NVIDIA on Wednesday announced the next edition of its annual GTC conference, where the company brings together industry professionals to introduce and discuss new technologies. This year, NVIDIA GTC will have Apple’s senior director of AI and ML research Samy Bengio as one of the speakers.
According to the company, more than 200,000 developers are expected to join the event, which will feature…
YouTube testing Google Assistant integration on Android that offers search suggestions
September 30, 2021
Following iOS PiP and desktop download, YouTube is now testing the ability to “get suggestions for topics related to videos you’re watching” on Android that are powered by Google Assistant.
This curious “Do more with Assistant” experiment can be enabled from…
OnePlus has rolled out the September security patch to these phones
September 30, 2021
Security updates are designed to keep Android devices as secure as possible, but you’re only as safe as your latest update. OnePlus does promise regular updates for its smartphones for at least two years, so let’s see how they’re handling the September 2021 security…
Google says that Bing’s most popular search term is ‘Google’
September 30, 2021
Google has been under fire for its dominance in online search for years, and currently, the tech giant is facing down a case in the EU over its actions. This week, however, the company is leaning on the idea that its customers want to use Google Search over alternatives, with the evidence used to support that being that the most popular search term on Bing is apparently “Google.”
In the…
Chrome New Tab Page adding Google Drive card with file suggestions
September 30, 2021
Over the past few months, Chrome has been surfacing helpful panels on the New Tab Page, and the latest card is for intelligent Google Drive file suggestions.
This upcoming integration is an extension of how the Chrome Omnibox already lets you search for and quickly open…
Google hosting virtual Android Dev Summit 2021 next month, Chrome event in November
September 30, 2021
Following I/O in May, Google’s next big developer events in 2021 will be Dev Summits for Android and Chrome.
The 2021 Android Dev Summit, which was last hosted in 2019, skipping last year, will take place on October 27-28. It starts with a 50-minute technical keynote…
Google will bring six new ringtones to only its new Nest Doorbell alongside holiday tones
September 30, 2021
Google’s Nest doorbell lineup is about to take part in a yearly tradition of custom ringtones to celebrate the holidays. Alongside those yearly tones, though, Google has also confirmed that it will finally be expanding ringtone options on the Nest Doorbell.
Starting on October 1, Nest Doorbell (battery) and Nest Doorbell (wired) will get a selection of Halloween-themed ringtones. These tones…
Earlier this year, Google Search started showing “About this result” to give people more context about a website before they click. At Search On 2021, the company announced three new sections that will appear in the panel.
In addition to Wikipedia descriptions, index…
Google Maps adds ‘Fire’ as a top-level layer, bringing ‘Tree Canopy’ tool to 100 cities
September 30, 2021
During its “Search On” event this afternoon, Google announced new changes and updates in an effort to better track climate change. Google Maps is adding a new “Fire” layer to its apps as Google’s “Tree Canopy” tool is set for expansion.
Starting on Android…
Google Lens getting big MUM upgrade that lets you take a photo and ask questions about it
September 30, 2021
At I/O in May, Google announced Multitask Unified Model (MUM) as a big improvement to Search. MUM is now set to come to Google Lens “early next year.”
After taking a picture in Lens or analyzing an existing image/screenshot, swiping up will continue to show “Visual matches.” There will soon be a new “Add questions” button at the very top of the sheet that opens a very slick UI. These…
