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Google Pixel 6a Owners Eligible for $100 Cash or $150 Store Credit Under Battery Performance Programme
Google recently announced the Battery Performance Programme for the Pixel 6a. Under this initiative, the company will roll out a mandatory update to Android 16 for all Pixel 6a devices to prevent risk of battery overheating. While it was known that eligible users can get free repairs at authorised service centres, we now have an idea of how much th...
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Android 16’s Live Updates to Show Active Navigation, Ongoing Phone Calls, and More on Lock Screen
Google released the first stable build of Android 16 last month with several new features in tow. Among them is Live Updates which delivers notifications for activities in real-time on the Android phone’s lock screen. The tech giant has now provided more information about this feature. Live Updates in Android 16 can be incorporated into apps offe...
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Google Makes New Proposal to Stave Off EU Antitrust Fine, Document Shows
Google has been under pressure after being hit in March with European Union antitrust charges of unfairly favouring its own services such as Google Shopping, Google Hotels and Google Flights over competitors.
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OpenAI Says It Has No Plan to Use Google's In-House Chip
A spokesperson for OpenAI said on Sunday that while the AI lab is in early testing with some of Google's tensor processing units (TPUs), it has no plans to deploy them at scale right now.
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US Canada Resume Trade Talks Days After Trump Ended It Over Tax On Tech Firms
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Sunday trade talks with US have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax US technology firms.
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OpenAI Said to Turn to Google's AI Chips to Power ChatGPT and Other Products
OpenAI is said to be renting Google's AI chips for ChatGPT and other products. While a major Nvidia GPU purchaser, OpenAI is now utilising Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) for both model training and inference. This move expands Google's external TPU availability, previously reserved for internal use, helping them secure other major tech cli...
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YouTube Music Adds Offline Lyrics Support for Downloaded Songs
YouTube Music has quietly rolled out a new feature allowing users to view lyrics offline. Subscribers who have downloaded tracks with lyrics can now access them without an internet connection. Rivals Spotify and Apple Music don't offer offline lyric access at the moment.
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UK May Compel Google to Change Search Rankings, Offer Alternatives
UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is proposing to designate Alphabet-owned Google with "strategic market status", it said on Tuesday, giving it more power to intervene in search services to increase innovation and economic growth. The CMA aims to use its expanded power to rein in the power of tech giants such as Google, Apple, Meta and M...
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Google Offers to Tweak Search Results to Promote Rivals, Stave Off EU Antitrust Fine
Google is looking to tweak its search results to better highlight rival services, aiming to avoid a hefty EU antitrust fine. This move follows charges from the European Commission accusing the tech giant of violating the Digital Markets Act by prioritising its own services like Google Shopping, Hotels, and Flights on its Search browser.
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16 Billion Logins Stolen In Mega Data Breach Threatening Apple, Google And More
As per the researchers, 30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each have been discovered.
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Google Pixel 10 Could Debut With Magic Cue AI Feature That Suggests Actions Based on App Usage
Google Pixel 10 series will introduce a new AI feature called "Magic Cue", according to leaked screenshots. This AI-powered feature is expected to offer contextual suggestions based on smartphone activity, enabling quick access to information from various Google services and device screenshots. Magic Cue could arrive on the Google Pixel 10 with the...
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Google Resolves Global Service Outage Impacting Multiple Platforms
Google said on Thursday it had resolved a brief global service disruption on its platforms that affected multiple services such as music streamer Spotify and instant messaging provider Discord. The outage disrupted services on platforms such as Spotify, Snapchat and Discord that rely on the tech giant's cloud managed services and infrastructure.
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Major Internet Outage Hits Google, Spotify, Snapchat, And More Due To Google Cloud Issues
A major Google Cloud outage disrupted popular apps and services like Spotify, Snapchat, and Gmail worldwide.
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Google Pixel 10 Series to Debut With Satellite Connectivity Despite Switch to MediaTek Modem: Report
Google is said to make a switch from Samsung Foundry to MediaTek for the modem in its Pixel 10 series, but it will not affect an important connectivity feature. The handsets, which are expected to be unveiled later this year, have been rumoured to feature the Tensor G5 chipset developed in collaboration with TSMC instead of Samsung.
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Byju's App Removed From Google Playstore Over Unpaid Dues To Vendor: Report
Beleaguered edtech firm Byju's learning app has been delisted from Google Playstore due to non-payment of dues to its vendor Amazon Web Services, according to sources.
