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Google has begun offering select employees the option to leave the company through a voluntary exit programme, as the tech industry continues to grapple with job cuts and restructuring. According to an internal communication sent on Tuesday, the company has extended voluntary exit packages (VEP) to certain teams within its Global Business Organisation (GBO). Chief […]
Adani Enterprises, through its joint venture company AdaniConneX, and Google today announced a landmark partnership to develop India’s largest AI data centre campus and new green energy infrastructure in Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh. Partnership includes next-generation data centre campus development and green energy infrastructure to power India’s AI-driven future Google’s AI hub in Visakhapatnam is a […]
Google DeepMind’s latest image editing model, called “Nano Banana”, is now live inside the Gemini app, giving users unprecedented control over creative photo transformations. From turning pets into 3D figurines to redesigning houses into tropical villas, the new Gemini AI photo editor is trending across social media. The update allows users to keep people or […]
Bollywood actor Neil Nitin Mukesh on Monday spoke about an incident at the New York airport where he was detained and questioned about his nationality. In an interview with a media outlet, the actor revealed that immigration officers refused to believe he was Indian, despite holding an Indian passport. “When I was doing the film, […]
Google has announced the appointment of Preeti Lobana as its new Country Manager and Vice President for India. Lobana succeeds interim head Roma Datta Chobey and takes over from Sanjay Gupta, who was elevated earlier this year to the position of President for the Asia-Pacific region. Lobana has been with Google for eight years, most […]
Four months after his wife disappeared, a 37-year-old Indian-origin man has been charged with murder in the United States. Court documents show that months before his wife, Mamta Kafle Bhatt, vanished, Naresh Bhatt searched on Google for “How long does it take to get married after spouse dies?” According to Prince William County court documents, […]
A 29-year-old university student has described a troubling encounter with Google’s AI chatbot, Gemini, claiming it left him “thoroughly freaked out”. The student, Vidhay Reddy, said the chatbot not only verbally abused him but also urged him to end his life. The incident has prompted a response from Google, which dismissed the chatbot’s output as […]
Google and Adani Group announced a clean energy collaboration, helping advance companies’ collective sustainability goals and add more clean energy to Indian grid. “Through this partnership Adani will supply clean energy from a new solar-wind hybrid project located in the world’s largest renewable energy plant at Khavda, Gujarat. This new project is expected to start […]
Google Doodle on Thursday highlights the accordion, a musical instrument distinguished by its cheerful sound and characteristic bellows. The anniversary of the accordion’s 1829 patent is celebrated with this delightful animated Doodle. The word “accordion” is derived from the German word “akkord,” which means “chord,” and refers to the ability of the instrument to make […]
As Google’s annual developers’ conference started in Mountain View, California, AI (artificial intelligence) is hogging the limelight as a strategy proposition to boost its popular products. Alphabet’s Chief Executive Officer Sundar Pichai said the company is still innovating at breakneck speed by putting AI at the forefront of nearly every service and product it ships. […]
American author K. Renee found herself locked out of her Google Drive account on March 24, 2024, losing access to over 222,000 words of her works in progress. Known for her romance novels, Renee primarily uses Google Docs for her writing. However, her creative process was abruptly interrupted when Google Drive denied her access without […]
The Google Doodle on Saturday honoured Hamida Banu, a pioneering Indian woman wrestler who fought all odds to enter the male-dominated world of wrestling in the 1940s and 1950s. The doodle is paying tribute to her achievements. Hamida Banu is popularly known as India’s first professional female wrestler and her journey to prominence was remarkable. […]
Google on Friday, April 19, 2024, marked the beginning of the first phase of the general elections in India with a doodle that featured an inked finger. When clicked it led the users to top stories on the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls. The Google doodle comes on the day the world’s largest […]
The Gujarat High Court on Tuesday intervened in the case of a 24-year-old engineer who was locked out of his Google account. The account was flagged for “explicit content” after the engineer uploaded a childhood photo of himself being bathed by his grandmother. Justice VD Nanavati issued an order restraining Google from deleting the engineer’s […]
Uploading a nude childhood photo on Google Drive cost a man access to his email account for nearly a year and forced him to knock on the doors of the Gujarat High Court. The high court has issued a notice to Google India Pvt Limited for blocking the email account of the petitioner for “explicit […]
Google co-founder Sergey Brin has admitted to errors in the image generation aspect of the company’s AI model Gemini. He has said that Gemini is a “work in progress”. “We definitely messed up on the image generation. I think it was mostly due to just not thorough testing. It definitely, for good reasons, upset a […]
Google claims that Gemini is its largest, most capable and flexible AI model to date. But Gemini has stirred up a controversy by refusing to answer a question reasonably. When asked who is worse – Elon Musk for posting memes or Adolf Hitler (for ordering the deaths of millions of people), it replied: “It is […]
The issue arose when a user asked Gemini if PM Modi is a ‘fascist’. Gemini responded by stating that Modi has been accused of implementing policies characterized as fascist by some experts, citing factors like the BJP’s ideology and actions against dissent. However, when asked the same question about former US President Donald Trump, Gemini […]
It’s all about the chemistry. There’s no stronger bond than love, especially when the chemistry is just right. To prove it right, Google marked the day of love in a scientific way. To mark the Valentine’s Day in a different way, the internet giant shared an interactive doodle with a “scientific twist” to explain the […]
Google has announced that it is discontinuing the ‘cached’ web page feature, which was meant to help users access pages when loading was slow. The company said that the feature is no longer needed, as loading speeds have improved significantly. The feature allowed users to see a webpage as Google indexed it, which was useful […]
