Google's new video game-playing AI follows verbal instructions
From just watching game footage, new AI can transfer skills between games
Google awarded $10 million in bug bounties last year, the second highest in the program's history
The largest single payout was $113,337
Google, Apple, Microsoft and Mozilla release Speedometer 3.0 to benchmark browser performance
For a definitive answer to whether your browser is the fastest
Google's super high-tech new office building has terrible Wi-Fi
Is that weird roof design to blame?
Google's new AI tool can turn images into playable mini-games
Tool can use AI-generated content to create more AI content and train other AIs
Former Google engineer indicted for allegedly stealing AI secrets while stealthily running a startup in China
He must have had a busy schedule
Google updates Search to fight low-quality spammy content, doesn't mention "AI" at all
An effort to neutralize "emerging tactics" designed to game search results
A hot potato: While we wait for the global revolution that AI algorithms will surely bring, Google is trying to survive the incoming spam-apocalypse enabled by automatic content generation at scale. The company is seemingly improving web search with more stringent rules against meaningless web pages, but their track record for the past few years is far from positive.
Epic Games CEO blasts Google for "malicious compliance" with EU's Digital Markets Act
Sweeney remains upset with Apple and Google, and not without reason
The Google Pay app is shutting down in the US, to be replaced by Google Wallet
Yet another app is consigned to the infamous Google graveyard
Google confirms it is definitely not killing off Gmail after hoax goes viral
But Google Pay is shutting down
Google Pixel Fold 2 foldable phone leaked in high-res renders
Google could introduce the Pixel Fold 2 in June
Google accused of being "woke" after Gemini creates inaccurate, racially diverse historical images
It has now suspended the feature
Facepalm: Generative AIs are often accused of being biased, but it appears that Google went a bit too far in trying to address this problem with Gemini. The company has apologized after the tool produced images showing people of color and women in historically inaccurate contexts, such as Nazi-era German soldiers and the Founding Fathers. It's led to complaints about Gemini being "woke," and Google has now paused the feature while it makes changes.
Android 15 first developer preview tightens up software-hardware harmony
Optimizations take centre stage
Google is testing a feature that holds customer service calls for you until a human representative arrives
Forward-looking: Most people dread calling customer service numbers because it usually means navigating a menu of automated options and then waiting on hold while listening to elevator music, sometimes for over an hour, before speaking to a live person. Google is testing a feature that allows technology to take your place for the initial steps of a call.
OpenAI could be developing a search product to rival Google
It will reportedly be part of ChatGPT's premium tier
Google proposes ChromeOS Flex as an alternative for soon-to-be e-wasted Windows 10 machines
Google claims the cloud-based ChromeOS fork is perfect for bringing oldish PC hardware back to life
Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm
Google launched a lawsuit against a scammer last year
Denmark authorities want schools to stop sending student data to Google
Mountain View's ability to exfiltrate data through Chromebooks and other services will be hindered
YouTube TV surpasses Dish to become the fourth largest pay-TV provider in the US
YouTube Music and Premium also recently crossed 100 million subscribers globally
Google changes Bard's name to Gemini: unveils new Android app and advanced AI model
Bard is dead, long live Gemini
Google is once again accused of snubbing the JPEG XL image format
Is the Chrome team actively boycotting the next generation image compression tech?
Google fully discontinues cache links in Search
Google could replace search cache with Wayback Machine links
YouTube Premium and Music services pass 100 million subscribers
An alternative to advertising-based revenue
Google One nears 100 million subscribers as Google bets big on AI
At the tune of $15 billion annually from all subscription services
Tech layoffs and share prices don't add up: Cutting costs at financial peaks?
Could this be the start of the great AI replacement?