Google will promote fewer employees to senior roles in 2023
The process is manager-led and will be largely similar to last year -- though with our slower pace of hiring, we are planning for fewer promotions into L6 and above than when Google was growing quickly," the tech giant said in an email that was viewed by CNBC. The L6 distinction refers to the first layer of the workforce which is considered senior and normally consists.
Google making Android more safe in 2023
"It's our top priority to keep Android and Google Play safe for developers to build successful businesses and provide quality apps and games to billions of users around the world," the tech giant said in an Android Developers blogpost on Monday. "We'll continue to work in collaboration with developers, publishers, regulators and more as we navigate the transition to a more private mobile ecosystem."
Google building a 1000-language AI model to beat ChatGPT
In November last year, the company announced its plans to create a language model supporting 1,000 of the world's most-spoken languages while also revealing its USM model. The tech giant describes USM as a family of state-of-the-art speech models with 2 billion parameters trained on 12 million hours of speech and 28 billion sentences of text, spanning 300+ languages.
Google now begins laying off employees in China
The aim of the company is to "reset the salary standard and reduce operating costs while improving overall work efficiency", reports Pandaily. The compensations include stock and annual leave discount and 30,000 yuan ($4,339) in cash and medical insurance, and these benefits can only be obtained by signing the agreement of leaving the company before March 10, the report noted.
Users may soon see how much memory each tab using on Chrome
The information was shared by Chrome expert Leopeva64 on Twitter, reports Android Police.The new feature will let users know specific memory usage for every open tab when they place the cursor on it. This feature will be helpful for users when they have opened multiple tabs, as it will help them decide which tabs to close.
Magic Eraser now available on all Pixel phones
Magic Eraser first appeared on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro in 2021, followed by the 6a and then the Pixel 7 series, according to 9to5Google. The Magic Eraser tool detects distractions in the pictures, such as photo bombers or power lines, so that users can easily remove them.
Users to soon easily remove Chrome's autofill history on desktop
This feature was spotted by browser expert Leopeva64, reports Android Police. Once the feature is enabled, users can quickly select the trash can icon present next to all items in the autofill popup that users want to delete. The feature is currently only available in Chrome version 113.0.5626.0 and higher on the Chrome Canary channel.
YouTube CEO Neal Mohan pens first letter, to help creators make more money
Mohan, who replaced YouTube's long-time CEO Susan Wojcicki last month, said they are providing more opportunities for creators outside of ads by expanding "our subscriptions business, investing in shopping, and continually improving our paid digital goods offerings".
Google Pixel Watch to now detect if you fall
The fall detection feature uses motion sensors built-in to the users' watch and on-device machine learning to determine if the wearer took a hard fall, the tech giant said in a blogpost on Tuesday. Also, it will call emergency services if the user doesn't move or responds within 30 seconds. You can turn the feature on in the 'Updates' page on the Watch Companion app.
Google's non-compliance will hit us hard, lament leading Indian startups
Attended by startups like Matrimony.com, TrulyMadly, Paytm, Shaadi.com and others, the meeting, under the aegis of the Alliance of Digital India Foundation (ADIF), on Monday deliberated upon the way forward in response to the Google's recent announcement of reducing the Google Play service fee by just 4 per cent.
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