Google and environmental group Environmental Defense Fund on Wednesday unveiled a partnership to expose sources of climate-warming emissions from oil and gas operations that will be detected from space by a new satellite. MethaneSAT will launch next month, one of several satellites that are being deployed to monitor methane emissions across the globe to pinpoint major sources of the invisible but potent greenhouse gas. It is a partnership led by EDF, the New Zealand Space Agency, Harvard… Source link

Google is testing a new security feature that hides your IP address in the beta version of the Chrome browser, MSPowerUser reports. The feature is simply called “IP Protection” and will basically do what the name suggests, protect your IP address. The new feature will hide your IP address when you’re logged into Google Chrome, limit what data suspected trackers can see about your online habits, and redirect some content requests through privacy servers instead of sending them… Source link

Introducing Gemini 1.5 By Demis Hassabis, CEO of Google DeepMind, on behalf of the Gemini team This is an exciting time for AI. New advances in the field have the potential to make AI more helpful for billions of people over the coming years. Since introducing Gemini 1.0, we’ve been testing, refining and enhancing its capabilities. Today, we’re announcing our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5. Gemini 1.5 delivers dramatically enhanced performance. It represents a step change in our approach,… Source link

Barely two months after launching Gemini, the large language model Google hopes will bring it to the top of the AI industry, the company is already announcing its successor. Google is launching Gemini 1.5 today and making it available to developers and enterprise users ahead of a full consumer rollout coming soon. The company has made clear that it is all in on Gemini as a business tool, a personal assistant, and everything in between, and it’s pushing hard on that plan. There are a lot of… Source link

Image Credits: TechCrunch Gemini, Google’s answer to OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Microsoft’s Copilot, is here. Is it any good? While it’s a solid option for research and productivity, it stumbles in obvious — and some not-so-obvious — places. Last week, Google rebranded its Bard chatbot to Gemini and brought Gemini — which confusingly shares a name in common with the company’s latest family of generative AI models — to smartphones in the form of a reimagined app… Source link

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Google Doodle is celebrating Serbia’s National Day, also known as Statehood Day or Sovereignty Day on 15 February. The day, which is called Sretenje, marks two of the nation’s historic events. The Serbian government posted on X that the day is in memory of 15 February 1804, when the First Serbian Uprising began in Orasac, and also the same… Source link

Isaiah Stewart has been dealing with an ankle injury. (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images) A Wednesday game between the Detroit Pistons and Phoenix Suns had more pregame action than usual. Pistons center Isaiah Stewart punched Suns reserve Drew Eubanks in the face during an altercation in the back tunnels of Footprint Center and was later arrested for assault. The two were reportedly chest-to-chest when Stewart took a swing that connected with Eubanks’ mouth. Police reportedly had to get involved… Source link

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian search engine giant Yandex on Thursday reported a 53% jump in full-year revenue to 800.1 billion roubles ($8.72 billion), driven by organic growth across the business, from search and advertising to e-commerce and ride-hailing. Yandex’s Nasdaq-listed and Dutch-registered parent, Yandex NV, last week agreed to spin off some assets in a cash and shares deal worth $5.2 billion, a far cry from the company’s value before Moscow sent its army into Ukraine in February… Source link

Kerr in disbelief over Klay’s late intentional foul vs. Clippers originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area The Warriors blew a double-digit lead to the Los Angeles Clippers in the fourth quarter of their 130-125 loss on Wednesday night at Chase Center, but Golden State still had a chance to win it with one minute left to play. With 39 seconds left in the one-possession game, however, with Golden State trailing 126-123 following a corner three from Brandin Podziemski, veteran guard Klay… Source link

No members of the Chiefs organization was hurt in the mass shooting at their Super Bowl parade. (AP Photo/Reed Hoffmann) Kansas City’s day of celebration was turned into a tragedy Wednesday when a mass shooting derailed the Chief’s Super Bowl parade. As of Wednesday afternoon, two suspects are in custody with one person confirmed dead and 22 other people injured by gunshots. Per KMBC’s Mat Flener, 11 of the 12 patients at Kansas City’s Children’s Mercy hospital were children, nine with… Source link