Canadian print media will receive most of an annual payment from Google to the country’s news outlets AFP Canada’s print media will receive nearly two-thirds of an annual Can$100 million (US$75 million) payment from Google to the country’s news outlets in exchange for distribution of their content, the federal government announced Friday. At the end … Read more
A GOOGLE leak has revealed a major Android upgrade that could prove to be a serious rival for Apple’s Siri. The US tech firm has unveiled Gemini, its newest LLM (large language model) to take on AI tasks. 2 A high tec AI assistant called Pixie could be coming to Google phones (stock image) A … Read more
BUILT FOR ART: For the first time, Creator Labs, the arts incubator that nurtures artists with their personal work, will feature talents who are based outside of the U.S. Among the new participants are Campbell Addy, Gabriel Moses, Justin French and Furmaan Ahmed — all of whom are U.K.-based. Now in its eighth season, the program was … Read more
Google Cloud’s partners in retail, fashion, beauty and other segments are getting an artificial intelligence tool with the debut of Gemini Pro for enterprise, the tech giant revealed on Wednesday. The release builds on last week’s introduction of Gemini, Google’s next-generation generative AI models. The current iteration allows partners to develop an array of applications, … Read more
Google has announced the winners of Google Play’s Best of 2023 in India. These yearly awards recognise the best apps and games available on the platform. The awards included multiple apps and games that were customised for the Indian market. The announcement noted the strong rise of gaming in India with “more gamers from diverse … Read more
A team at Google has put forward an exciting plan for consideration by the search giant. The plan involves using artificial intelligence (AI) to give users a “bird’s-eye” view of their lives. The proposed technology will use mobile phone data such as photos and Google searches. The program is codenamed “Project Ellmann” after biographer and … Read more
Much to the chagrin of OpenAI and other AI companies, the European Union is implementing stricter oversight for AI developers. Negotiators from The EU recently struck a landmark deal on the world’s first comprehensive artificial intelligence (AI) rules. The newly agreed draft of the EU’s upcoming AI Act will require OpenAI, the company behind popular … Read more
ANDROID phone owners will soon be able to hide private apps so no-one even knows they’re there. It could prove particularly useful if you have a dating app you don’t want family to know about or an embarrassing game. 1 Even notifications won’t popupCredit: Getty Google – which runs Android – is reportedly working on … Read more
The logo of Google Play is seen on a screen. Alexander Pohl | NurPhoto | Getty Images A federal jury decided on Monday that Google’s app store has benefited from anticompetitive behavior, but it could take a long time before the company faces any potential changes to the Google Play store, and those changes are … Read more
Short video app TikTok has become the first entertainment mobile app that is not a video game to rake in more than US$10 billion in global user spending, according to a new report, as its Beijing-headquartered parent ByteDance continues to see strong revenue growth despite political headwinds. The app known for seconds-long viral content is … Read more
