Google Is Staring Down Its First Serious Threats in Years
The article highlights Alphabet's financial success and potential risks to Google's dominance, including antitrust challenges and fierce competition. [ more ]
Google's annual developers conference in 2024 emphasizes reorganization around AI and the development of Gemini AI models to compete with OpenAI. [ more ]
Google is focusing on advancing AI features, including generative AI, to provide detailed responses directly in the search results.
Users may rely more on AI-generated complete overviews provided by Google, potentially impacting website traffic and requiring SEO strategies to adapt.
Google is rolling out AI Overviews to users in the U.S., with plans for more countries, indicating a significant shift in search functionality towards generative AI. [ more ]
Google fights $17 billion UK lawsuit over adtech practices By Reuters
Google parent Alphabet is facing a lawsuit accusing it of abusing dominance in the online advertising market, seeking damages of up to $16.9 billion in the UK. [ more ]
Weekly Tech Recap: X's new AI-powered Stories feature, Apple's M4 rumor and more
iOS 17.5 introduces 'Repair State' for iPhones, Google launches AI English learning feature, Pixel 8a pricing leaked, iPhone 16 series may see a price increase. [ more ]
Trump Media Firm's Tech-Ad Partner Rumble Sues Google For $1B Over Alleged Ad Monopoly - Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Trump Media & Technology (NASDAQ:DJT)
Rumble has initiated legal action against Google for alleged monopolistic practices in digital advertising, seeking damages exceeding $1 billion. [ more ]
Google launches 499 Pixel 8a smartphone, packed with AI tools
The Pixel 8a is hailed by Google as 'The Google AI phone at an unbeatable value' with impressive AI features like Best Take and Audio Magic Eraser. [ more ]
Ad tech continues to balance skepticism and cautious optimism amid Google's latest cookie delay
Ad tech execs continue to navigate uncertainties around Google's cookie phase-out plan, emphasizing the gradual transition and interpreting indirect signals from Google. [ more ]
Dock-less Google Pixel Tablet is now available to order for $399
Google has relaunched the Pixel Tablet without the bundled speaker dock at a discounted price, alongside the Pixel 8a smartphone announcement. [ more ]
You can now buy a Pixel Tablet without a dock for $400, if that's your bag
Google offers standalone 128GB Pixel Tablet for $400 without the charging dock, lacking some features but excelling in battery life and smart display capabilities. [ more ]
Google is simplifying 2FA setup process by allowing users to add a 'second step method' like authenticator app or security key instead of phone numbers first. [ more ]
Google patches its fifth zero-day vulnerability of the year in Chrome
Google has patched a high-severity zero-day vulnerability in Chrome, marking the fifth update this year to protect against malicious exploits. [ more ]
How to protect to stop Google from recording your voice
Google can quietly record voices for audio recognition. Users can prevent this by adjusting settings in 'Data and Privacy' tab of their Google account. [ more ]
Google is bringing Project Starline's "magic window" experience to real video calls
Google is integrating Project Starline with common videoconferencing platforms like Google Meet and Zoom, bringing the futuristic technology to workplaces. [ more ]
Apple finally adds iPhone alerts for third-party Bluetooth trackers
The new DULT standard by Apple and Google aims to address safety risks of Bluetooth trackers, alerting users when unknown tracking devices are near. [ more ]
Google debuts new agents, content creation tools and search features powered by generative AI
Google unveiled updates on AI capabilities at Google I/O, focusing on generative models like Gemini, Veo for video editing, and Imagen 3 for image generation. [ more ]
Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic
Google is rolling out a search engine that will favor AI-generated responses over website links, likely increasing information access speed and potentially impacting internet traffic. [ more ]
Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic
Google is rolling out a search engine that will prioritize AI-generated responses over website links for more complex searches, potentially impacting internet traffic and quickening information retrieval. [ more ]
Google's AI Search Revamp Puts Publishers In A Quandary
AI-generated answers by Google may reduce organic search traffic for publishers, impacting their audiences and requiring them to diversify online presence. [ more ]
Site Traffic Down? Google Just Made Some Big Search Changes | Entrepreneur
Google's AI summaries are impacting news publishers by potentially reducing website traffic and diminishing their ability to create fresh content. [ more ]
Google implements A.I. Overviews feature in search engine to generate information summaries, aiming to reach over a billion users by the end of the year. [ more ]
Everybody HATES Google's AI Overviews Feature - Here's Why
Google is implementing a new AI feature called Google AI Overview (SGE) in the USA, stirring dissatisfaction among individuals for content theft and skewed traffic distribution. [ more ]
During Huge Demo, Google's AI Provides Idiotic Advice About Photography That Would Destroy Film
Google's AI tools like Gemini and AI Overviews have been found to provide flawed and misleading advice, raising concerns about the reliability of AI-generated search results. [ more ]
Google unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic
Google's new search engine will prioritize AI-generated responses over traditional website links for complex searches, promising faster information retrieval. [ more ]
Google expands digital watermarks to AI-made video
Google prioritizes transparency for AI-generated content by implementing digital watermarks via SynthID system, aiming to track origins and combat misinformation. [ more ]
Google's unleashes AI in search, raising hopes for better results and fears about less web traffic
Google's new search engine will prioritize AI-generated responses over website links for complex topics, aiming to provide faster and more efficient information to users. [ more ]
News publishers sound alarm on Google's new AI-infused search, warn of catastrophic' impacts
Google's integration of Gemini A.I. in search results will directly provide answers to user queries, potentially reducing traffic and revenue for news publishers. [ more ]
Google Is About to Change Everything-and Hopes You Won't Find Out
Google is making significant changes to its search engine and product suite, incorporating AI and machine learning, potentially creating a worse search experience. [ more ]
Google's next-gen TPUs promise a 4.7x performance boost | TechCrunch
Google announced the next generation of its Tensor Processing Units (TPU) AI chips, Trillium, featuring increased compute performance, memory bandwidth, and energy efficiency. [ more ]