EU launches non-compliance investigation into Google Search and Play Store rules
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by Ben Schoon
3d ago
Following up on the Digital Markets Act, the European Union is launching a “non-compliance investigation” into Alphabet, specifically centered around Google Search and specific rules in the Play Store. more ..read more
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Amid Facebook outage, Google services including YouTube and Gmail are suffering too
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by Ben Schoon
3w ago
A major outage from Meta has taken down Facebook, Instagram, and other products, but it seems that some users are also seeing issues with some Google services. more ..read more
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Google paying some news publishers to publish AI-generated articles
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by Ben Schoon
1M ago
Generative AI is an incredible tool when it’s used properly, but one big fear is that AI will be used to flood the internet with articles. Despite this, though, Google is reportedly paying some independent publishers fairly large sums of money to publish AI-generated articles on their websites using an AI model that’s not yet been released. more ..read more
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Google working on new ‘content-forward’ ways to surface more Reddit
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by Abner Li
1M ago
Google today announced an “expanded partnership” with Reddit that sees it get access to the forum website’s data for training and other product uses. more ..read more
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Changing Android’s default assist app disables Circle to Search (which makes sense)
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by Ben Schoon
1M ago
Google debuted Circle to Search earlier this year as a big new AI feature in Android. While it’s only available on some devices, the feature does have one limitation that seems rather obvious, which is that Circle to Search is disabled if you switch your default assist app. more ..read more
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Google now sources TikTok videos in some Featured Snippets and AI-powered ‘SGE’
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by Ben Schoon
1M ago
Google Search is starting to pull information from TikTok videos in results, featuring the information quite prominently. more ..read more
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Alphabet reports Q4 2023 revenue of $86 billion
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by Abner Li
2M ago
Alphabet today announced Q4 2023 earnings with $86.3 billion in revenue. These numbers range from October to December and summarize the fiscal year. more ..read more
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Sundar Pichai lays out Google’s 2024 goals, including building helpful Pixel devices
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by Abner Li
2M ago
Earlier this week, Sundar Pichai said that Google has “ambitious goals and will be investing in [its] big priorities” in 2024. This includes AI and spans Google’s consumer to enterprise platforms.  more ..read more
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Samsung puts an annoying little watermark on its version of Google’s AI wallpapers
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by Ben Schoon
2M ago
AI is the big selling point of the new Samsung Galaxy S24 series, and one of the features is support for AI-generated wallpapers. But an annoying little watermark takes away from those wallpapers just a bit. more ..read more
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Sundar Pichai says Google layoffs are meant to ‘simplify execution’ & drive growth
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by Abner Li
2M ago
So far, Google has made job cuts and reorganizations across hardware, Assistant, ads, core engineering, and YouTube. Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai said the layoffs are about “removing layers to simplify execution and drive velocity in some areas.” more ..read more
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