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Google brings more Indian languages to Search results in India
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The company said that over the next month, Search will start to show relevant content in supported Indian languages where appropriate, even if the local language query is typed in English. "This functionality will also better serve bilingual users who feel comfortable reading both English and an Indian language. It will roll out in five Indian languages: Hindi, Bangla, Marathi, Tamil, and Telugu," Google said during its ‘L10n' virtual event.
Malware hidden in 28 Chrome, Edge extensions hits 30 lakh people
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The Chrome and Edge extensions are associated with some of the world's most popular platforms like Instagram, Facebook and Google Chrome. The malware has the functionality to redirect user's traffic to ads or phishing sites and to steal people's personal data, such as birth dates, email addresses, and active devices.
Texas, 9 other US states file antitrust lawsuit against Google
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The lawsuit filed on Wednesday in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas alleges that Google entered into an anticompetitive agreement with Facebook to boost its online advertising business. This agreement led to making misrepresentations to users and customers, and suppressing competition, according to the complaint.
Google acquires Neverware that turns old PCs into Chromebooks
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The New York-based firm announced this on its website, saying Neverware and CloudReady are now officially part of Google and the Chrome OS team. Neverware owns the software application called CloudReady that allows users to convert a PC into a system that runs Chrome OS.
US opens probe into users' data collection by 9 top tech firms
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The FTC said in a statement late on Monday that it is issuing orders to nine social media and video streaming companies, "requiring them to provide data on how they collect, use, and present personal information, their advertising and user engagement practices, and how their practices affect children and teens".
Google extends remote work till September 2021, mulls flexible office
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In May this year, Google had said it would allow employees to work from home till the middle of next year if their roles permit. Google had earlier set January 2021 as a tentative timeline for its workers to return to offices. The new extension of the work from home order by Google will affect "nearly all" of the company's 200,000 employees.
Google Apps Down: Gmail, Google Docs restored after major outage
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According to Downdetector, Google Meet and Google Play and were also inaccessible for some users. Most other Google services including Google Classroom also got affected by the outage. With Gmail, problems reported by users ranged from accessing website, logging and messages issues.
Google services go down, Gmail, YouTube and more offline
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According to Downdetector, YouTube, Google, Google Meet, Google Hangouts, Google Play and Gmail were down. With Gmail, nearly 15 per cent faced problems with the website, 79 per cent had problems in logging in while 14 per cent mentioned messages issues.
Sundar Pichai apologises for Google AI researcher's departure
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Famous for her work on algorithmic bias, particularly in facial recognition technology, Gebru who was the technical co-lead of Google's Ethical Artificial Intelligence Team took to Twitter last week to explain why she has been fired.
Growing up in India helped me build inclusive digital economy: Sundar Pichai
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Pichai was speaking at the Singapore FinTech Festival, he said that the question of inclusion and opportunity is highly personal to him.
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