Alphabet, which owns Google, has had to grapple with its role in the development of AI, including managing employee revolts against its work on the technology for the U.S. government. In 2018, a group of influential software engineers successfully delayed the development of a security feature that would’ve helped the company win military contracts. … [Read more...] about Google CEO thinks AI is be more ‘profound’ than fire or electricity
Google’s envelope phone could be the best solution to your smartphone addiction
The new Digital Wellbeing apps are ‘Screen Stopwatch’, ‘Activity Bubbles’ and ‘Envelope’. Of the three, Screen Stopwatch and Activity are available as apps on the Play Store. Envelope is similar to the Paper Phone as it offers the same functionality but with more options. Some of these include an envelope which turns one’s phone into a very basic device and one which turns it into a photo and video camera but with no screen. … [Read more...] about Google’s envelope phone could be the best solution to your smartphone addiction
Google’s parent company Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
Fitbit in August also launched its latest smartwatch, Versa 2, adding Amazon.com Inc’s voice assistant Alexa, online payments and music storage to the device’s capabilities. Fitbit is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings on Nov. 6. Alphabet is scheduled to report third-quarter earnings later on Monday. … [Read more...] about Google’s parent company Alphabet in bid to buy Fitbit
YouTube ‘Take a Break’: Google’s new feature focused on your digital wellbeing
As expected, YouTube is now rolling out a set of new controls that help users to set limits on their video viewing, and help them set “Take a Break” reminder from browsing the channels for too long. The new feature will enable the users to set a reminder for every 15, 30, 60, 90 or 180 minutes, at which point the video will pause and users will receive “Take a Break” notification that they have been binge-watching videos for longer than they decided to. … [Read more...] about YouTube ‘Take a Break’: Google’s new feature focused on your digital wellbeing
Here are 5 tricks to make most of Google News
Once users click on it, they will be taken to a new page with options like ‘News & Politics’, ‘Bright ideas’, ‘Publisher spotlight’ to choose from. Users can browse through the topics and purchase subscriptions through the app itself. … [Read more...] about Here are 5 tricks to make most of Google News
