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(Adding details from the hearing, background) By Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI, Jan 4 (Reuters) – An Indian tribunal on Wednesday declined a request by Google to block an antitrust ruling that ordered the tech giant to change its approach to its Android platform, dealing the U.S. firm a setback in a key growth market. In October, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) fined Alphabet Inc’s Google $161 million for exploiting its dominant position in markets such as online search and the Android… Source link

Spatial audio is coming with the January security patch, and head tracking is not far behind Google gave us the latest Pixel Feature Drop in December, but it saved one of its most anticipated goodies for the New Year. Spatial audio, a next-gen surround sound effect for supported headphones, is rolling out now to the Pixel 6 and 7 series alongside the January 2023 security update. Spatial audio was popularized by Apple’s AirPods Pro, which simulate a… Source link

Photo: Scott Barbour (Getty Images) Google is reportedly ramping up work behind the scenes to close the technological gap with OpenAI’s ChatGPT model, an advanced chatbot capable of churning out conversational answers which some critics warn could pose the most significant threat to Google’s treasured search dominance in years. Though Google executives publicly express a tone of caution when it comes to rolling out new AI features to the public, recent reporting from The New York Times… Source link

Screenshot: DuckDuckGo Have you noticed that websites are offering you a friendly new way to sign-in with Google? Try Investing.com. When you hit the site, Google displays a popup recommending that you sign in the top right. If you’re on a phone, the prompt takes up almost half your screen. And if you’re using Chrome, you can sign in with a single click, the fastest way to make the popup go away. Don’t have an account on Investing.com? Google will automatically make one for you. It’s… Source link

Tech giant Google is no longer moving forward with plans to build a data center in the central Minnesota city of Becker. In filings with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission last week, Xcel Energy said it has terminated its agreements with Honeycrisp Power LLC, a Google affiliate, after the company failed to provide a notice to proceed with the project. It’s a blow to Becker, whose leaders hoped the data center would provide employment and economic growth amid the closure of a massive… Source link

As the technology advances, industry experts believe, Google must decide whether it will overhaul its search engine and make a full-fledged chat bot the face of its flagship service. Google has been reluctant to share its technology broadly because, like ChatGPT and similar systems, it can generate false, toxic and biased information. LaMDA is available to only a limited number of people through an experimental app, AI Test Kitchen. Google sees this as a struggle to deploy its advanced A.I…. Source link

The Sunday Ticket saga is finally near its conclusion. Google and its affiliated YouTube TV are emerging as the leading contenders to land the package of every NFL game, The Post has learned. An announcement could come as soon as Wednesday. Neither the NFL nor YouTube TV had comment. Apple was for a long stretch considered the frontrunner to land the package, but talks between Apple and the NFL broke down last week, according to a report from Puck. Google and its… Source link

One of the best Android phones is ready to surprise your kid or your spouse Google Pixel 6a The Pixel 6a is still available for just $300 and even at this late date, there’s a very good chance you’ll get it before Christmas rolls around — if you place your order in a timely manner. Google’s Pixel 6a is easily one of our favorites among the best Android smartphones of the year, and its low price has been a big part of that appeal. Now that good thing is only… Source link

This is one of the only promotional photos that Google has officially released of the Pixel Tablet.Screenshot: Google Google’s Pixel tablet isn’t supposed to come out until 2023, but we’re already seeing a supposed early unit up for grabs. This leak comes to us from Twitter, though it’s just a collection of screenshots from a Facebook Marketplace post that claims to be selling the announced-but-unreleased Google Pixel Tablet. The listing’s headline doesn’t mince any words:

A big surprise out of Google I/O earlier this year came in the form of a teaser for a new tablet from Google, one we are still referring to as the Pixel Tablet. Google showed off the devices in the briefest of ways, telling us at the time we should expect it in 2023. And then at the launch event for the Pixel 7, Google provided a few additional details, mostly related to the Pixel Tablet’s chip (Tensor G2), docking station, and its flexibility in being home a Google Hub device and… Source link