Tag: Google

July 17, 2023

In a previous article, I introduced Google’s PaLM 2 foundation model by building a simple application to generate a blog post. In this article, we will explore how to build a chatbot with the PaLM 2 API available on Google […]

June 14, 2023

Google continued its AI push on Wednesday, announcing several interesting features across various apps in its portfolio. Google Maps is one of the key Google apps that can benefit from smarter AI, and Google just announced three big feature additions. […]

June 6, 2023

In a promising partnership, Google and Priceline, an online travel agency, have joined forces to revolutionize how people plan their trips and find the perfect hotel accommodations. By integrating Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology into Priceline’s platform, Reuters tells us […]

June 5, 2023

Google and Bazel consulting firm Aspect announced version 1.0 of Bazel plugin rules_oci. Aimed to simplify secure container image creation using Bazel with special emphasis on Distroless images, the new plugin obsoletes rules_docker and improves it on a number of […]

June 5, 2023

Google and Bazel consulting firm Aspect announced version 1.0 of Bazel plugin rules_oci. Aimed to simplify secure container image creation using Bazel with special emphasis on Distroless images, the new plugin obsoletes rules_docker and improves it on a number of […]

May 25, 2023

Developers using Google’s TypeScript-based Angular web framework see room for improvement in server-side rendering, testing, debugging and profiling, initial load performance, and the component authoring format, according to the Angular Developer Survey 2022. Results of the survey, which tabulated responses […]

May 10, 2023

At its annual I/O conference Wednesday, Google said that it would be releasing a new generative AI engine, akin to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, for users of its cloud platform. Dubbed Duet AI for Google Cloud, the new engine is designed to […]

April 19, 2023

Look, I’ll be honest: When I first got my grubby gorilla paws on Google’s latest and great Android version — the hot-off-the-griddle first beta of this year’s Android 14 update — two terse words kept ringing in my head: That’s […]

April 17, 2023

Google has released an emergency Chrome security update to address a zero-day vulnerability targeted by an exploit, already in circulation on the internet, that can allow malicious code to be executed. Google is urging users to upgrade Chrome to the […]

April 17, 2023

Two months ago, Amazon didn’t make a single mention of AI on its earnings call (Google and Microsoft mentioned AI dozens of times each). This past week, by contrast, the company’s cloud division, Amazon Web Services (AWS), could talk about […]

April 13, 2023

It is also the first Android 14 version to be rolling out over-the-air, allowing just about anybody with a supported device to install it as a standard OTA update. Users wanting to test drive the new software can do so […]

April 12, 2023

Riddle me this, my fellow tech-contemplating primate: What exactly is ChromeOS? It’s a simple-seeming question that’s deceptively difficult to answer. If there’s been one near-constant with Google’s ChromeOS operating system since its launch nearly 12 years ago, it’s the platform’s […]

April 12, 2023

This week, Google launched a free API service that provides software developers with dependency data and security-related information on over 5 million software components across different programming languages. Today, the company also announced the general availability of its Assured Open […]

April 11, 2023

Google is challenging AllTrails with its latest updates to Google Maps. In a blog post, the company announced it is bringing a number of updates to Google Maps on both iOS and Android to make it easier for users to […]

April 5, 2023

Deleting your account and scrubbing your personal data from a mobile app is often frustrating at best and impossible at worst. Google wants to improve that. Bethel Otuteye, senior director of Android App Safety, explained in a blog post Wednesday […]

April 3, 2023

Unveiled back in 2020, Google’s Nearby Share provided a way for people to share files between different Android devices. Now, the company is enhancing the feature to include Windows in the mix. In a blog post published Monday, Google announced […]

March 7, 2023

After all these years, Google is still using dessert-themed codenames for new versions of Android. The tradition will continue through at least 2024, as a new codename was uncovered last week. In a recent tweet, freelance journalist Mishaal Rahman noted […]

March 3, 2023

Many users complained that their Calendar apps are crashing after installing the latest Windows 11 update. The Calendar app is important for users since it allows them to organize events, meetings, appointments, and other scheduled activities. This Microsoft application also […]

February 17, 2023

The Google Pixel Watch app gets its first-ever update for the year, thanks to its February 2023 update. The new update for Pixel Watch users brings bug fixes, which improves its overall performance. And besides these refinements, the February 2023 […]

February 14, 2023

Google has announced the first Android 14 beta, which provides support for over 300 OpenJDK 17 classes. Additionally, it implements a number of features aimed to keep malicious apps at bay and extends support for foldable form factors, battery usage […]