- Technology
US lawmakers urge Google to fix misleading abortion search results
San Francisco: The US lawmakers have asked tech giant Google to fix abortion searches that mislead users to “anti-abortion fake clinics”. According to USA Today, some Democratic members of Congress have asked…
- Technology
Google agrees to pay $118 mn to settle gender discrimination lawsuit
San Francisco: Google has agreed to pay $118 million to settle a class-action gender discrimination lawsuit in the US that includes nearly 15,500 women in 236 job titles. The plaintiffs Kelly Ellis,…
- Technology
Pi calculated to 100 tn digits by Google Cloud employee
San Francisco: Tech giant Google’s Cloud developer advocate Emma Haruka Iwao has beaten her own record from three years ago for the number of digits calculated for pi. In 2019, she was…
- Technology
Google Maps to show air quality around you
San Francisco: Tech giant Google has rolled out a new feature for Google Maps that will now show the air quality layer in the US on both Android and iOS users. According…
- Technology
Google announces new features for Meet, Chromebooks
New Delhi: With an aim to empower teachers and students, tech giant Google on Wednesday announced that it is sharing new updates to Chromebooks, Google Classroom and Google Meet. For those using…
- World
Google cancels Dalit activist’s talk, senior employee resigns in protest
A Dalit activist named Thenmozhi Soundararajan had her scheduled talk at Google News cancelled after employees claimed she was “Hindu-phobic” and “anti-Hindu” in emails to the company’s leaders. Tanuja Gupta, a senior…
- Technology
South Korean users file police complaint against Google CEO Sundar Pichai
Seoul: A coalition of consumers on Friday filed a police case against Google’s top executives, including CEO Sundar Pichai, for the tech giant’s in-app billing system that forces domestic app developers to…
- Technology
Google brings new updates to Android messaging, accessibility features
San Francisco: Tech giant Google has announced that it is rolling out new updates for GBoard, Emoji Kitchen, and some of its accessibility tools. The company said that it is constantly adding…
- Technology
Chrome to soon block notifications from abusive, disruptive websites
San Francisco: Tech giant Google is reportedly working to cut down on the number of unwanted Chrome notifications that users receive, by blocking notifications from websites that the company deems to be…
- Technology
Google to merge Duo, Meet into single platform
San Francisco:Tech giant Google has confirmed that it is planning to merge its two disparate video calling apps, Duo and Meet, into a single platform. The company said that it has made…
- Technology
Samsung again collaborates with Google on 2nd Gen Tensor SoC: Report
Seoul: South Korean tech giant Samsung is reportedly once again working with tech giant Google to create the next 2nd Generation Tensor SoC that will be underpinned in the upcoming Pixel 7…
- Technology
Google Assistant to soon recognise your voice
New Delhi: Google Assistant will soon recognise your voice as the company is working on a personalised speech recognition feature. According to 9to5Google, the tool will help Google Assistant get “better at…
- Technology
Journalists under pressure amid erosion of press freedom: Google
New Delhi: Google is seeing more and more pressure on journalists and the erosion of press freedom not only in Asia, but globally. According to Irene Jay Liu who leads Google News…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Hi-tech traffic signals to be operational from August 1
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Joint commissioner of Police (Traffic) AV Ranganath on Saturday said that all the signals in the city will be converted to Hitech from August 1 to operate automatically. Ranganath said…
- Technology
Google likely working on built-in snore, cough detection feature
San Francisco: Tech giant Google is working on two built-in snores and cough detection features that will let it detect if users snore or cough in their sleep. The tech giant is…
