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Google Maps Team Goes To Survey UP Village, Gets Thrashed Over Theft Suspicion
A Google Maps team, which went to survey a village in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Thursday night, was thrashed by the locals after being mistaken for thieves.
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Harvard and Google Created the Most Detailed Map of Brain Using AI
In a landmark achievement, Harvard University and Google have developed the most detailed brain map ever created. This innovative project focused on a cubic millimeter of human cerebral cortex, a sample taken during an epilepsy surgery in 2014. Over a decade, biologists and machine-learning experts meticulously mapped approximately 57,000 cells and...
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Gemini AI to Get US Broadcast Coverage at Olympics 2024 as Google Signs Deals With Team USA, NBCUniversal
Gemini AI will be all over the US broadcast coverage during the Olympics 2024. Google has signed a deal with Team USA and NBCUniversal to become the official “Search AI Partner” of Team USA. Since NBCUniversal will be broadcasting the event in the US, Google will showcase its AI services such as Gemini, AI Overviews, Circle to Search, and other...
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Google Rivals Introduce Overture Maps Foundation With Open Access to Mapping Data
Google rivals Meta, Microsoft, TomTom and Amazon Web Services on Thursday introduced a project called the Overture Maps Foundation, which aims to make comprehensive mapping data openly available for public use. The search giant was notably absent from the list of companies teaming up in Overture, and the project says it is looking to speed up progr...
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FAU-G to Soon Get a New Map Named Dugong Rock Island, Teaser Trailer Released
nCore Games has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming Dugong Rock Island map for FAU-G.
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Google Maps Rolls Out Real-Time Bus Information Service for Delhi Users: How to Use
Google Maps introduced real-time bus service information feature for Android and iOS users in Delhi. It has teamed up with Delhi Transport Ministry, Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS), Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi, and Lepton Software for this feature.
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Apple’s Self-Driving Car Unit Handed Over to AI Chief Who Oversees Siri: Report
Apple’ self-driving car unit has been handed over to John Giannandrea, who heads the Cupertino company’s artificial intelligence wing and oversees the digital voice assistant, Siri. Giannandrea formerly headed the search and artificial intelligence team at Google before joining Apple in April 2018.
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Google Maps Now Lets Users View COVID-19 Containment Zones in Mumbai
Google Maps has started displaying the demarcation of containment zones in Mumbai. The latest change comes through the ‘COVID-19 Info’ layer that Google launched globally a couple of weeks back to colour code the areas infected with COVID-19 cases.
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Call of Duty: Mobile Teasers Hint at Arrival of Rust Map With Next Update
Activision has released a pair of teasers that hint at the arrival of Rust map in Call of Duty: Mobile with the next update.
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Google Maps Hack: Company Responds to Video of Fake Traffic Jam Created by 99 Smartphones
Google quips about how its not quite cracked the ability to distinguish travel by wagon, after Berlin-based artist faked a traffic jam on Maps, using 99 smartphones and a small cart.
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Volvo XC40 Electric To Get All-New Infotainment System With Built-In Android OS
Volvo Cars has been teasing the all-electric version of the XC40 SUV for a while now and the automaker has now dropped a new detail about the model that will be unveiled on October 16, 2019. The Volvo XC40 Electric will get an Android-based operating system for the new infotainment unit that is officially known as the 'Android Automotive OS' and ha...
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Google Maps Adds Mumbai Floods Feature To Alert Waterlogged Roads & Road Closures
An annual event now, the city of Mumbai finds itself coming to a halt every time the rain gods are a little more generous than usual. The city's crumbling infrastructure can barely handle its population, it certainly does not have space to accommodate more water or the means to channelise it efficiently into the Arabian sea. In the recent spell of ...
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Google Maps Now Offer 'Stay Safer' Feature On Android Phones In India
The latest update for Google Maps for Android devices offers a new 'Stay Safer' feature which can be used to share your live trip status with family & friends and also sends an alert should a cab go off route.
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Google Maps Now Displays Speed Cameras In India
Tech giant Google has rolled out a new feature that allows users to identify and mark speed limit and speed cameras on the Google Maps. The features was recently introduced overseas in markets like the US, UK, Australia, Russia, Brazil Mexico, Canada and Indonesia, before making its way to India earlier this year. Google Maps allows users to report...
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Apple Maps Updated With Google Maps-Like Turn-By-Turn Navigation For India
While Apple Maps have been an in-built feature in iOS devices, users have seldom used the same over the practicality of Google Maps. However, in a bid to take on the latter, Apple has now added turn-by-turn navigation for Apple Maps in India. The voice navigation feature is not only available on iOS and macOS devices but will also be available on t...
