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Google Quit. Starry Didn’t. Faster, Cheaper Internet For All Is Here.

There’s a new Internet provider in town, and they’re on a mission to take on the Goliaths that so many of us are frustrated with, while ultimately delivering affordable, accessible Internet to billions of people. Including the underserved communities that are the hardest to reach. After routers, installations, hidden fees, upcharges, the average household in the US pays about $80/month.  Rather than using traditional fiber-optic cables that make super-fast Wifi unaffordable for low… Source link

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Google confirms $1B investment into Africa, including subsea cable for faster internet – TechCrunch

The developing world represents the best chance of growth for large internet companies, and today one of the very biggest set out its strategy for how it plans to tackle that. Google said that it would be investing $1 billion to support “digital transformation” across Africa. This will include landing a subsea cable into the continent to enable faster internet speeds, low-interest loans for small businesses, equity investments into African startups, skills… Source link

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Use these Google tips and tricks to find exactly what you’re searching for faster than ever

We all know how to search Google: you pop some words into a box and hope for the best! These tips and tricks will supercharge your searches so you can find exactly what you’re looking for, even faster than ever! Follow Rich DeMuro on Instagram for more tech news, tips and tricks. Want to exclude certain words from your search? Put a hyphen in front of the words you don’t want in your results. For instance, [Dodgers -tickets] will bring up results that don’t have… Source link

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In China’s Latest Outbreak, Doctors Say the Infected Get Sicker, Faster

As the delta variant of the coronavirus spreads in southeastern China, doctors say they are finding that the symptoms are different and more dangerous than those they saw when the initial version of the virus started spreading in late 2019 in the central city of Wuhan. Patients are becoming sicker, and their conditions are worsening much more quickly, doctors told state-run television Thursday and Friday. Four-fifths of symptomatic cases developed fevers, they said, although it was not clear… Source link

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Google researchers show artificial intelligence can design microchips better and faster than humans

AI is better than other automated methods “because it learns from experience.” June 13, 2021, 2:15 PM • 4 min read Share to FacebookShare to TwitterEmail this article This is an Inside Science story. Artificial intelligence can design computer microchips that perform at least as well as those designed by human experts, devising such blueprints thousands of times faster. This new research from Google is already helping with the design of microchips for the company’s next generation of AI… Source link

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Google is using A.I. to design chip floorplans faster than humans

Google claims that it has developed artificial intelligence software that can design computer chips faster than humans can. The tech giant said in a paper in the journal Nature on Wednesday that a chip that would take humans months to design can be dreamed up by its new AI in less than six hours. The AI has already been used to develop the latest iteration of Google’s tensor processing unit chips, which are used to run AI-related tasks, Google said.    “Our method has been used in production… Source link

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Why the White House thinks the faster than expected inflation ‘is actually a good sign’

On Thursday, President Joe Biden traveled to Ohio to make the case that the economy is headed in the right direction. “We’ve turned the tide,” he told the crowd in Cleveland. Shortly afterward, during an appearance on Yahoo Finance Live, one of his top economic advisers acknowledged that in areas like inflation and in the labor market, “there’s going to be some bumps in the road” as the economy continues to right itself following the pandemic. However, National Economic Council… Source link

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Google Chrome 89 for Android brings faster loading times

The latest Google Chrome for Android update brings improved memory management which helps Chrome start 13% faster than before. The so-called “Freeze-dried” tabs aka tabs you’ve left open from your previous browser session will now be saved in a special lightweight version that takes up as much space as a screenshot and still supports scrolling, zooming and tapping on links. Google explains this will help you get a more responsive feel while the webpage actually loads up in the… Source link

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Waze’s ex-CEO says app could have ‘grown faster’ without Google

(Reuters) – Waze has struggled to grow within Alphabet Inc’s Google, the navigation app’s former top executive said, renewing concerns over whether it was stifled by the search giant’s $1 billion acquisition in 2013. FILE PHOTO: Waze, a mobile satellite navigation application, is seen on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tel Aviv May 9, 2013. Facebook Inc acquired the Israeli start-up in 2013. REUTERS/Nir Elias More than 140 million drivers worldwide use Waze monthly, up… Source link

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Waze’s ex-CEO says app could have ‘grown faster’ without Google

(Reuters) – Waze has struggled to grow within Alphabet Inc’s Google, the navigation app’s former top executive said, renewing concerns over whether it was stifled by the search giant’s $1 billion acquisition in 2013. FILE PHOTO: Waze, a mobile satellite navigation application, is seen on a smartphone in this photo illustration taken in Tel Aviv May 9, 2013. Facebook Inc acquired the Israeli start-up in 2013. REUTERS/Nir Elias More than 140 million drivers worldwide use Waze monthly, up… Source link

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