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  Google Doodle Features One Of Most Searched Mathematical Equations: What Is It, How Is It Used

  Google first introduced this educational Doodle in the US in September and has since expanded it to multiple countries, promoting math learning globally.

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  Perplexity Partners With Snapchat to Power the AI Search Experience in the App

  Perplexity and Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, announced a partnership on Wednesday to integrate Perplexity’s AI-powered answer engine within the social media app. The chatbot will soon be available alongside My AI, allowing users to ask questions and explore topics directly in Snapchat. As part of the deal, Perplexity will pay Snap $400 mi...

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  Pune Techie Arrested By Anti-Terrorism Squad For Alleged Links With Al Qaeda

  A software engineer was arrested by Maharashtra Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) in Pune on Monday for his alleged links with banned organisations like Pakistan's Al Qaeda and role in radicalising youth, an official said.

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  Google, World Bank Tie-Up To Build AI-Powered Public Digital Infrastructure In Emerging Markets

  Google and the World Bank Group are collaborating to build AI-powered public digital infrastructure for emerging markets, the search engine giant announced on its official blog.

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  Perplexity’s AI-Powered Comet Browser Is Now Available to All Users for Free

  Perplexity has rolled out its AI-powered Comet browser for all users, CEO Aravind Srinivas announced on Thursday. Previously limited to Perplexity Max subscribers and invite-only access, the browser is now open on Windows and Mac, with mobile apps in development. A key feature of the browser is the sidebar AI assistant, which can summarise content,...

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  Google Discover Update Makes It Easier Than Ever to Keep Up With Gadgets 360

  Google recently added the ability for users to choose their preferred news source. Now, the company is introducing another feature, which is claimed to make keeping up with news publications and creators easier. The search engine giant, on Tuesday, announced that it is adding the ability to follow different websites, news portals like Gadgets 360, ...

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  Apple Reportedly Plans AI Web Search Tool for Siri, Using Google’s AI Model for Responses

  Siri is reportedly getting a new artificial intelligence (AI)-powered web search tool. According to the report, Apple is planning to add a Perplexity-style answer engine to its voice assistant, making it capable of answering more complex queries conversationally. The system is said to include three components, two of which could be powered by Googl...

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  Google Must Share Search Data With Rivals, Judge Rules in Antitrust Case

  A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a major makeover of Google's search engine in a crackdown aimed at curbing the corrosive power of an illegal monopoly, but rebuffed the U.S. government's request to break up the company.

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  Google Fined $36 Million Over Anti-Competitive Deals With Australia Telcos

  Google has agreed to pay a Aus$55 million (US$36 million) penalty for striking "anti-competitive" deals to pre-install only its own search engine on Android mobile phones sold by two leading Australian telecoms firms.

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  Why Perplexity, Valued At $18 Billion, Made $34.5 Billion Offer For Chrome

  Perplexity AI has made an unsolicited offer to acquire Google's Chrome browser for $34.5 billion, a price tag nearly double its own valuation.

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  Russian Media Tracks Down Chinese Boy Who Met Putin In 2000: "He Kissed Me On The Forehead"

  The viral photo has brought renewed attention to the heartwarming encounter between Putin and the boy during his 2000 visit to China.

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  ChatGPT’s Shared Conversations Were Reportedly Discoverable on Google Search, OpenAI Calls It Experiment

  ChatGPT has a feature that allows users to create a URL of their conversation with the chatbot and share it with friends or colleagues. As per a report, some of these shared conversations were discoverable when running a query on search engines such as Google Search, Bing, or DuckDuckGo. To see these conversations, one reportedly needs to filter th...

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  DuckDuckGo Introduces New Filter That Hides AI-Generated Images in Search Results

  DuckDuckGo, the privacy-focused search engine, is now letting users hide artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images. Last week, the Pennsylvania, US-based company announced a new filter on its image search interface that can hide AI images so users can only browse real or non-synthetic photos. The filter is based on a large list of websites and ...

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  AI Startup Perplexity Receives New Funding, Valued At $18 Billion

  Perplexity AI Inc., whose artificial intelligence-powered search engine competes with Google, has raised fresh capital in a deal that values the startup at $18 billion, according to a person familiar with the matter.

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  OpenAI’s Under-Development AI-Powered Web Browser Said to Be Codenamed Aura

  OpenAI’s rumoured under-development artificial intelligence (AI) web browser might be called Aura internally. A tipster has found evidence of the name Aura within ChatGPT’s code, leading to the belief that it could be what the company is calling the browser internally. Aura was said to be mentioned along with several other elements associated w...