Tag Archives: Googles

If the quantum computing era dawned 3 years ago, its rising sun may have ducked behind a cloud. In 2019, Google researchers claimed they had passed a milestone known as quantum supremacy when their quantum computer Sycamore performed in 200 seconds an abstruse calculation they said would tie up a supercomputer for 10,000 years. Now, scientists in China have done the computation in a few hours with ordinary processors. A supercomputer, they say, could… Source link

Google’s latest Pixel Buds earbuds have been given the “pro” treatment, with better sound, noise cancelling, multipoint Bluetooth and a comfier design aimed at rivalling Apple’s AirPods Pro but for Android users. The Pixel Buds Pro cost £179 ($199/A$299), sitting above the firm’s £100 Pixel Buds A-Series as Google’s new top model. They will work with any standard Bluetooth device, including PCs and iPhones, but have special features designed for Android. They are larger than the… Source link

A former Google engineer fired by the company after going public with concerns that its artificial intelligence chatbot is sentient isn’t concerned about convincing the public. He does, however, want others to know that the chatbot holds discriminatory views against those of some races and religions, he recently told Business Insider. “The kinds of problems these AI pose, the people building them are blind to them,” Blake Lemoine said in an interview published Sunday, blaming… Source link

Eight people were hospitalized after a carbon monoxide leak at a Manhattan office building that includes Google offices, officials said. FDNY responded to reports of elevated carbon monoxide readings on the upper floors of the commercial building at 85 10th Ave. in Chelsea around 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. Eight patients were transported to area hospitals in unknown conditions. At least five patients showed symptoms for carbon monoxide poisoning, sources said. Eight people… Source link

Google has a delightful new multiplayer Doodle that lets you play a game of pétanque online. If you haven’t heard of pétanque — I hadn’t before writing this article — it’s a game that’s kind of like bocce ball. The goal of pétanque is to throw your ball (the boule) as close as you can to a little ball (the cochonnet) on the playing field in front of you. On your computer, you’ll “throw” the ball by clicking on the boule and dragging back with your mouse to slingshot… Source link

Google is trying to cut down on annoying, unskippable ads in Android apps and overall bad behavior in the Play Store (via TechCrunch). The company announced wide-ranging policy changes on Wednesday that update rules across several categories to be more specific, clamping down on loopholes developers may have used to skirt existing rules. One of the changes that will impact your everyday phone usage the most is for ads. Google says its updated guidelines, which will go into effect on… Source link

If you look around Google’s Mountain View, CA offices, you’ll see Windows machines, Chromebooks, Macs — and gLinux desktops. G what, you ask? Well, in addition to  relying on Linux for its servers, Google has its very own Linux desktop distribution. You can’t get it — darn it! — but for more than a decade, Google has been baking and eating its own homemade Linux desktop distribution. The first version was Goobuntu. (As you’d guess from the name, it was… Source link

Google launched Carbon, an experimental language, last week, but industry skepticism clouds its future as a C++ replacement. C++ is a mainstay of enterprise development, but it has drawbacks, and some developers have argued that it needs a replacement. The reasons for this are many, including code that is difficult to learn and read, issues with safety mechanisms and lack of suitability for modern hardware architectures and environments, said Chandler Carruth, principal software engineer… Source link

The most serious threat to Google’s ad tech dynasty is regulation. Google has been at the center of countless antitrust lawsuits worldwide, with governing bodies slowly forcing more balance in the advertising marketplace. The recently introduced Competition and Transparency in Digital Advertising Act, for example, would compel Google to sell off its ad tech products. Without its ad tech business, Google would still be a formidable force in digital advertising. After all, most of its ad… Source link

Welcome to the weekend. This week was a deal drought relative to last week’s Prime Day-filled coverage, but there are still some cool, limited-time offers that are worth highlighting. For one, Google flipped on preorders for the Pixel 6A phone and the Pixel Buds Pro after a long wait since their announcement at Google I/O 2022. And for people who want the Pixel 6A, placing a preorder at Amazon or Best Buy will get you a complementary set of Pixel Buds A-Series wireless earbuds that… Source link