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  1. Jan

    Galaxy Z Fold 4 and Google Pixel Fold comparison

    Galaxy Z Fold 4 vs Google Pixel Fold — big screen foldable showdown Google unveiled its first foldable smartphone — the Pixel Fold — on 10 May 2023, and its specs and features could provide stiff competition for Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold4. MyBroadband compared the two foldable smartphones'...
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    Nvidia briefly joins trillion-dollar club

    Nvidia briefly joins trillion-dollar club Nvidia Corp.’s market valuation fleetingly crossed the $1 trillion threshold on Tuesday after the chipmaker’s artificial intelligence prospects vaulted it into an elite club of just five American companies. The stock rose as much as 7.7% early in the...
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  4. Jan

    Google walks back plan to delete YouTube videos linked to inactive accounts

    Google's inactive account purge won't include old YouTube videos Google will not delete old YouTube videos or Google accounts with content uploaded to YouTube as part of its account purging plan announced on Tuesday. The Internet giant detailed a new policy that will see it start deleting...
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    Sergey Brin gifted $600 million in Google shares to mystery party

    Sergey Brin gifted $600 million in Google shares to mystery party Google co-founder Sergey Brin gifted Alphabet Inc. shares worth roughly $600 million (R11.4 billion) on Thursday during a week that saw his wealth grow by the most in over two years. The gift, disclosed in a filing Monday...
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    Google and Alphabet AI teams consolidated to better take on OpenAI's ChatGPT

    Google and Alphabet AI teams consolidated to better take on OpenAI's ChatGPT Alphabet Inc.’s Google has consolidated its artificial intelligence research groups into one unit, the company’s latest move to keep from falling behind in the AI race. The change folds the Brain team from Google...
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    Google CEO warns AI race could harm humanity

    Google CEO warns AI race could harm humanity Alphabet Inc. and Google chief executive officer Sundar Pichai said in an interview broadcast Sunday that the push to adopt artificial intelligence technology must be well-regulated to avoid potential harmful effects. Asked in a 60 Minutes interview...
  8. Jan

    Google Chat gets major design changes

    Google rolling out major design changes in Chat Alphabet Inc. is rolling out a revamped user interface for Google Chat, bringing the messaging platform more in line with its other apps like Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, and Gmail. The update is based on Google’s Material Design 3, which includes...
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    Google flouted court order to preserve employee chats

    Google flouted court order to preserve employee chats Alphabet Inc.’s Google flouted a court order requiring it to save records of employee chats in antitrust litigation over its Google Play app store policies, a federal judge concluded. Google gave almost 360 employees “carte blanche” not to...
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    Alphabet and Microsoft had best share price surges in years

    Alphabet and Microsoft had best share price surges in years A miserable week for US banks has been a boon for the shares of the nation’s biggest technology companies as traders flock toward their cash-rich balance sheets amid concerns about contagion in the financial sector. More than $560...
  11. Jan

    Google launches generative AI across apps and development tools

    Google launches ChatGPT-like tools in Gmail and Google Docs Google is rolling out various generative AI features and capabilities in its software development, research, cloud, and Workspace apps. The big integration of AI into the company's products was announced in a blog post by Google Cloud...
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  12. Jan

    Seacom launches on Equiano

    Seacom buys bandwidth on Google's massive undersea cable Seacom has launched services on the Google-owned Equiano undersea cable, promising private lines with latencies of 110 milliseconds between South Africa and Europe. The company says this is the fastest direct route between the continents.
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  13. Jan

    Search query answers generated by language models will cost Google and Microsoft

    The massive cost of AI-powered search engines The AI-powered language models Google and Microsoft are incorporating into their search engines will come at a massive cost to the companies, as the technology requires much more computing resources per query than traditional search engines, Ars...
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  14. Jan

    Google launches first Android 14 preview

    First Android 14 preview launched Google has rolled out the first Android 14 Preview for developers, allowing them to test their apps on its upcoming mobile operating system (OS). The first preview is an early baseline build focused on developer feedback, with new features, APIs, and behaviour...
  15. Jan

    Alphabet falls most in three months on Bard accuracy concerns

    Google nosedives after ChatGPT rival spits back inaccurate information Google owner Alphabet Inc. fell by the most in more than three months after a demonstration of its new artificial intelligence chatbot, Bard, sparked concerns that the tech giant has lost ground in the race for the future of...
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  16. Jan

    WIOCC lands 2Africa at Amanzimtoti

    World's longest undersea fibre cable lands in Amanzimtoti The West Indian Ocean Cable Company (WIOCC) expects to land the Facebook-backed, 45,000km-long 2Africa undersea fibre cable at Amanzimtoti near Durban on Monday, according to reports. This comes after successful landings at Yzerfontein...
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    Google investing $400 million in OpenAI rival Anthropic

    Google investing $400 million in OpenAI rival Anthropic Alphabet Inc.’s Google has invested almost $400 million (R6.99 billion) in artificial intelligence startup Anthropic, which is testing a rival to OpenAI’s ChatGPT, according to a person familiar with the deal. Google and Anthropic...
  18. Jan

    Most popular desktop and mobile operating systems in South Africa - December 2018-2022

    Most popular operating systems in South Africa Android and Windows continue to dominate the South African operating system (OS) market for mobile and desktop devices, with usage shares of 82.13% and 62.46%, respectively. However, according to Statcounter GlobalStats data, their usage share...
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  19. Jan

    Google to block side-loading older apps in Android 14

    Android 14 will block sideloading old apps Google's next mobile operating system (OS), Android 14, will block the side-loading of apps targeting older versions of the software to prevent the spread of malware, 9to5Google reports. The company recently updated the guidelines for the Google Play...
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    Google retrenching 12,000 staff

    Google retrenching 12,000 staff Google parent Alphabet Inc. said it will cut about 12,000 jobs, more than 6% of its global workforce, becoming the latest tech giant to retrench after years of abundant growth and hiring. The cuts will affect jobs globally and across the entire company, chief...
  21. Jan

    Google developing location tracking tags to rival AirTags and SmartTags

    Google working on AirTag rival Google is developing its own location-tracking device to rival Apple's AirTags and Samsung's Galaxy SmartTags, according to a Twitter user known for sharing early details about the company's Pixel devices. Polish leaker Kuba Wojciechowski first discovered...
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