3 Top Engineers were from DeepMind
Google’s AI arm OpenAI has said it has hired three senior computer vision and machine learning engineers from rival Google DeepMind, all of whom will work in its newly opened office in Zurich, Switzerland. Lucas Beyer, Alexander Kolesnikov and Xiaohua Zhai will be joining the company to work on multimodal artificial intelligence models capable of performing tasks in different mediums.
The DOJ says that it must open up its search monopoly if it is to sell Chrome
Google has been asked by Justice Department to either divest from Android phones or have the court supervise its Android division to monitor any possible instances of Google using Android to kneecap rivals. In August, Justice Department ruled that Google had acted as an illegal monopoly in its search engine and had to be brought to justice.
What a second Trump presidency means for tech
After US President-elect Donald Trump took to social media to congratulate him for winning the election, Google’s Sundar Pichai wrote on Twitter, “Thank you for the confidence in me and in the future of Google.” Amazon’s Andy Jassy said, “I’m looking forward to working with him as the FTC chair.” Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg tweeted, “Excited to be working with Trump for a second term.”
A deal was signed by the search engine for next- generation nuclear plants
Amazon is teaming up with US-based energy company Energy Northwest to develop a system for deploying next-generation nuclear power plants in the US. The deal will allow Amazon to procure electricity generated from Energy Northwest’s nuclear plants, the companies said. This comes after Google announced it will use next-generation nuclear power plants to run its data centres.
Now, after suing both Google and Samsung, it’s Epic’s turn
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney said Google’s third-party app store Auto Blocker isn’t designed to protect users against malware. “It’s designed to prevent competition,” he added. Epic has filed a lawsuit against Google and its partners, accusing them of obstruction of competition in the digital space. The lawsuit further claims that Google’s third-party app store is “an exceptionally onerous 21-step process”.
The US Senate is against big tech interfering with the election
Google, Apple, and Meta executives, including its Global Affairs head Kent Walker, testified before the US Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday about their ongoing efforts to identify and disrupt foreign influence campaigns ahead of the country’s November elections. Warner said, “We are less safe today because many of those independent academic reviewers have been litigated, bullied or chased out of the marketplace.”
The third time was the charm for the reviewers of the watch
Google’s Pixel Watch 3 was reviewed by The Verge, which called it a “very good smartwatch”. “The watch is designed to be worn in the pocket so that it can be worn with its face closed, or you can wear it as an armband,” The Verge said. It said the Pixel Watch 3 got better battery life than the first two watches.
The next antitrust trial could be a factor in making online ads less annoying
During its trial against Google in the US, the government claimed that publishers are pushed to put more advertising on their websites, “to put more content behind costly paywalls, or to cease business altogether”. It further said publishers were pressured to put more ads on their websites to put more content behind costly paywalls or to cease business altogether.
The foldable is called the Pixel 9 Pro Fold
Google’s Pixel 9 Pro and Pixel 9 Fold are one of the lightest booklike folding phones on the market, with a 2.54mm thickness than the Pixel 9 Pro, making it easier to use when it is folded up, TechCrunch reported. The Pixel 9 Pro Fold is now 60 grams heavier as compared to the Pixel 9 Pro, it added.
We use the ReImagine tool to change wrecks, disasters, and corpses into our photos
Google’s Pixel 9 Magic Editor, which is part of Pixel Studio, was unable to generate images with the artificial intelligence-backed SynthID watermark, as per reports. Google had announced the creation of the SynthID watermark last year, however, it has been stuck in the usual standards. The Pixel 9 Magic Editor took less than 10 seconds to create each image, reports added.