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Google and Amazon commit to Modi to invest $25 Billion in India

In a significant move to bolster India's digital economy, global tech giants Google and Amazon have jointly pledged a massive investment of $25 billion. Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, announced the company's commitment to invest $10 billion in India's digitisation fund during a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Washington, D.C. Furthermore, Google unveiled its plans to establish a state-of-the-art global fintech operation centre in Gujarat.
24 June 2023, 05:49 AM

Google planning to shift Pixel production to India

As part of its initiative, Google aims to take advantage of the government's Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme, which offers financial incentives to manufacturers who produce smartphones locally. By tapping into this scheme, Google not only intends to capitalise on the growing Indian smartphone market but also contribute to the country's "Make in India" vision, fostering local manufacturing capabilities.
20 June 2023, 10:17 AM

How to protect your private photos on Google Photos

The Google Photos app is free and can be downloaded on Android phones, iPhones, iPads, Macs, and Windows PCs.
18 June 2023, 09:10 AM

Google to introduce Tensor G3 chip in Pixel 8

Google is reportedly planning to introduce the latest version of their Tensor chip, Tensor G3, with significant upgrades in the upcoming Pixel 8 lineup.
6 June 2023, 06:00 AM

Google offers free Generative AI courses: Here’s how to start learning

The learning path guides users through a curated collection of lessons on Generative AI products and technologies.
5 June 2023, 10:06 AM

Google to delete inactive accounts after two years

Google has announced plans to eliminate inactive accounts as part of a comprehensive security initiative. In an effort to bolster user privacy and protect against potential security risks, the tech giant will delete accounts that have been inactive for a period of two years.
18 May 2023, 12:16 PM

Google I/O 2023: The major announcements from the tech giant

Google uses Google I/O to reveal its upcoming projects and plans every year.
15 May 2023, 06:36 AM

Google's Bard now available in Bangladesh

The much-anticipated AI chatbot by Google, Bard, is now available in Bangladesh. Bard works quite similarly to ChatGPT, with the latest version based on PaLM 2, a large language model made by Google.
14 May 2023, 10:08 AM

Google, Facebook to face 15% tax on digital ad income

The NBR shared the information a clarification to Bangladesh Bank
8 May 2023, 14:52 PM

CPD urges NBR to bring Facebook, Google, Netflix under tax

The Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD) today urged the National Board of Revenue (NBR) to bring non-resident tech giants such as Facebook, Google, and Netflix under tax.
29 April 2023, 08:16 AM

You can now do 1080p video calls on Google Meet

Google Meet now allows users to set the video resolution to 1080p for select Google Workspace editions, as per an official announcement by Google. 
27 April 2023, 09:34 AM

Google's AI apparently learned Bangla without any training

Google's artificial intelligence (AI) has apparently learned a language on its own without any training,
19 April 2023, 10:25 AM

7 AI-powered Google Chrome extensions to make your life easier

Modern internet users expect a certain level of comfort and ease when navigating the web. As such, here are seven AI-powered Google Chrome extensions that will help make your life easier.
5 March 2023, 08:34 AM

Mercedes joins Google to offer cars with 'supercomputer-like performance’

Mercedes said the collaboration with Google would allow it to offer traffic information and automatic rerouting in its cars.
23 February 2023, 11:28 AM

Google fires about 450 employees in India, 190 in Singapore: reports

Google has recently fired around 450 employees in its Indian offices and around 190 employees in its Singaporean office, states reports from various sources.
18 February 2023, 09:35 AM

Alibaba joins global chatbot race

The announcement comes days after Chinese search giant Baidu said it would complete testing of its AI chatbot in March.
9 February 2023, 16:03 PM

Google to enter the AI race with Microsoft

It has become clear that Microsoft has long-term plans with OpenAI. They can potentially have other projects, too — but OpenAI has been the one with the most limelight.
8 February 2023, 11:09 AM

Google launches Bard AI to rival ChatGPT

Google is launching an AI chatbot called Bard, in a move to rival the popular, and much debated AI, ChatGPT from Open AI. Google is building Bard on its existing large language model Lamda, which one Google engineer claimed to be 'sentient' due to its eerie similarity to human responses.
7 February 2023, 06:03 AM

7 cool Google hacks that you need to know about

Among all the inventions of mankind, Google is probably at the top of the pyramid. It isn’t just another fun app. It has literally become a verb. From finding your favourite celebrity’s birthday to exploring Mars, there is hardly anything that Google doesn’t have the answers to. But is this great invention only a platform to gather knowledge? Well, there are far too many features that haven’t reasonably been discovered yet. Let’s take a look at 7 Google hacks that will blow your mind.
1 February 2023, 12:31 PM

Google announces 12,000 job cuts

Google's parent company Alphabet announced about 12,000 job cuts globally on Friday citing a changing "economic reality", becoming the latest US tech giant to enact large-scale restructuring.
20 January 2023, 12:41 PM