WASHINGTON: Two tech giants – Alphabet/Google and X (formerly Twitter) – are at the centre of election interference charges in the US, drawing their leaders Sundar Pichai and Elon Musk into what is already an ugly and rancorous fight between Democrats and Republicans. While Musk has openly thrown his support behind Trump Republicans, the India-born…
Google DeepMind researchers have developed an AI-powered model, called video-to-audio (V2A), that can generate audio and dialogues for videos. This development is a significant step towards creating fully audiovisual experiences using AI. How Google’s V2A AI model works The video-to-audio (V2A) AI tech can work well with videos that are generated by AI models, such…
Japan passed a law that will prevent Apple and Google from restricting developers from selling apps on their respective app stores (App Store and Google Play Store), offering users more choices and potentially increasing competition. The Japan Fair Trade Commission (JFTC), which stated that the law has been approved by the National Diet after submission…
Apple, once again, has become the world’s most valuable company, surpassing Microsoft as the competition for the top spot intensifies in the tech industry. The development follows the iPhone maker’s announcement of AI features during its annual developer event, Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), earlier this week.Apple’s market capitalisation reached $3.3 trillion by mid-morning on Wednesday…
Apple has set another record in brand value, becoming the world’s first brand to cross $1 trillion in brand value, a report has said, adding that the iPhone-maker retained the top spot in the list of the world’s most valuable brands of 2024 for the third consecutive year.According to the Kantar BrandZ Most Valuable Global…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai, who is an avid cricket fan, is thrilled about the 2024 ICC T20 Men’s Cricket World Cup. In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Pichai said that he is excited ‘to see my favorite sport growing globally.’ In the post, he also wished good luck to all the teams participating in…
Several Google services across the world appear to be down. Users have reported facing issues while accessing Google Services including Google Search, Google Maps, YouTube, Google News, Gmail and more. Google services may be down globallyAccording to DownDetector, the crowd-sourced outage detection platform, users are facing issues with a host of Google services including Gmail,…
Google CEO Sundar Pichai believes that real success comes from ‘understanding things in a deeper way’. In an interview with Varun Mayya, founder of Aeos company, Pichai used the iconic motor scene from bollywood actor Aamir Khan’s iconic movie 3 Idiots as a reference to explain his answer.When asked about how to break free from…
Google’s annual developer conference, Google I/O, kicked off today with a keynote address by CEO Sundar Pichai. As expected, AI was a prominent theme, with Pichai highlighting significant advancements in Google’s Gemini AI models and the company’s growing prowess in the field. Here’s a deeper dive into some of the key numbers Pichai shared:Gemini 1.5…
Google is rolling out a major update to its two-factor authentication (2FA) process. It is adding a new method to enable 2FA setup by using ‘second step methods’ such as Google Authenticator, or a hardware security key. At present, users have to provide their phone number before being able to add an authenticator app.In a…
