Westinghouse launches 5 new QLED smart Google TVs in India
"We are incredibly excited about the expansion of TVs in the Indian market. As a renowned brand with a powerful history, Westinghouse is poised to deliver exceptional television experiences to Indian consumers," James Lewis, COO of Westinghouse Electric Corporation, said in a statement.
Google Photos gets new video effects
The new effects include Dust Max, Black and White Film, Light Leak and more, reports Android Police. These effects add a personal touch to the users' videos. The Poster effect makes the video appear like folded paper, while the Layouts effect offers a neat block-by-block look to the selfie videos.
Google to use public data for AI training, says its updated privacy policy
The tech giant changed the wording of its policy over the weekend and switched "AI models" for "language models". In its privacy policy archive page, Google updated the changes, saying: "For example, we may collect information that’s publicly available online or from other public sources to help train Google’s languageAI models and build products and features like Google Translate, Bard, and Cloud AI capabilities.
Swedish privacy watchdog warns firms to stop using Google Analytics
The Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY) audited how four companies use Google Analytics for web statistics. IMY issued administrative fines against two of the companies. One of the companies has recently stopped using the statistics tool on its own initiative, while IMY orders the other three to also stop using it.
YouTube testing three strikes policy for users blocking ads
This was first discovered by a Reddit user, now the company has confirmed this test to Android Authority. "We’re running a small experiment globally that urges viewers with ad blockers enabled to allow ads on YouTube or try YouTube Premium. Ad blocker detection is not new, and other publishers regularly ask viewers to disable ad blockers," a YouTube spokesperson said.
Google rolling out Q&A, poll features to Meet live streams
"If you’re live streaming a video meeting, meeting hosts can now enable the Q&A and poll features," the tech giant said in a Workspace Updates blogpost on Wednesday. Earlier, these features were only available in traditional Meet meetings."Expanding these features to live streamed meetings will help take your meetings to the next level with a more feature-rich, collaborative experience."
OpenAI opens office in London, home base of Google’s DeepMind
London is the home base of DeepMind, Google’s largest AI research division. The first international office in London, said OpenAI, signifies a milestone in OpenAI’s growth, “showcasing our commitment to broaden the scope of our operations, bring in diverse perspectives, and accelerate our mission of ensuring that artificial general intelligence (AGI) benefits all of humanity”.
Google introduces Shop tab on Android TV
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."
Google 'killed' plans for AR glasses: Report
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 unveils new AI tools for India, announces accelerator programme for ONDC
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.
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