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Timnit Gebru speaks onstage during TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on Sept. 7, 2018. Kimberly White/Getty Images Subscribe to What Next on Apple Podcasts for the full episode. Earlier this fall, A.I. ethicist Timnit Gebru submitted a paper for consideration at an academic conference about predictive language models: on their environmental cost, and how they could learn racist and… Source link

Google Photos is rolling out a series of updates to its Memories feature, which surfaces your best photos from years past. Over the next month, Memories will be expanded to include 3D Cinematic photos, updated collage designs, and new types of Memories, the company says. These “new types” of Memories may include those of the most important people in your life or your favorite things — like sunsets, activities such as baking or hiking, or whatever else seems to matter most to you,… Source link

Google Photos will soon be able to take your 2D images and make them appear as if they’re 3D, the company announced in a blog post on Tuesday. Google is calling these types of images “Cinematic photos,” and they’re a new type of image the app can show as part of its Memories feature. Here’s a GIF from Google comparing a 2D image to a Cinematic photo. I think the feature looks pretty impressive: To make Cinematic photos,… Source link

Google Meet is adding live captions on the web in four languages to make meetings more inclusive, the company announced today. Live captions in Spanish, French, German, and Portuguese will be available across all versions of Meet starting today. Meet rolled out real-time captions in English last year. “We know from our work with teachers and parents over the years how essential caption tools can be for students with learning disabilities, as well as English-language learners in both… Source link

A Google-funded report examines the relationship between white supremacists and the internet, but it makes scant reference — all of it positive — to YouTube, the company’s platform that many experts blame more than any other for driving people to extremism. The report, by Jigsaw, a “tech incubator” that has operated within Google for the last decade, draws from interviews with dozens of former extremists and describes how the internet is a breeding ground for hate groups. Study… Source link

CHICAGO (NewsNation Now) — Google has restored outages with its Gmail and Google Drive services for the “vast majority of users” Monday morning, and YouTube says it’s “back up and running.” Thousands of users around the world reported issues with services from Alphabet Inc, including YouTube, Gmail and Google Drive, just before 7 a.m. EST, according to DownDetector. The site where users can report outages tracked more than 57,000 claims of issues with Google… Source link

Internet users worldwide received a jarring reminder Monday about just how reliant they are on Google, when the Silicon Valley giant suffered a major failure for about an hour, sending many of its most popular services offline. At a time when more people than ever are working from home because of the pandemic, Google services including Calendar, Gmail, Hangouts, Maps, Meet and YouTube all crashed, halting productivity and sending angry users to Twitter to vent about the loss of services…. Source link

Internet users worldwide received a jarring reminder Monday about just how reliant they are on Google, when the Silicon Valley giant suffered a major failure for about an hour, sending many of its most popular services offline. At a time when more people than ever are working from home because of the pandemic, Google services including Calendar, Gmail, Hangouts, Maps, Meet and YouTube all crashed, halting productivity and sending angry users to Twitter to vent about the loss of services…. Source link

The U.S. Treasury Department computers were hacked into over the weekend. Then, on Monday, Google services were down, which impacted those doing distance learning. The Treasury hack that took place Sunday looks like it stemmed from malware being put on a security system, possibly through a phishing email. Not only was the treasury department impacted, but all five military branches and thousands of federal, state and local… Source link

Google’s John Mueller weighs in on how sites with lots of ads are handled when it comes to ranking in search results. This topic came up during the Google Search Central live stream on December 11 where Mueller addresses the following question: “For some queries I see Google ranking websites which have a high amount of ad content, which is creating a poor search experience. How is Google dealing with those sites?” In response, Mueller describes several factors that can determine how sites… Source link