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The Shop tab allows users explore movies to buy or rent and make purchases directly on their Android TV, the tech giant said in a support page on Wednesday. "So whether you are searching for a new and popular movie not yet available on other streaming services or you are looking to make a one-time movie purchase without a subscription, the Shop tab makes it easy."

The company unveiled its translation glasses last year, and if the rumour is true, it would mean that those glasses are no more. This also likely indicates that the versions incorporating transcription and navigation features, which the tech giant had announced to publicly test starting July last year, are no longer in works, reports 'The Verge'.

Google Cloud is launching an accelerator programme for the government’s ecommerce initiative ONDC to help digital sellers build and scale their digital commerce operations.  As part of this initiative, the company is open sourcing a ready implementation of ONDC infrastructure and core APIs to facilitate scalability and security, and enabling access to its Retail AI technology and PaLM API.

According to Engadget, the video hosting platform has invited employees to test a new product called "Playables", which will allow users to access online games directly from YouTube. The news was first reported by The Wall Street Journal.

After meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi here on Friday during his three-day state visit to the US, Pichai made the announcement, saying that the company will continue to invest in India through its $10 billion digitisation fund. In 2020, Google had announced to invest a whopping $10 billion.

If someone operates a fan channel, they have to make it obvious in their channel name or handle that their channel does not represent the original creator, artist or entity, the company said in a support page on Thursday. This update will take effect from August 21, 2023.

The company is adding the ability to convert images to text for PDFs in Chrome browser on ChromeOS, meaning when a screen reader user comes across a PDF that does not have alt text (a description of the image embedded and readable by screen readers), the screen reader will be able to convert the image to text and read it aloud.

In the coming months, users will be able to "use your camera to search with new pictures you take and existing images in your camera roll," the tech giant said in a blogpost on Tuesday. "You can already use Lens in Chrome on iOS by long-pressing an image you find while browsing." The tech giant also introduced better translations for Chrome on iOS.

Recently, the Japanese government held its seventh Digital Market Competition Conference, with the main output being a Final Report on the Competitive Evaluation of Mobile Ecosystems, reports The Register. According to the report, mobile ecosystems have become critical infrastructure, but more options for consumers are required, as well as an equal and equitable competition environment.

Based in Ahmedabad, Veeksha provides innovation to enhance learners' experience by producing 3D educational content. "With Veeksha, we plan to simplify complex concepts into simple 3D visualisations, virtual experiments, explanatory videos and ultimately lead students to perform better," Anil Nagar, Founder and CEO, Adda247, said in a statement.