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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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Google Is Weaving Generative AI Into Online Shopping Features
Google is bringing generative AI technology to shopping, aiming to get a jump on e-commerce sites like Amazon.com. The Alphabet-owned company announced features Wednesday aimed at helping people understand how apparel will fit on them, no matter their body size, and added capabilities for finding products using its search and image-recognition te...
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Google Maps Brings Wildfires and Tree Coverage Insights, New Address Maker App
Google Maps has introduced three new features that will help users understand wildfires, track tree canopy, and get to locations without proper addresses. With the Address Maker app, people can create unique, functioning addresses from an Android app free of cost.
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Google Maps, Search Getting Messaging Capabilities and Customer Insights to Help Businesses Connect
Google Maps is getting messaging capabilities and customer insights to make it easier for businesses to connect with potential customers and vice versa. Google Search will also be getting similar features soon. Verified businesses will be able to message with customers directly. Google Maps will also be rolling out detailed metrics to help business...
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Google Tree Canopy Lab Tool Launches to Help Cities Plant More Trees
Google has unveiled Tree Canopy Lab, a new tool that will help cities keep cool. City areas are prone to trap heat during summers, and Tree Canopy Lab aims to develop an understanding of the tree cover in a city and help its residents plant more trees where they are sparse.
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Google Maps Getting a Facelift, Will Make It Easier to Visualise a Location
Google Maps is rolling out visual improvements that aim to better reflect actual environments in the maps. Google is introducing a colour-mapping algorithmic technique for Maps, through which users will be able to easily understand what an area exactly looks like and visualise it.
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Google I/O 2017: Google's Augmented Reality Tech Gets a Boost With Visual Positioning Service
Google at its annual developers conference announced Visual Positioning Service (VPS), which uses Tango to help devices quickly and accurately understand their location indoors.
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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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Google Is Weaving Generative AI Into Online Shopping Features
Google is bringing generative AI technology to shopping, aiming to get a jump on e-commerce sites like Amazon.com. The Alphabet-owned company announced features Wednesday aimed at helping people understand how apparel will fit on them, no matter their body size, and added capabilities for finding products using its search and image-recognition te...
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Google Maps Brings Wildfires and Tree Coverage Insights, New Address Maker App
Google Maps has introduced three new features that will help users understand wildfires, track tree canopy, and get to locations without proper addresses. With the Address Maker app, people can create unique, functioning addresses from an Android app free of cost.
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Google Maps, Search Getting Messaging Capabilities and Customer Insights to Help Businesses Connect
Google Maps is getting messaging capabilities and customer insights to make it easier for businesses to connect with potential customers and vice versa. Google Search will also be getting similar features soon. Verified businesses will be able to message with customers directly. Google Maps will also be rolling out detailed metrics to help business...
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Google Tree Canopy Lab Tool Launches to Help Cities Plant More Trees
Google has unveiled Tree Canopy Lab, a new tool that will help cities keep cool. City areas are prone to trap heat during summers, and Tree Canopy Lab aims to develop an understanding of the tree cover in a city and help its residents plant more trees where they are sparse.
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Google Maps Getting a Facelift, Will Make It Easier to Visualise a Location
Google Maps is rolling out visual improvements that aim to better reflect actual environments in the maps. Google is introducing a colour-mapping algorithmic technique for Maps, through which users will be able to easily understand what an area exactly looks like and visualise it.
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Google I/O 2017: Google's Augmented Reality Tech Gets a Boost With Visual Positioning Service
Google at its annual developers conference announced Visual Positioning Service (VPS), which uses Tango to help devices quickly and accurately understand their location indoors.
