Tag Archives: Googles

Enlarge / Still images of AI-generated video examples provided by Google for its Lumiere video synthesis model. On Tuesday, Google announced Lumiere, an AI video generator that it calls “a space-time diffusion model for realistic video generation” in the accompanying preprint paper. But let’s not kid ourselves: It does a great job at creating videos of cute animals in ridiculous scenarios, such as using roller… Source link

On a recent episode of Ask Googlebot, Google Search Advocate John Mueller discussed a concern many small business owners have. Businesses often work on launching a new website while still running their old site. Mueller was asked if owners must delete the old site when the new one goes live. Here’s what he advises. Navigating The Transition From Old To New Websites Mueller stressed the need to remove or update the outdated website since leaving contradictory information online could… Source link

Alex Wong Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is a company that needs no introduction. Search engine juggernaut, owner of YouTube, Android, Gmail, Google Maps/Docs/Sheets/Slides/Meet/Drive, and countless other products that billions of people around the globe use on a daily basis, the company is as well known to investors as it is to consumers (the only difference being the average consumer probably can’t tell you how “Alphabet” is related to Google). Its business performance over the… Source link

Google announced the general availability of regionally-scoped security policies for Google Cloud Armor: Google’s premier DDoS defense and Web Application Firewall (WAF) solution. A Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDoS) attack is a malicious assault aimed to overwhelm a targeted server, network, or device with an excessive influx of traffic, rendering it unavailable to legitimate users. The sheer volume of traffic effectively chokes the target’s resources, causing it to crash or… Source link

“Thank you, our corporate overlords, for our new annual tradition.” If you had taken a peek last week at Memegen, Google’s irreverent internal meme board for employees, you’d have seen that quote with thousands of upvotes. Even during a particularly nasty week of tech layoffs, Google led the way by suddenly cutting over 1,000 people with barely any explanation. Since 12,000 people were axed a year ago, smaller layoffs have continued to roll through the sprawling conglomerate at a… Source link

Allegations that Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) were developed using stolen designs are being put to the test as a jury trial brought against the search giant by Singular Computing kicks off this week. Google is accused of infringing patents held by Singular and developed by computer scientist Joseph Bates, an academic turned startup founder. According to his LinkedIn profile, Bates held research and teaching positions at Cornell, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, and Johns Hopkins… Source link

Given how popular health-related New Year’s resolutions are, it makes sense to expect that a ton of good smartwatch deals will drop in January. This year is no exception, with retailers discounting everything from the Apple Watch Ultra 2 to more budget-friendly options like the Apple Watch SE and Fitbit Inspire 3. And now, a great Google Pixel Watch 2 deal has popped up that our Android readers will particularly appreciate. Right now, Google’s Pixel Watch 2 has returned to its all-time… Source link

SAN ANTONIO – 2024 is here and many people are working to be consistent with their New Year’s resolution. Google says the four biggest trends they’re seeing for New Year’s resolutions this year include searches on health, saving money, travel and sustainability. “We look at aggregate, anonymized data across searches worldwide and in the United States so we can see what’s top of mind for folks, that percent increase of searches year over year,” said Sarah Armstrong, a Google… Source link

The countdown to a (third-party) cookieless Chrome has started. Google is disabling third-party cookies for 1% of its Chrome users worldwide, which will affect 32 million of its 3.22 billion international users of the browser. It’s a small step for Google, but a giant leap into the unknown for digital advertising. Finally, Google is pulling the trigger on the phase-out of cookies.  This process has been dragging on for too long and it is finally time to start. The sampled approach… Source link

When you’re in the middle of a task, there’s nothing more frustrating than suddenly losing your internet connection — take it from somebody who lost their Wi-Fi signal while writing this very sentence. Thankfully, Google’s Nest Wifi Pro is currently on sale in select colors at Amazon and Best Buy, where a single unit is going for an all-time low of $139.99 ($60 off). Other shades are on sale for $20 more, or you can pick up a set of two or three for around $239.99 ($60 off) and… Source link