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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google cut contract workers out of retaliation for unionising plans — Report

    Google cut contract workers out of retaliation for unionising plans — Report Alphabet Inc. illegally ended contract employment for a majority of Google Help workers as they were trying to unionise, organisers alleged in a complaint to the US labour board. The Alphabet Workers Union accused the...
  3. Jan

    YouTube testing AI-generated summaries on some English videos

    YouTube testing AI-generated video summaries YouTube has started testing AI-generated summaries for videos to provide a "quick overview" of their content to help users determine if it's worth watching. However, it emphasises that video summaries don't replace video descriptions, which content...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    Meta backtracks on free use of Llama for cloud services

    Meta backtracks on free use of Llama for cloud services Meta Platforms Inc. plans to make money from the major cloud-computing companies when they resell its artificial intelligence large language model, Llama 2. “If you’re someone like Microsoft, Amazon or Google, and you’re going to...
  5. Jan

    YouTube experimenting with allowing viewers to turn comments into Shorts

    YouTube tests letting users turn comments into Shorts Google has announced that it is testing a YouTube feature that lets Shorts viewers turn comments into a short-form video. The tech giant is currently running the experiment with a small percentage of YouTube users on Android and iOS around...
  6. Hanno Labuschagne

    OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google will pledge to implement AI safeguards

    OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google will pledge to implement AI safeguards Leading US artificial intelligence companies are set to publicly commit Friday to safeguards for the technology at the White House’s request, according to people familiar with the plans. Companies including Microsoft Corp...
  7. Jan

    Google Bard gets text-to-specch

    Google Bard AI can now talk Google's latest round of updates for its Bard artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot has added the ability to respond with spoken words instead of just text. It also expanded Bard's linguistic knowledge while adding more response controls, and Bard can now provide...
  8. Hanno Labuschagne

    Elon Musk officially launches AI company to "understand the true nature of the universe"

    Elon Musk officially launches AI company to "understand the true nature of the universe" Elon Musk, who has hinted for months that he wants to build an alternative to the popular ChatGPT artificial intelligence chatbot, announced the formation of what he’s calling xAI, a company with a mission...
  9. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google loses last of 8 key AI researchers that wrote groundbreaking paper

    Google loses last of 8 key AI researchers that wrote groundbreaking paper An artificial intelligence researcher who co-authored one of Google’s most influential papers in the field is leaving the company to launch a startup. Llion Jones, who helped write the pioneering AI paper “Attention Is...
  10. Jan

    Fairphone 3 extends guaranteed Android software support to 7 years

    This Android smartphone is getting 7 years of updates Fairphone has extended Android update support for the Fairphone 3 series to seven years, offering the longest OS support on any phone. The announcement came as part of the company's rollout of Android 13 on the Fairphone 3 and Fairphone 3+.
  11. Hanno Labuschagne

    No more Canadian news on Google Search in Canada

    No more Canadian news on Google Search in Canada Alphabet Inc. said it will remove links to news from Canadian publishers on its Google search engine after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government passed a law requiring digital platforms to pay local news outlets. The Online News Act...
  12. Jan

    YouTube testing ad-blockers blocking

    YouTube tests blocking people who use ad-blockers YouTube could block viewers with ad blockers enabled from watching videos on the platform, and the change is currently in testing. The Google-owned company confirmed to The Verge that it is currently testing a feature that will prompt viewers...
  13. Hanno Labuschagne

    Job cuts at Waze

    Job cuts at Waze Alphabet Inc.’s Google has cut jobs at mapping service Waze, the tech giant’s latest move to trim its operations amid a drive for efficiency in Silicon Valley. Some positions focused on advertising at Waze were eliminated after the unit began transitioning to using Google’s...
  14. Jan

    Google announces image-to-text converter for PDFs on ChromeOS

    Google adding PDF image-to-text converter to ChromeOS Google is working on an image-to-text converter in its Chrome browser for ChromeOS users that will let the browser's screen reader convert images to text for PDFs and read the text aloud. The new feature will use optical character...
  15. Jan

    YouTube tests AI-powered dubbing

    YouTube adding AI-powered dubbing for creators YouTube plans to make it easier for creators to dub their videos into other languages with artificial intelligence (AI), The Verge reports. The company announced it would enlist the team from Aloud — an AI-powered dubbing service out of Google's...
  16. Hanno Labuschagne

    Twitter resumes payments to Google Cloud following discussions

    Twitter resumes payments to Google Cloud following discussions Twitter has resumed paying Google Cloud for its services, patching up a relationship that became strained after Elon Musk acquired the social network and stopped paying Google and various other companies. Twitter’s new chief...
  17. 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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  18. Jan

    Chrome broken for some antivirus users after Windows 11 update

    Windows 11 update breaks Chrome for some antivirus users Microsoft's latest Windows 11 cumulative update breaks the Google Chrome browser on systems protected by a range of software, including Cisco, WatchGuard EDR, and Malwarebytes. According to Bleeping Computer, Windows admins and users...
  19. Hanno Labuschagne

    Google Shopping adds generative AI

    Google Shopping adds generative AI Google is bringing generative AI technology to shopping, aiming to get a jump on e-commerce sites like Amazon.com Inc. The Alphabet Inc.-owned company announced features Wednesday aimed at helping people understand how apparel will fit on them, no matter...
  20. Jan

    Statcounter South African operating system market share - May 2023

    Most popular operating systems in South Africa Android and Windows are the most popular operating systems (OS) in South Africa, and they have been for some time, according to data from Statcounter GlobalStats. Google's mobile OS held 67.56% of the South African market as of May 2023, while...
    • Jan
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    Chromecasts suddenly stopped working

    I have 2x Google Chromecast 3rd Gen that I purchased from Takealot about 2 years ago (parrelel imports). We use them at my office to cast onto our TV screens for presentations. The first one suddenly stopped connecting to my WiFi last week, and today, the second one has done the same. I have...
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