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Google Maps Team Goes To Survey UP Village, Gets Thrashed Over Theft Suspicion
A Google Maps team, which went to survey a village in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur on Thursday night, was thrashed by the locals after being mistaken for thieves.
-
Harvard and Google Created the Most Detailed Map of Brain Using AI
In a landmark achievement, Harvard University and Google have developed the most detailed brain map ever created. This innovative project focused on a cubic millimeter of human cerebral cortex, a sample taken during an epilepsy surgery in 2014. Over a decade, biologists and machine-learning experts meticulously mapped approximately 57,000 cells and...
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Gemini AI to Get US Broadcast Coverage at Olympics 2024 as Google Signs Deals With Team USA, NBCUniversal
Gemini AI will be all over the US broadcast coverage during the Olympics 2024. Google has signed a deal with Team USA and NBCUniversal to become the official “Search AI Partner” of Team USA. Since NBCUniversal will be broadcasting the event in the US, Google will showcase its AI services such as Gemini, AI Overviews, Circle to Search, and other...
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Google Rivals Introduce Overture Maps Foundation With Open Access to Mapping Data
Google rivals Meta, Microsoft, TomTom and Amazon Web Services on Thursday introduced a project called the Overture Maps Foundation, which aims to make comprehensive mapping data openly available for public use. The search giant was notably absent from the list of companies teaming up in Overture, and the project says it is looking to speed up progr...
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FAU-G to Soon Get a New Map Named Dugong Rock Island, Teaser Trailer Released
nCore Games has released a teaser trailer for the upcoming Dugong Rock Island map for FAU-G.
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Google Maps Rolls Out Real-Time Bus Information Service for Delhi Users: How to Use
Google Maps introduced real-time bus service information feature for Android and iOS users in Delhi. It has teamed up with Delhi Transport Ministry, Delhi Integrated Multi-Modal Transit System (DIMTS), Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi, and Lepton Software for this feature.
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Apple’s Self-Driving Car Unit Handed Over to AI Chief Who Oversees Siri: Report
Apple’ self-driving car unit has been handed over to John Giannandrea, who heads the Cupertino company’s artificial intelligence wing and oversees the digital voice assistant, Siri. Giannandrea formerly headed the search and artificial intelligence team at Google before joining Apple in April 2018.
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Google Maps Now Lets Users View COVID-19 Containment Zones in Mumbai
Google Maps has started displaying the demarcation of containment zones in Mumbai. The latest change comes through the ‘COVID-19 Info’ layer that Google launched globally a couple of weeks back to colour code the areas infected with COVID-19 cases.
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Call of Duty: Mobile Teasers Hint at Arrival of Rust Map With Next Update
Activision has released a pair of teasers that hint at the arrival of Rust map in Call of Duty: Mobile with the next update.
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Google Maps Hack: Company Responds to Video of Fake Traffic Jam Created by 99 Smartphones
Google quips about how its not quite cracked the ability to distinguish travel by wagon, after Berlin-based artist faked a traffic jam on Maps, using 99 smartphones and a small cart.
-
Volvo XC40 Electric To Get All-New Infotainment System With Built-In Android OS
Volvo Cars has been teasing the all-electric version of the XC40 SUV for a while now and the automaker has now dropped a new detail about the model that will be unveiled on October 16, 2019. The Volvo XC40 Electric will get an Android-based operating system for the new infotainment unit that is officially known as the 'Android Automotive OS' and ha...
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Google Maps Adds Mumbai Floods Feature To Alert Waterlogged Roads & Road Closures
An annual event now, the city of Mumbai finds itself coming to a halt every time the rain gods are a little more generous than usual. The city's crumbling infrastructure can barely handle its population, it certainly does not have space to accommodate more water or the means to channelise it efficiently into the Arabian sea. In the recent spell of ...
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Google Maps Now Offer 'Stay Safer' Feature On Android Phones In India
The latest update for Google Maps for Android devices offers a new 'Stay Safer' feature which can be used to share your live trip status with family & friends and also sends an alert should a cab go off route.
-
Google Maps Now Displays Speed Cameras In India
Tech giant Google has rolled out a new feature that allows users to identify and mark speed limit and speed cameras on the Google Maps. The features was recently introduced overseas in markets like the US, UK, Australia, Russia, Brazil Mexico, Canada and Indonesia, before making its way to India earlier this year. Google Maps allows users to report...
-
Apple Maps Updated With Google Maps-Like Turn-By-Turn Navigation For India
While Apple Maps have been an in-built feature in iOS devices, users have seldom used the same over the practicality of Google Maps. However, in a bid to take on the latter, Apple has now added turn-by-turn navigation for Apple Maps in India. The voice navigation feature is not only available on iOS and macOS devices but will also be available on t...
