[ad_1] The approach regularly has the networks compete against each other, with weaker examples being replaced by stronger “progeny” that are copies of the better-performing networks with slightly tweaked parameters (just as a child isn’t a perfect clone of its parent). This automatically gets rid of the poorer-performing networks while saving Waymo from having to […]
Category: Google
It’s time to take Google’s Pixel phones more seriously
[ad_1] Of course, that can’t all be attributed to the Pixel 3a and Google hasn’t broken down what exactly pushed this growth. The pricier Pixel 3s have gone on sale a few times since their launch, which could have helped drive numbers up. But it’s almost a no-brainer: the company is selling more units, simply […]
Google will give 100,000 Home Minis to people with paralysis
[ad_1] Google’s blog has published a post written by Garrison Redd, a Team USA Paralympic powerlifter who’s been navigating life in a wheelchair for the past 20 years. He said that while moving around in a world that doesn’t cater to his needs is difficult — the lack of wheelchair ramps is a common issue […]
Australian antitrust body wants to closely monitor Google, Facebook
[ad_1] The ACCC also called for a new code of conduct for the tech giants that will allow “consumers [to] know and control what data is collected and how it is used.” It has advised the government to beef up Australia’s Privacy Act, as well, and to establish a scheme to resolve consumers’ complaints against […]
YouTube videos with kids or video games get most views
[ad_1] The study made it clear that YouTube is hardly a phenomenon restricted to the US. All together, the high-subscriber channels (those with at least 250,000 subscribers) analyzed by Pew produced a total of a quarter-million videos in the first week of January 2019. Of those videos, only 17 percent were fully in English. While […]
Google’s hardware division is recovering from slow Pixel 3 sales
[ad_1] As usual, Alphabet’s press release doesn’t say a whole lot about the more interesting parts of its business — for that, we’ll have to wait for the company’s call with investors, which starts at 4:30PM ET. We’re listening in and will update this post with anything we learn. A few other tidbits worth noting: […]
Democratic hopeful Tulsi Gabbard sues Google over alleged censorship
[ad_1] According to The New York Times, after the first debate, Gabbard was briefly the most searched-for candidate on Google. Purchasing ads would have helped the campaign get its website at the top of the search results, Tulsi Now Inc. said. The campaign team also believes its emails were being placed in Gmail spam folders […]
Google Chrome extensions must obey new privacy rules by October 15th.
[ad_1] Moving forward, developers of third-party add-ons in Chrome and Drive must take a more conservative approach with user permissions. Extensions should only request the least amount of user data they need to function. Additionally, any app that handles user-provided content or personal communications must post a privacy policy. In the past, Google only required […]
The best note-taking apps for students
[ad_1] So what should I use? There are dozens if not hundreds of note-taking apps to choose from. All of them, unsurprisingly, promise to make you an organization and productivity guru. If you’re struggling to sift through them all, it’s important to ask the following questions. What hardware do I own? First and foremost, eliminate […]
Google Photos hit a billion users in just over four years
[ad_1] The company spun out Photos from Google+ at I/O 2015. It’s the ninth Google product to hit the billion-user mark, following Search, Gmail, Chrome, Drive, Maps, YouTube, Play Store and Android, but it got there a lot faster than many of those. Gmail, for instance, took 12 years to add a tenth digit to […]