- Technology
Deepfakes: EU prepares 1st guidelines for digital platforms ahead of election
London: The European Union has asked digital platforms like Facebook, Google, TikTok and X (Twitter) to give feedback on first-ever draft guidelines to maintain integrity of elections. The draft guidelines include recommendations…
- Technology
Google pilots new programme to protect Android users from financial fraud
New Delhi: Google has started a new programme, ‘enhanced fraud protection’ with Google Play Protect to help better shield Android users from financial fraud attacks. The company will launch the pilot in…
- News
‘Russia’s Google’ pulls out of home country, sells biz for $5.2 bn
London: The Dutch owner of Yandex which is touted as “Russia’s Google” has announced to divest its Russia-based businesses for $5.2 billion. Yandex NV, the Dutch parent company of the Yandex group…
- Technology
Google removes 2,200 fraudulent loan apps from Play Store: Centre
New Delhi: The government on Tuesday informed Parliament that Google has suspended or removed more than 2,200 fraudulent loan apps from its Play Store between September 2022 and August 2023. The government…
- Technology
Google ‘changing’ Bard name to Gemini in big AI push
New Delhi: Google is planning some big changes to its artificial intelligence (AI) models, including reportedly changing the name of Bard to Gemini. Android app developer Dylan Roussel has apparently leaked a…
- Business
Google posts $307 bn revenue in 2023, spent billions of dollars to lay people off
San Francisco: Google, which spent $2.1 billion on severance and other expenses as it laid off more than 12,000 employees last year, will spend another $700 million on employee severance charges for…
- World
Lina Khan-led FTC probing Microsoft, Google investments into GenAI companies
San Francisco: The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued orders to five Big Tech companies, including Microsoft and Google, requiring them to provide information regarding recent investments and partnerships involving generative…
- Business
Expect more job cuts at Google this year, Sundar Pichai tells employees
San Francisco: Google CEO Sundar Pichai has reportedly warned employees to brace themselves for more job cuts this year. Google, which has let go over a thousand employees across various departments in…
- Technology
Google to lay off ‘a few hundreds’ employees from ad sales team
San Francisco: After laying off nearly 1,000 employees last week, Google is reportedly slashing “a few hundred” more jobs in its advertising sales team as part of an ongoing restructuring exercise. Philipp…
- News
Google’s latest job cut eliminates over 1,000 workers: Report
San Francisco: Google has laid off more than 1,000 employees in the latest round of job cuts announced by the company, media reports said on Tuesday. The company laid off workers in…
- Technology
‘End of an era’: Google employee who got laid off after 19 yrs of service
New Delhi: A Google software engineer, who has been with the company for nearly two decades, has been laid off as part of the latest round of job cuts. Earlier this week,…
- Business
Google working on advanced AI chatbot Bard powered by Gemini Ultra
San Francisco: Google is reportedly working on an advanced version of its AI chatbot called Bard that will be available via a paid subscription. Called “Bard Advanced”, the upgraded version of ChatGPT…
- Business
Google introduces new AI methods to develop advanced robots
New Delhi: The Google DeepMind robotics team has introduced new AI-based systems based on large language models (LLMs) to help develop better multi-tasking robots for our daily use. The tech giant unveiled…
- Technology
Google agrees to settle Chrome incognito mode lawsuit in US
San Francisco: Google has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit in the US over its Chrome browser’s incognito mode. The lawsuit was filed in 2020, alleging that the tech giant “track, collect,…
- Technology
Scammers use Google, X ads to steal $59 mn in crypto from 63K victims: Report
San Francisco: Scammers have used a wallet draining service called “MS Drainer” to steal nearly $58.98 million in crypto from about 63,210 victims over the past nine months, as per a new…
