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The judge’s decision was stunning, but so were the allegations. After the 2014 murder trial of a New York man accused of killing his wife, the judge wrote that the defendant’s lawyer was so unprepared and inexperienced that he relied on Google for help with forensics and pulled questions directly from an Australian web page, “DNA for Defence Lawyers.”        On Oct. 6, 2022, the judge overturned the conviction of Ganesh Ramsaran, 48, and ordered a new trial, citing the defense… Source link

Joe Maring / Digital Trends Android fans, it’s time to start your hype engines. Google just released the first developer preview for Android 15 — kicking off the release of the next big Android update. This is just the first step in a months-long process of Android 15’s rollout, which will see numerous developer previews and betas before the final release later this year. So, what’s new, when is Android 15 officially releasing, and should you download it? Here’s everything you… Source link

OpenAI is reportedly building its own search product to take on Google (GOOG, GOOGL). But the ChatGPT creator is going to need a lot more help if it hopes to make even a slight dent in the search giant’s armor. According to the Information, OpenAI is hard at work on developing a search product infused with generative AI capabilities that would be partially powered by Microsoft’s (MSFT) Bing. Microsoft has invested billions in OpenAI and uses some of the company’s technologies to run its… Source link

Image Credits: Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket / Getty Images Google is testing a new feature that will place a call to a business on your behalf, wait on hold and then give you a call once a live representative is available, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. The new feature, called “Talk to a Live Rep,” would get rid of the need for users to wait countless minutes, and sometimes hours, listening to hold music trying to get connected to a customer service agent. The… Source link

In an account shared by Vic Gundotra, Google’s former vice president of engineering, a story from January 2008 highlights the meticulous attention to detail of Steve Jobs, the then-CEO of Apple Inc. This narrative resurfaced and gained attention when Jobs resigned from his CEO position, a decision that sent ripples through the tech world. Originally reported by 9TO5 Google in 2011, the story offers a glimpse into Jobs’s legendary commitment to product excellence. Gundotra’s recollection… Source link

Image Credits: Google This morning, Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai inaugurated a new hub in Paris dedicated to artificial intelligence. This hub is located in a newly renovated building near Google’s main office in Paris. It will host around 300 researchers and engineers. But if you pay close attention to Google’s whereabouts in Paris, you may think that Google already launched an AI research center in Paris back in 2018. In fact, the company told me that it doesn’t plan… Source link

Google Photos SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Google is introducing a new way to access pictures and videos stored on Google Photos from inside other apps, making the process easier and more secure. A recent Android Developers Blog post explains that Google is adding Google Photos support to Android’s built-in photo picker. The Android photo picker offers a simple and secure way to give third-party apps access to your photos and videos stored locally and now in the cloud. Apps… Source link

As part of my job as a tech writer, and as part of my ongoing efforts to get organized at some point, I’ve tested a whole pile of note-taking apps through the years: the simple, the sophisticated, the quirky, the AI-powered, and on it goes. It’s a popular app category, and there’s no shortage of options. Amid all these different choices, one of the apps that I find myself regularly coming back to is Google Keep. It’s fast and easy to get around, it works on just about any device, and… Source link

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