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Google no longer plans to keep Pixel devices that came to it for repair with "unauthorized parts"

Google's policy regarding the repair of Pixel devices was criticized when it was noticed that the company would not return the device to the owner if "unauthorized parts" were used in it. Now the company promises to remove this restriction from its r...

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The leaked Nintendo game was made by a Google contractor with YouTube admin privileges - just shared with a friend

Contractor Google used administrator rights to access private information on the Nintendo YouTube account. According to a copy of Google's internal database, leaked several years ago, in 2017, images of the trailer for the then unnamed and unannounce...

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Google suddenly increased the price of Gemini 1.5 Flash by 98% and claimed the previous one was a "typo"

Google quietly doubled the prices for using the API of their new Gemini 1.5 Flash model. Previously, a million tokens output costed 53 cents, but now it costs 1.05 dollars. Google raised the price of Gemini 1.5 Flash output by 98% without telling an...

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2,500 pages of Google search documents hit the web - data contradicts public statements

A leak of 2500 pages of internal Google documents reveals search algorithms. The authors of the leak believe that Google was not entirely honest when talking about it for many years. Rand Fishkin from SparkToro, who has been working in SEO for over t...

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YouTube immediately rewinds the video to the very end if the user has an ad blocker activated

It seems that YouTube continues to encourage users to disable ad blockers. The new restriction is quite strict - it does not allow users to watch videos at all if they have an ad blocker activated for YouTube. This week, many have noticed that YouTu...

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Pokemon, you're in for a treat: Google AI Overview search considers LGBT+ Pokemon characters

Recently released Google AI Overview search add-on leads to incredible discoveries of new data about many things, particularly about characters from the Pokemon universe. Some of them are now considered representatives of the LGBT+ community by artif...

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Google is building an internet cable that will traverse Africa and connect it to Australia

Google is building the first underwater fiber optic cable that will directly connect Africa to Australia, helping to strengthen access to the Internet in one of the least connected parts of the world. The cable, named Umoja, follows Google Equiano, w...

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'Will be housed on a military base': former Google CEO Eric Schmidt envisions government control of artificial intelligence

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt believes that extremely powerful artificial intelligence systems in the future will be strictly protected by governments. He talked about this in an interview with Noema. "I suspect that ultimately both in the US and in...

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Google's password manager will get Family Link's sharing feature

It is worth noting that Family Link will allow you to share your password only with people in your family group, not with anyone who has a Google account. The shared access tool for Google Password Manager will be available as part of the Google Play...

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Veo is Google's new neural network that creates "high quality" 1080p videos over 60 seconds long

Google's response to Sora from OpenAI did not take long to arrive - the company introduced the AI generator Veo, capable of creating high-quality videos. Google claims that Veo has a "perfect understanding of natural language and visual semantics", w...

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Google has added Minecraft "passphrases" to Search for the game's 15th anniversary - Steve will crash everything around him

Minecraft, one of the best-selling games of all time, celebrates its 15th anniversary. The countdown starts from May 17, 2009, when the "Cave Game" was released - the first iteration of what would soon become Minecraft. To celebrate, Google has adde...

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Android 14 for TV is "faster", gets picture-in-picture mode and new power-saving modes

Android TV and Google TV devices are among the most popular ways to bring smart functions and streaming services to a regular TV. This platform usually develops slower than Android for smartphones. However, Google has not forgotten about it and at th...

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Google Gemini advised to 'light up' photofilm in smart search demo

During the Google I/O 2024 presentation, in addition to new artificial intelligence technologies, the software giant inadvertently demonstrated the main drawback of modern AI - errors, incorrect, and harmful advice. The Google presentation "Search in...

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Project Gameface ─ cursor control using facial and head movements ─ now available for Android apps

Google has announced that the code for Project Gameface is now available to Android developers. Project Gameface is positioned as a gaming mouse that allows people to control the cursor using head movements and facial gestures. This is an open-source...

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Gemini will be integrated with Calendar, Tasks and Keep, and mobile Gmail will get 3 new artificial intelligence features

During the Google I/O conference, the company announced the further transformation of its chatbot Gemini into a digital assistant specializing in daily tasks. One of the new ways to do this is the integration of Gemini with Google Calendar, Tasks, an...

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