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Bard was released for the public on March 21 but failed to garner the attention won by OpenAI's ChatGPT and Microsoft's Bing chatbot. We clearly have more capable models. Pretty soon, we will be upgrading Bard to some of our more capable Pathways Language Model (PaLM) models, which will bring more capabilities; be it in reasoning.

In quantum computing, a qubit is a basic unit of quantum information that can take on richer states that extend beyond just 0 and 1. Our breakthrough represents a significant shift in how we operate quantum computers. Instead of working on the physical qubits on our quantum processor one by one, we are treating a group of them as one logical qubit," said Pichai.

The Android Vulnerability Reward Programme (VRP) had a record-breaking year in 2022 with $4.8 million in rewards and the highest paid report in Google VRP history of $605,000. Submitting an impressive 200+ vulnerabilities to the Android VRP, Aman Pandey of Bugsmirror remains one of our programme's top researchers said Sarah Jacobus.

According to a Wired report, Alphabet's 'Everyday Robots' project -- an unit under Google's experimental X laboratories -- has been shut down by Google CEO Sundar Pichai. It had trained 100 one-armed, wheeled robots to help clean the company's cafeterias. Several of these robot prototypes were transported out of the lab and were doing useful duties.

Pichai said that this performance will reward creators and help improve the Shorts experience for everyone. "Our subscription business continues to grow, with YouTube Music and Premium surpassing 80 million subscribers, including trials. Together with our YouTube Primetime channel subscriptions and YouTube TV, we have good momentum here," Pichai said.

The tech giant cut 12,000 employees from its global workforce last week, joining the continuing spate of layoffs by tech firms. Mark Zuckerberg sounded equally contrite last November when Meta fired more than 11,000 employees.

Google's parent company Alphabet has eliminated 12,000 jobs or 6 per cent of its workforce. In a letter that has gone viral on social media, Hohn told Pichai that the decision to cut 12,000 jobs is a "step in the right direction", but it "does not even reverse the very strong headcount growth of 2022".

"Happy New Year! May 2023 be the year we find peace, the year we reconnect with our shared humanity, and the year we recommit ourselves to a brighter future," posted Cook. A follower commented: "May 2023 be the year we get USB-C on iPhone." Pichai posted: "Happy New Year! Best wishes to everyone for a happy and healthy 2023."

"Thank you for a great meeting today PM @narendramodi. Inspiring to see the rapid pace of technological change under your leadership. Look forward to continuing our strong partnership and supporting India's G20 Presidency to advance an open, connected internet that works for all," Pichai tweeted after the meeting.

Lionel Messi's dream of winning the FIFA World Cup finally materialised on Sunday, with Argentina surviving a few anxious moments to register a fighting 4-2 penalty shootout win over defending champions France. "Search recorded its highest ever traffic in 25 years during the final of #FIFAWorldCup , it was like the entire world was searching about one thing," tweeted Pichai.