Tag: Googles
What’s Going On With Google’s Parent Alphabet Stock On Thursday?
What’s Going On With Google’s Parent Alphabet Stock On Thursday? Google’s Parent Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) stock is trading lower today. The Italian Competition Authority has launched an investigation into Google and its parent company Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), regarding their methods for obtaining user consent for linking data across various services. The probe focuses on how Google requests …
How to use Google’s new Gemini AI with Gmail, Google Docs, and more
ChatGPT only debuted to the public in November 2022, but it’s already had a profound impact on the way content is created and information is shared—though its artificial intelligence capabilities still come with a lot of caveats attached. Google has also been busy polishing up its own Google Gemini AI bot (albeit with some concerning …
Google’s talks to buy Wiz, and the gap between AI spending and AI revenue
On today’s episode of Equity, Rebecca Bellan explored Google’s reported talks to acquire Wiz, a cloud security company, for around $23 billion. Wiz provides an “all-in-one approach to cloud security,” pulling data from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud and others, then scanning it all for security risk factors — something that Google might …
Google’s AI results are showing up less frequently, a study found
Google appears to be showing its AI-generated search results less often in recent weeks, according to a recent study from an SEO company. The data, collected by BrightEdge and reported on by Search Engine Land, suggests that AI Overviews dropped from appearing in 11 percent of queries on June 1st to 7 percent of queries …
Gmail at 20: Why Google’s iconic email service still shines in the age of AI
Since launching 20 years ago, Gmail has not only become one of Google’s flagship products, but the go-to email client for netizens in both the consumer and enterprise spheres. Gmail’s launch was initially greeted as an April Fools joke, something founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin had become somewhat renowned for in Silicon Valley. But …
‘It’s in Google’s best interest’: Sources urge more formal Privacy Sandbox legal terms
A May outage involving the Google Privacy Sandbox APIs put the stark realities of Google Chrome, the world’s most popular web browser, deprecating support for third-party cookies into focus for many in ad tech. While Google’s engineering team was quick to make the requisite repairs and little-to-no data was lost as a result of the …
Ad execs sound the alarm over Google’s risky Privacy Sandbox terms
Add contractual landmines to marketers’ growing gripes with Google’s third-party cookie alternatives. Turns out, if its tech stumbles and a company’s profits plummet, guess who’s left footing the bill? Yep, not Google. The companies diving into these alternatives (aka the Privacy Sandbox) are on their own, with no Google-sized safety net in sight. While many …
On April Fool’s Day, Google’s Gmail celebrates its 20th anniversary
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin loved pulling pranks, so much so they began rolling outlandish ideas every April Fools’ Day not long after starting their company more than a quarter century ago. One year, Google posted a job opening for a Copernicus research center on the moon. Another year, …
A new quantum computer breaks Google’s quantum supremacy record by 100-fold
What just happened? In 2019, Google’s Sycamore quantum computer achieved a so-called quantum supremacy record by completing a specific task in 200 seconds that would have taken a classical supercomputer 10,000 years to finish. There was a bit of controversy around this achievement, but by and large, Google’s claim has withstood the test of time …
Gmail And YouTube Hackers Bypass Google’s 2FA Account Security
Hackers are taking over Google accounts despite 2FA protection SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Desperate Gmail and YouTube users are turning to official and unofficial Google support forums after hackers take over their accounts, bypassing two-factor authentication security and then locking them out. Time and time again, the attackers appear to be part of a …