Canada's "Online News Act" wants social media companies to pay for shared news content
The act would require Google and Meta to enter monetary agreements with Canadian publishers
YouTube to boost AI-generated foreign language dubs
Dubs using machine translation and synthesized voices could compliment traditional translations
Monopolistic company Google accuses Microsoft of monopolistic behavior
Google says that Microsoft makes it difficult for customers to diversify their cloud spending
Google to unveil Chromebook X branding for high-end devices
The Chromebook market is a proverbial jungle right now, but Google is looking to change that
Google takes aim at Apple in set of iPhone-mocking ads
"All I have to show for all my years on earth, the color of a bubble?"
Google's Pixel Tablet reviews are in: half tablet, half smart display
For anyone within the Google ecosystem, the Pixel Tablet is a competent device that will let you control your home and do tablet stuff – pricing it above an iPad will prove challenging to market though.
Google is killing Google Domains, selling it to Squarespace for $180 million
The sale includes approximately 10 million domains
Improved Google Lens app can now unreliably check if you have skin cancer
Editor's take: In the neverending game of spreading fake news and disinformation, generative AI has emerged as a massive business opportunity for unethical tech companies. And Google wants to be absolutely the best. Lens, the company's image-based search tool, is now introducing new features that will make a lot of hypochondriac and gullible users very happy.
Google, creator of Bard, warns employees about the dangers of chatbots
Don't enter confidential information or use generated code
Google won't launch Bard AI in Europe yet due to privacy concerns
The lying chatbot still has to provide EU with paperwork required by the GDPR
EU antitrust authorities are ready to strike Google's advertising business
The European Union is going all in, and Google could lose a lot of money... or worse
Google Drive is ending support for Windows 8, 8.1, and Windows 10 32-bit
Another reason to upgrade
Google warns hybrid workers about attendance, asks remote staff to consider coming back
"There is just no substitute for coming together in person," apparently
The EU tells social media companies that AI-generated content should be labeled
To stop the spread of disinformation
Google removes 32 malicious Chrome extensions with 75 million installs from the Web Store
That number may have been inflated, though
Google is using machine learning models to speed up Gmail search
The addition will provide faster, easier to navigate search results for Gmail users
The AI chip market landscape: Choose your battles carefully
There are three markets for AI chips: training, cloud inference and edge inference. All of them are already fairly crowded
Music company wants Google to delist a Wikipedia page about YouTube rippers
Overstepping the mark a little?
Google ordered to pay $32.5 million in Sonos patent infringement decision
The verdict supports previous patent judgements that were made in Sonos' favor
Google reveals bug bounty program for its own Android apps like Chrome, Gmail and the search widget
The company paid $12 million to security researchers in 2022
Ex-Googler fired for criticizing AI warns that companies won't self-regulate without pressure
"It feels like a gold rush,"
Google Colab will soon get AI code generation and a chatbot
Democratizing generative AI for low-resource Python programmers
Google's new registered domains include .zip and .mov for a more "exciting" and insecure internet
Researchers are debating how the new domains will affect web security and users' habits
YouTube is bringing 30-second unskippable ads to TVs
Along with ads that show when you hit pause