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Google tests earthquake, tsunami detection solutions with submarine cables

(Subscribe to our Today’s Cache newsletter for a quick snapshot of top 5 tech stories. Click here to subscribe for free.) Google is testing its earthquake and tsunami warning system with existing network of undersea fiber optic cables to detect disturbances on the seafloor. These cables are used to carry data, and internet, across continents. During transmission, light’s state of polarization (SOP) changes when it encounters mechanical disturbance along the cable. Seismic activity can be… Source link

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Reliance-Google smartphone deal in India threatens Chinese firms

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Reliance Industries is pictured in a stall at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show at Gandhinagar, India, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the… Source link

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Reliance-Google smartphone deal in India threatens Chinese firms | News

Monday, July 20, 2020 7:09 a.m. EDT by Thomson Reuters By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say. Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the partnership at his company’s annual meeting last week, said… Source link

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Reliance-Google smartphone deal in India threatens Chinese firms | News

Monday, July 20, 2020 7:09 a.m. EDT by Thomson Reuters By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say. Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the partnership at his company’s annual meeting last week, said… Source link

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Reliance-Google smartphone deal in India threatens Chinese firms

By Sankalp Phartiyal NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s <GOOGL.O> Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries <RELI.NS> on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say. Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the partnership at his company’s annual meeting last week, said Google would build an Android operating system (OS) to power a low-cost “4G or even 5G”… Source link

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Reliance-Google smartphone deal in India threatens Chinese firms

NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A $4.5 billion deal under which Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) Google will collaborate with India’s Reliance Industries (RELI.NS) on a new smartphone likely heralds a big shake-up for the world’s second-largest mobile market, industry executives and analysts say. FILE PHOTO: The logo of Reliance Industries is pictured in a stall at the Vibrant Gujarat Global Trade Show at Gandhinagar, India, January 17, 2019. REUTERS/Amit Dave Reliance boss Mukesh Ambani, announcing the… Source link

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Google Suspends ‘Dangerous’ COVID Ads; 130 Public Figures’ Twitter Accounts Hacked

In today’s ExchangeWire news digest: Google bans adverts promoting COVID-19 misinformation; Twitter sees the accounts of 130 of its high-profile users hacked; and despite a growth in subscriptions, Netflix sees its revenues decline in APAC.   Google blocks unverified COVID ads   Google has taken a stand against misinformation surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic – the tech heavyweight announced last Friday (17th July) that it will ban adverts propelling “dangerous content” related to… Source link

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Google has launched a video-shopping app called Shoploop

Google has quietly launched Shoploop – a video shopping platform that’s designed to streamline your online shopping experience. Imagine a world where TikTok was designed just to sell products online with the help of influencers and an optimised shopping process. That’s what you’re essentially getting with Shoploop. Google is pitching it as “an… Source link

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Job hunting? Heads of Microsoft, Google ranked best CEOs for diversity

CLOSE ViacomCBS is cutting ties with Nick Cannon following the actor’s anti-Semitic comments on his podcast, ‘Cannon’s Class.’ USA TODAY When it comes to job searching, recruiting and retention, diversity has increasingly become part of the conversation. Amid the recent Black Lives Matter protests, more companies are pledging to diversify workplaces by hiring more people of color, and CEO’s can play a vital role in making sure it happens. Chief executives can also set… Source link

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Google To Ban Ads Promoting ‘Dangerous Content’ On Covid-19 Theories

Alphabet Inc’s Google (GOOGL) said over the weekend that it will restrict and if necessary prohibit advertising which promotes “dangerous content” on coronavirus conspiracy theories. The policy update, which will be effective from August, will ban publishers from abusing the California-based search giant’s ad platform to promote and monetize content that relates to a “current, major health crisis and contradicts authoritative, scientific consensus”. Examples of ad content which… Source link

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