Google adds 'Perspectives', 'About this author' features in Search
The "Perspectives" feature will showcase insights from a range of journalists, experts, and other relevant voices on the topic users are searching for. The feature will be below the Top Stories section "This feature will give you a variety of noteworthy voices on a news topic, complementing the trustworthy reporting you already find on Search to help broaden your understanding.
7th batch of Google startups accelerator India now open
Google for Startups Accelerator (GFSA) is a three-month, equity-free accelerator programme for Seed to Series A tech startups in India. It has, so far, helped to accelerate the growth journeys of over 130 startups in India. For the next batch Google is looking to support startups that are focused on utilising the transformational technologies AI and ML.
Google searches for 'The Elephant Whisperers' skyrocketed 8,164% after Oscar win
The finding by African media company Celeb Tattler revealed that the online searches for "Mudumalai National Park" soared by 246 per cent worldwide after the Oscar win of "The Elephant Whisperers". "After making history at this year's Academy Awards, The Elephant Whisperers is receiving a huge boost in online searches. Not only being embraced by Hollywood - but also the world," said a spokesperson for Celeb Tattler.
Impacted by layoff within 2 weeks of transfer: Sacked Indian-origin Google worker
Tanmay Sahay, a software engineer at Google, wrote in a LinkedIn post: "Hi everyone, after having spent 4 years in #Google and moving from UK to Switzerland as part of a team change (following a promotion), I was impacted by the layoff within 2 weeks of transferring."
Google launches early access to its AI chatbot Bard
The early access to Bard has rolled out in the US and UK, and the company said it will expand the access over time to more countries and languages. "You can use Bard to boost your productivity, accelerate your ideas and fuel your curiosity. You might ask Bard to give you tips to reach your goal of reading more books this year, explain quantum physics in simple terms or spark your creativity by outlining a blogpost," Google said in a blogpost.
Hackers targeted Microsoft, Google, Apple via zero-day exploitation in 2022: Report
According to information security company Mandiant, products of Microsoft, Google and Apple made up the majority of zero-day vulnerabilities in 2022, consistent with the previous years, and the most exploited product types were operating systems (19), followed by browsers (11), security, IT, and network management products (10), and mobile OS (six).
Google widely rolling out 'Immersive View' in Maps
The Immersive View feature, which was sold as a "whole new way to explore" with Google Maps, augments the existing photorealistic aerial views of popular locations and landmarks with time and weather contextual flyovers of the specific mapped regions.
Google giving some Pixel Superfans chance to try Bard AI
The Bard is not publicly available yet, but the tech giant is allowing a "small, randomly selected group of Pixel Superfans" to get access first, reports The Verge. However, the company is not allowing the Superfans to try out Bard immediately, it is just keeping them on a waitlist for early access once they sign up.
India 1st in South Asia on govt requests for user data from Big Tech firms
From 2013 to 2021, Meta and Google received the highest number of account requests from India, according to popular VPN service Surfshark. India ranked seventh in all of Asia with 58.7 accounts requested per 100,000 people. The research showed that globally, countries requested more than 6.6 million accounts combined during the 9-year period, while India requested 823,000.
'Wi-Fi Labs' appear in Google Home app for some users: Report
It is possible that this internal capability was unintentionally made accessible to those outside the test pool, reports 9To5Google. This new feature is present in the 'Network settings' menu, which is accessible from the Wi-Fi page. In November last year, the tech giant had released a software update for the Nest Wifi Pro to address the slow Internet speeds being experienced by some users.
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