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Google is honoring Lotfi Zadeh, the Azerbaijani computer scientist who came up with the idea of “fuzzy logic,” with a homepage Doodle. Life of Lotfi Zadeh Lotfi Aliaskerzadeh — later changed to “Lotfi Aliasker Zadeh” — was born in Baku, Azerbaijan on February 4, 1921 while his father, a journalist, was on assignment there from Iran. In 1931, at age 10, Zadeh and his family moved back…

Google started showing 3D animals in Search last year but has since expanded to a whole host of AR objects covering space, science, and athletes. The latest expansion sees Google Search add 3D monuments. Like all AR objects in Google Search, these 3D monuments start with a rotating model that can be zoomed into. It isn’t very high-resolution, however, and somewhat analogous to viewing these…

With Android Automotive, you can control more car capabilities with just your voice. Google recently found a bug that prevented the Assistant in Android Automotive from calling emergency services and is now rolling out a fix. We understand the vital importance of our users being able to call first responders in case of emergencies. We discovered recently that Assistant-enabled emergency calling…

Google Voice is primarily a Workspace service at this point with new features focused on enterprise usage. That said, Google today updated Voice for Android with fairly straightforward app shortcuts. Version 2021.11.15.411104209 of Google Voice for Android introduces up to four shortcuts when long-pressing the app icon. Previously, Android would just note the standard availability of…