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India, Brazil and Indonesia were the largest markets for downloads on Google Play in H1 2021, while Turkey, Russia and Indonesia saw the biggest upwards movement versus H2 2022 on the platform. Whereas on iOS, China, the US and Japan were the top markets by downloads with Brazil, China and the US posting the most growth versus H2 2022.

"We're adding a feature into Gmail that helps you find convenient 1:1 meeting times with others much quicker," the company said in a Workspace Updates blogpost on Tuesday. Earlier, this option was available in the three-dot menu on top of the email conversation view.

The lawsuit said Google also violated copyright laws in order to train and develop its AI products, reports CNN. The class-action suit was filed on Tuesday against Google, its parent company Alphabet, and AI subsidiary DeepMind in a federal court in California and was brought by Clarkson Law Firm.

"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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

"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."

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”.