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Google Pixel 6a Owners Eligible for $100 Cash or $150 Store Credit Under Battery Performance Programme
Google recently announced the Battery Performance Programme for the Pixel 6a. Under this initiative, the company will roll out a mandatory update to Android 16 for all Pixel 6a devices to prevent risk of battery overheating. While it was known that eligible users can get free repairs at authorised service centres, we now have an idea of how much th...
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Android 16’s Live Updates to Show Active Navigation, Ongoing Phone Calls, and More on Lock Screen
Google released the first stable build of Android 16 last month with several new features in tow. Among them is Live Updates which delivers notifications for activities in real-time on the Android phone’s lock screen. The tech giant has now provided more information about this feature. Live Updates in Android 16 can be incorporated into apps offe...
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Google Makes New Proposal to Stave Off EU Antitrust Fine, Document Shows
Google has been under pressure after being hit in March with European Union antitrust charges of unfairly favouring its own services such as Google Shopping, Google Hotels and Google Flights over competitors.
-
OpenAI Says It Has No Plan to Use Google's In-House Chip
A spokesperson for OpenAI said on Sunday that while the AI lab is in early testing with some of Google's tensor processing units (TPUs), it has no plans to deploy them at scale right now.
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US Canada Resume Trade Talks Days After Trump Ended It Over Tax On Tech Firms
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Sunday trade talks with US have resumed after Canada rescinded its plan to tax US technology firms.
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OpenAI Said to Turn to Google's AI Chips to Power ChatGPT and Other Products
OpenAI is said to be renting Google's AI chips for ChatGPT and other products. While a major Nvidia GPU purchaser, OpenAI is now utilising Google's Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) for both model training and inference. This move expands Google's external TPU availability, previously reserved for internal use, helping them secure other major tech cli...
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YouTube Music Adds Offline Lyrics Support for Downloaded Songs
YouTube Music has quietly rolled out a new feature allowing users to view lyrics offline. Subscribers who have downloaded tracks with lyrics can now access them without an internet connection. Rivals Spotify and Apple Music don't offer offline lyric access at the moment.
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UK May Compel Google to Change Search Rankings, Offer Alternatives
UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is proposing to designate Alphabet-owned Google with "strategic market status", it said on Tuesday, giving it more power to intervene in search services to increase innovation and economic growth. The CMA aims to use its expanded power to rein in the power of tech giants such as Google, Apple, Meta and M...
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Google Offers to Tweak Search Results to Promote Rivals, Stave Off EU Antitrust Fine
Google is looking to tweak its search results to better highlight rival services, aiming to avoid a hefty EU antitrust fine. This move follows charges from the European Commission accusing the tech giant of violating the Digital Markets Act by prioritising its own services like Google Shopping, Hotels, and Flights on its Search browser.
-
16 Billion Logins Stolen In Mega Data Breach Threatening Apple, Google And More
As per the researchers, 30 exposed datasets containing from tens of millions to over 3.5 billion records each have been discovered.
-
Google Pixel 10 Could Debut With Magic Cue AI Feature That Suggests Actions Based on App Usage
Google Pixel 10 series will introduce a new AI feature called "Magic Cue", according to leaked screenshots. This AI-powered feature is expected to offer contextual suggestions based on smartphone activity, enabling quick access to information from various Google services and device screenshots. Magic Cue could arrive on the Google Pixel 10 with the...
-
Google Resolves Global Service Outage Impacting Multiple Platforms
Google said on Thursday it had resolved a brief global service disruption on its platforms that affected multiple services such as music streamer Spotify and instant messaging provider Discord. The outage disrupted services on platforms such as Spotify, Snapchat and Discord that rely on the tech giant's cloud managed services and infrastructure.
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Major Internet Outage Hits Google, Spotify, Snapchat, And More Due To Google Cloud Issues
A major Google Cloud outage disrupted popular apps and services like Spotify, Snapchat, and Gmail worldwide.
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Google Pixel 10 Series to Debut With Satellite Connectivity Despite Switch to MediaTek Modem: Report
Google is said to make a switch from Samsung Foundry to MediaTek for the modem in its Pixel 10 series, but it will not affect an important connectivity feature. The handsets, which are expected to be unveiled later this year, have been rumoured to feature the Tensor G5 chipset developed in collaboration with TSMC instead of Samsung.
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Byju's App Removed From Google Playstore Over Unpaid Dues To Vendor: Report
Beleaguered edtech firm Byju's learning app has been delisted from Google Playstore due to non-payment of dues to its vendor Amazon Web Services, according to sources.
