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Google turns 25, works hard to be part of generative AI economy
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Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by American computer scientists Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California.
Google Street View photo shows man carrying 'dead body' on bicycle, claim FB users
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A user named Tami, shared a photo from 2019 that shows a man pushing a bicycle along Kent Street in Akron, Ohio. A long item appears to be wrapped in a grey tarp and tied to the bike at various points, reports the New York Post.
Google, Meta are highest-paying big tech firms for engineers: Study
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According to new data from an anonymous forum for tech employees Blind, Apple and Microsoft pay the least on average for entry-level engineers, but for senior engineers, compensation becomes more comparable across the industry.
What an incredible moment: Sundar Pichai on India’s historic Moon feat
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“What an incredible moment! Congratulations to @isro for the successful landing of #Chandrayaan3 on the moon,” Sundar Pichai said in a post on X.com.  “Today India became the first country to successfully achieve a soft landing on the southern polar region of the moon,” he added.
YouTube sees over 1.7 bn views on AI tool-related videos in 2023
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The platform also introduced YouTube’s Music AI Incubator.
Google introduces modernised visual design for Docs, Sheets on Android
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The company also announced that when opening a new spreadsheet or tab in Google Sheets, users will now see “Type @ to insert” to help them start using the smart canvas features available in Sheets.
Google will delete accounts that remain inactive for 2 years from Dec 1
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This change starts rolling out now, and will apply to any Google Account that’s been inactive, “meaning it has not been signed into or used within a two-year period”.
New report claims YouTube advertisers harvesting data from kids, Google denies
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These include major brands such as Mars, Procter & Gamble, Ford, Colgate-Palmolive, Samsung, and many others, the report claimed.
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt starting AI firm to solve scientific challenges
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Schmidt has hired two distinguished scientists -- Samuel Rodriques, founder of the Applied Biotechnology Laboratory at the Francis Crick Institute and Andrew White, a pioneer in the use of AI in chemistry -- to run the nonprofit initiative, reports Semafor.
Google's new feature to summarise entire articles for you using generative AI
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Currently, the feature -- "SGE while browsing" is in the experiment phase.
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