purchases on the Google Store.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 18, 2022
1 min read
Google Play To Hide App Permissions, Makes Developers Responsible For Data Collection
Google is set to no longer show permissions it automatically gathers from apps on its Play Store, giving developers control over what they wish to disclose to users on data collection.
Bijay Pokharel,
July 18, 2022
1 min read
Google Warns High-Profile Android Victims Of Spyware ‘Hermit’
Tech giant Google has found strong evidence that enterprise-grade Android spyware called 'Hermit' is being used via SMS messages to target high-profile Android users.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 24, 2022
3 min read
Google Sends Engineer On Leave Who Said Its Conversation AI Is ‘Sentient’
Google has sent an engineer on leave over breaching its confidentiality agreement after he made a claim that the tech giant's conversation Artificial intelligence (AI) is "sentient" because it has feelings, emotions, and subjective experiences.
Bijay Pokharel,
June 13, 2022
2 min read
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