Google announced on Wednesday (April 10) that any mobile phone that runs the Android 7 operating system (OS) or higher can be used as a security device. According to The Verge, citing Google, with the Android 7 OS, the phone can be used for two-factor...
Google announced that it’s adding to its Drive platform with new workflow integration services from DocuSign, K2 and Nintex, according to reports. “As more and more companies migrate their content to the cloud, it’s critical that they reimagine their workflows to follow similar principles: to...
As Google pursues deals for cloud computing, the tech company formed a council to handle artificial intelligence (AI) challenges. The council is facing the departure of a behavioral economist, and a staff petition to remove another member, Bloomberg reported. Behavioral economist and privacy researcher Alessandro...
Google CEO Sundar Pichai met with President Donald Trump on Wednesday (March 27) to discuss the tech company’s dealings with the U.S. government. “I just met with Sundar Pichai, president of Google, who is obviously doing quite well,” Trump tweeted after the meeting. “He stated...
Google has added an option to search for vacation rentals in its Hotel Search user interface, and has also reconfigured and updated the UI so it is more intuitive and easier to use, according to reports. Google users who search for hotels will now have...
If at first one doesn’t succeed … Google is reportedly back in the robotics game, according to a The New York Times report. It said the company “has quietly been retooling an ambitious, but troubled, robotics program that was once led by an executive who left the...
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is giving rise to more questions about its ethical use. Now, Google’s parent company, Alphabet, is creating what Reuters called “a global advisory council to consider ethical issues around artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.” The group includes AI...
Google has launched its cloud gaming platform, a service called Stadia, with the introduction coming as payments is commanding a bigger role in online and mobile games. Boasting that “the future of gaming is not a box,” Google said players using the Stadia cloud-based streaming...
While Google is making ad changes to appease European Union regulators, it isn’t enough to help its rivals, according to Yelp. Two years ago, the European Commission fined Google a whopping $2.7 billion for violating antitrust rules by using its search engine to promote its own...
