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A Google Stadia video game controller with a Night Blue finish alongside a gaming monitor, taken on … [+] November 27, 2019. (Photo by Olly Curtis/Future Publishing via Getty Images) Future Publishing via Getty Images We are witnessing what I would argue is probably one of the biggest failures in gaming industry history, the shutdown of Google Stadia, which is coming just a week from now. Google Stadia will shut down in full on January 18 at 11:59 PM PT (via The Verge) and if you haven’t… Source link

Microsoft thinks it finally has a weapon to challenge Alphabet’s leadership in internet search.  The software giant, like other tech groups, has tried unsuccessfully to compete with the Google search engine. The latter has even become more important again, relegating its so-called rivals to stooges.  The dominance of the Mountain View, Calif.-based group eventually sickened to the point where some rivals simply gave up. Bing, Microsoft’s search engine, was the world’s second most popular in… Source link

I was pleased to get through the end of the 2022 seasonal holidays without a zero-day exploit landing for Google Chrome if I’m being honest. Attackers do like to strike when security teams and consumers alike are kicking back, after all. In fact, the last security update for users of the Google Chrome desktop browser, Windows, Mac, and Linux versions, was back on December 13, 2022. That is the same day that Microsoft, Adobe, and others release their scheduled monthly security updates: Patch… Source link

Bad news for Google in Germany — where the antitrust watchdog has issued a preliminary statement of objections over its data processing terms and said it’s currently planning to require the tech giant to provide users with more choice over what it does with their information. The Bundeskartellamt, or Federal Cartel Office (FCO), has been investigating Google’s T&Cs for processing user data since May 2021. At issue is how Google collects and connects user data across multiple… Source link

(Bloomberg) — An Indian appeals court declined to grant any immediate relief to Alphabet Inc.’s Google in a case over a fine of 9.36 billion rupees ($115 million) for abusing its dominant position in the market. Most Read from Bloomberg The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal directed the US tech giant on Wednesday to deposit 10% of the penalty, which was slapped by the Competition Commission of India after hearing a case related to its Play Store policies. The amount has to be… Source link

PTI New Delhi, January 11 The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a plea of US tech giant Google against an order of the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) refusing an interim stay on the competition regulator imposing a Rs 1,337 crore penalty on it. A bench comprising Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha took note of the submissions of senior advocate AM Singhvi, appearing for the… Source link

Last Wednesday, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) refused to halt a Competition Commission of India order that requires Google to make changes to its Android ecosystem. Now, the search giant has asked the Supreme Court to halt the order, saying it would cause “lasting and irreparable harm” to Google, device manufacturers, app developers, Indian consumers, and the wider economy. Also in this letter:■ Ola Financial stops lending through Avail Finance app■ Flipkart… Source link

OpturaDesign/Shutterstock Have you ever asked Google Assistant a question and then wanted to immediately ask a follow-up question, only to have to start again from the beginning? For example, that might look like this: Hey, Google, who does Miles Turner play for? Hey, Google, how tall is Miles Turner? Hey, Google, how old is Miles Turner? It works fine. However, what if you wanted that to be more conversational, like this: Hey, Google, who does Miles Turner play for? How tall is he? How old is… Source link

(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.’s Satya Nadella is weighing the company’s biggest-ever startup investment, seeking to give the software giant an advantage against Google in the race to weave advanced artificial intelligence tools into fields like search and apps. Most Read from Bloomberg The company is in discussions to invest as much as $10 billion in OpenAI, the creator of viral AI bot ChatGPT, according to people familiar with its plans. The proposal under consideration calls for… Source link

Since it was unveiled in 2018, Google Duplex has been making waves in the world of artificial intelligence and voice assistants, steadily gaining attention and popularity. Simply put, Duplex is a voice assistant that uses natural language processing and deep learning algorithms to carry out complex tasks and conversations in a way that is indistinguishable from a human. It can make phone calls, book appointments and even engage in casual conversation with people on the other end of… Source link