Google updates Maps with a flurry of AI features including ‘Immersive View for routes’
As with all things Google of late, AI capabilities are coming to Maps. The company announced a slew of machine learning updates for the popular [view more]
Google expands its bug bounty program to target generative AI attacks
With concerns around generative AI ever-present, Google has announced an expansion of its Vulnerability Rewards Program (VRP) focused on AI-specific attacks and opportunities for malice. [view more]
Google’s new image verification tool combs metadata to find context and sniff out AI fakes
Back in May, Google announced called “about this image” that gives users verified data regarding any photo on the internet. Well, it just so you [view more]
Apple and Google disable live traffic maps in Israel and Gaza
Google has disabled live traffic updates for Israel and Gaza in Maps and Waze, a spokesperson has confirmed to Bloomberg. “As we have done previously [view more]
Google ordered to pay $1 million to female exec who sued over pay discrimination
Google will have to pay over $1 million to an executive who alleged the company discriminated against her based on her gender and later retaliated [view more]
Google confirms it will manufacture Pixel phones in India
The ninth annual Google for India event had a big announcement: the company plans to manufacture its Pixel phones in India, following steady growth in [view more]
Qualcomm reveals it’s making a RISC-V chip for Android wearables
Qualcomm is working with Google to develop a RISC-V platform that can power Wear OS devices. RISC-V is an open standard instruction set architecture (ISA), [view more]
Google rolls out more accessibility features for Maps, Search and Assistant
Google has a string of accessibility updates it’s rolling out for Maps, Search and Assistant, as well as greater availability of some camera-based Pixel features. [view more]
YouTube is rolling out a new ‘You’ section as part of a substantial update
YouTube’s rolling out a three dozen in total. Some of these tools are for the web app, while others are for the smartphone app and [view more]
You can now generate AI images directly in the Google Search bar
Back in the olden days of last December, we had to go to specialized websites to have our natural language prompts transformed into generated AI [view more]