AI Deals Between Microsoft and OpenAI, Google and Samsung, Under EU Scanner

AI Deals Between Microsoft and OpenAI, Google and Samsung, Under EU Scanner

Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI could face an EU antitrust investigation as regulators singled out their exclusivity clauses while Google’s artificial intelligence deal with Samsung also triggered scrutiny. EU antitrust regulators will seek additional third-party views, EU competition chief Margrethe Vestager said on Friday. The moves underscore the unease among regulators…

Google Translate Adds Support for 110 New Languages With the Assistance of AI

Google Translate Adds Support for 110 New Languages With the Assistance of AI

Google Translate received a big upgrade on Thursday and will now support an additional 110 languages. The new languages were added with the assistance of artificial intelligence (AI). The tech giant used its in-house PaLM 2 large language model (LLM), and it was particularly effective in learning those languages that…

Google Reportedly Developing New Overheating Measure for Pixel Smartphones

Google Reportedly Developing New Overheating Measure for Pixel Smartphones

Google is developing a new measure that tackles the problem of overheating in its Pixel smartphones, according to a report. The feature, named “Adaptive Thermal”, was reportedly spotted during an APK teardown of the smartphone’s Device Health Services app. While smartphones today come with in-built temperature safety measures, this new feature…

Google Chrome for Android Gets a ‘Listen to This Page’ Text-to-Speech Feature: How to Use

Google Chrome for Android Gets a ‘Listen to This Page’ Text-to-Speech Feature: How to Use

Google Chrome for Android is getting a new feature dubbed Listen to this Page, which will let the browser read any text-heavy webpage aloud. The text-to-speech (TTS) feature is being integrated into the Android app, and users will be able to access it from the three-dotted menu icon. The feature…

YouTube Reportedly Testing New Method to Disrupt Ad Blockers Amid Ongoing Crackdown

YouTube Reportedly Testing New Method to Disrupt Ad Blockers Amid Ongoing Crackdown

YouTube is reportedly developing another way to crack down on third-party ad blockers, as the video streaming platform looks to increase revenue from users who don’t have a YouTube Premium subscription. It is speculated that this change may combine the video and ad streams, preventing popular browser plugins from blocking…

Google Pixel 8 Price in India Dropped on Flipkart; Pricing Now Starts at Rs. 61,999

Google Pixel 8 Price in India Dropped on Flipkart; Pricing Now Starts at Rs. 61,999

Google Pixel 8 was launched in October last year alongside the Pixel 8 Pro. Less than a year after its debut, the price of the flagship smartphone has been slashed in India. The e-commerce website is providing additional discounts for purchases made through select bank cards and EMI transactions. The…

Google Messages Reportedly Developing a Quicker Way to Have Conversations With Gemini: Report

Google Messages Reportedly Developing a Quicker Way to Have Conversations With Gemini: Report

Google Messages may reportedly introduce a quicker way for you to have conversations with Gemini – the company’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot. While a similar functionality currently exists in the messaging app, it takes quite a few actions before you can start conversing. This development was reportedly found in a…

Google Pixel 9, Pixel Fold 2 Alleged Case Renders Hint at Design; Suggest Pixel 9 Pro XL Variant

Google Pixel 9, Pixel Fold 2 Alleged Case Renders Hint at Design; Suggest Pixel 9 Pro XL Variant

Google Pixel 9 family is expected to go official in October. We are still months away from the anticipated launch timeline, but phone case manufacturers seem to have started keeping their products ready for the next flagships. Most recently, alleged case renders for the Pixel 9 and Pixel Fold 2…

Apple Planning AI Integrations With Google Gemini and Other AI Models in the Future: Report

Apple Planning AI Integrations With Google Gemini and Other AI Models in the Future: Report

Apple surprised many when it announced the integration of OpenAI’s artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT across its upcoming operating systems during the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2024 keynote session. This is the first time the tech giant has given a third-party systemwide access to its platform. However, this is just…