Tag: Google
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Google latest to withdraw from Saudi conference
Google said in a statement that Google Cloud Chief Executive Diane Greene would not attend the Future Investment Initiative Summit scheduled to be held in Riyadh starting October 23. Google’s Greene did not offer a reason for her action, and a spokesman declined to elaborate on Tuesday. Other business leaders, who have said they would…
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Impact Challenge: Google to select 12 finalists from over 5,500 entries
Google on Monday said application process of the ongoing Google Impact Challenge in Nigeria, Kenya, and South Africa closed with over 5,500 entries. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the Internet Search giant, at Google for Nigeria in July 2017, announced that Google.org would be investing $20m in non-profits working across the African continent over the next five…
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Five exciting things to do with a VR headset
While virtual reality might seem like a recent technology, that’s far from the truth because we’ve had bits and pieces of it before. Since the 1960s we have seen prototypes of immersive stereoscopic videos, motion-tracking headsets and interactive Google Street View-like experiences. The fact is that it is only in recent years that the technology…
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Google makes progress in addressing competition concerns
European Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager on Friday said Google’s proposals to increase competition in online shopping are bearing fruit. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Europe’s antitrust chief suggested that the Internet giant may be able to avoid further fines by so doing. Vestager said she saw further improvement since Google’s first report in June showed some rivals…
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Google keys into Facebook’s machine learning initiative
Google has announced broadening, throughout its Cloud’s artificial intelligence (AI) platforms and services, support for PyTorch, keying into the Facebook’s open source Machine Learning (ML) framework. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports this is following the release of an updated version of the deep learning framework, PyTorch 1.0 Preview, by Facebook on Tuesday. With the release of PyTorch…
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Google Free WiFi: Traders in Computer Village express different views on operation
Some traders at the Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos, have expressed divergent views about the effectiveness of the Google Free Wifi service installed in the market. The traders in separate interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Lagos expressed gratitude for the gesture by Google, and some said that the service was…
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Google marks Nigeria Independence Day 2018
Internet giant, Google on Monday joined Nigerians in marking the nation’s 58th Independence celebrations with a Doodle on the homepage of its website. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports a Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google’s homepages that commemorates holidays, events, achievements, and people. “Today’s Doodle celebrates the Federal Republic of Nigeria…
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UK foreign minister attacks Google over child abuse content
British Foreign Minister, Jeremy Hunt, accused Google on Thursday of abandoning its moral values by failing to remove child abuse content while launching a version of its search engine in China that will block some websites. The government has repeatedly criticised online platforms such as Twitter, YouTube and Facebook for failing to remove abusive material…
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UN tasks social media giants to clamp down on hate speech
United Nations (UN) human rights chief on Wednesday said social media giants, including Facebook, must proactively block content inciting hatred. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports Zeid Ra’ad al-Hussein, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, said the social media must also prevent online campaigns which target minorities, such as those undertaken in Myanmar. Zeid, who said Facebook had…