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Google delays launch of its US coronavirus self-screening website until later this week

Supposed to launch yesterday, the site - a collaboration with the US government - is intended to act as a COVID-19 resource hub with general and local information.




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Google's website offering coronavirus test appointments filled up in one day 

Verily, Google's sister company, which was helping Americans living in the San Francisco Bay Area book appointments to get tested for coronavirus reached capacity one day after launching.




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Former star Google engineer faces up to ten years in jail

A former Google engineer charged with stealing trade secrets from its self-driving car program has agreed to plead guilty in a deal with prosecutors, according to documents filed in a California court yesterday.




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Google alerts users to call a doctor if they search for medical-related locations for coronavius

Google has added an alert that encourages users to call a doctor when the search for medical locations or search topics about coronavirus in order to help limit the spread of the virus.




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Google cancels I/O conference, including online event, amid coronavirus pandemic

The tech giant announced that its annual I/O conference, its biggest event of the year, won't be taking place 'in any capacity this year' after cancelling an in-person conference.




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Google to provide location data to the UK government

Google is reportedly working with the UK government to provide anonymised location data to help identify the parts of the country where social distancing measures aren't being adhered to.




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US government is 'in talks with Facebook and Google' to track coronavirus

The US government wants to see if private-sector companies could compile the data in a way that would allow them to map the spread of the deadly virus.




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Google launches 'SOS Alert' for coronavirus in search results

Google has launched an SOS Alert for the coronavirus that makes information about the virus from the World Health Organisation easily accessible at the top of search results.




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Google cancels its yearly tradition of posting an April Fools' Day joke

Google is skipping its tradition of designing an April Fools' Day joke on its front page during the COVID-19 pandemic, out of respect for people working to help curb the spread of the disease.




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Google searches for 'universal credit', and 'furlough' soar in Britain

Britons have been using Google to look up the Government's guidance on helping firms with furloughed workers to keep them employed but without working.




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Engineer who stole Google secrets wants Uber to pay legal fees

Anthony Levandowski, 39, a pioneer in the field of driverless vehicles, claims that Uber reneged on an agreement to pay for his legal expenses after it convinced him to leave Google in 2016.




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Google Maps app puts restaurants with delivery upfront so people know where to eat during lockdown

According to 9to5Google, when users open up their Maps app they will now see shortcuts on the home screen that help them find restaurants that are relevant from a delivery standpoint.




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Taiwan bans Zoom for any government use and recommends workers use Google or Microsoft instead

The government of Taiwan has banned the popular video conferencing tool Zoom from being used for all official state business, and instead it recommends workers use Google or Microsoft.




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Let them eat play! Google makes its video game streaming service Stadia free for two months

Google will make its video game streaming service Stadia free for two months while many around the world are living under restrictive shutdown policies. Current subscribers are eligible.




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Google unveils virtual braille keyboard that makes phones accessible without additional hardware

Though hardware solutions allow those who are visually impaired to type on mobile devices, a virtual keyboard offers users a quick way to type without having connecting a physical keyboard.




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Google CEO Sundar Pichai donates $1million to support families struggling in the coronavirus crisis 

The donations from Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Google.org are going to GiveDirectly, a charity which provides cash to needy families in the San Francisco Bay area.




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Google may be developing own processor for powering its line of Pixel phones and Chromebook laptops

Google's development of a processor for Pixel phones and Chromebooks could materialize a chip as soon as early next year and could help the tech giant support on-board artificial intelligence.




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Google maps show that Sydneysiders are flouting restrictions more than others 

Sydneysiders are not following social distancing measures as strictly as Melburnians, according to new data from Apple and Google.




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Google blocks more than 18 MILLION coronavirus scam emails every day

The US tech giant has more than billion users of its Gmail platform and has revealed it is currently blocking more than 100 million phishing emails a day.




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Google and Facebook will be forced to pay media organisations for news content

Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg will on Monday announce a mandatory code on digital platforms to be finalised by July, bringing forward a November deadline.




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'Make Facebook and Google pay for UK media news content'

Ex-Culture Committee chair Damian Collins is urging the government to follow the example of Australia, where new rules are being brought in to help prop up publications amid coronavirus turmoil.




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Increase in UK Google searches for home workouts, deliveries and recipes during coronavirus lockdown

Investigators used the search engine marketing tools Google Trends and SEMrush to determine what UK internet users have been looking up in lockdown.




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Oatlands tragedy victim Charbel Kassas found out his cousins had died on Google

Charbel Kassas, 11, is talking and walking despite spending more than two months unconscious in Westmead Children's Hospital following the shocking crash in Sydney on February 1.




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Google will notify people when it thinks their search results may not be a good match with a query

Google will still allow users to scroll through the results and will sometimes provide 'alternative' searches that could not better results by re-tailoring language or using different terms.




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Coronavirus app is 'less invasive than google maps'

The app, due to be rolled out next week, will record the Bluetooth connections a phone makes with others to identify someone's contacts if they catch the virus.




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Apple and Google promise to discontinue COVID-19 tracking following the pandemic

The decision to disable tech supporting contact tracing apps designed to monitor the spread of COVID-19 be made on a geographic basis according to representatives.




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These are the top 10 most Googled recipes during the coronavirus crisis

People are most interested in learning how to bake banana bread and roll pizza dough from scratch in isolation during COVID-19, new data from search giant Google reveals.




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Google searches for the coronavirus are FOUR TIMES higher than for the Super Bowl

Google has been working tirelessly to combat the spread of misinformation about the coronavirus and found searches related to the pandemic are four times higher than the Super Bowl.




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Google tells its employees they won't return to company office until at least June 1st

Google has told its employees the company offices will remain closed until at least June 1st because of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and when it does reopen it will likely be in stages.




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Google makes its video conferencing service Meet free in a bid to unseat popular rivals like Zoom

Meet was previously only available to customers who paid for Google's G Suite, but the service will be free without restrictions until Sept. 30 in a bid to challenge rivals like Zoom.




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Google searches for 'how to do fractions' and 'what is an adverb' soar in Britain since lockdown

After schools were closed in March and children were sent home, many pupils have been taught by their parents and taken to Google themselves to help with school work.




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Developers see if coronavirus app can work with Apple-Google system

NHS digital innovation arm NHSX has asked the London office of Swiss firm Zuhlke Engineering to develop and support the new coronavirus app which is on trial on the Isle of Wight.




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Google mobility data shows people are flocking to parks during sunny weather

At a coronavirus pandemic press briefing at Downing Street today, Medical Director for NHS England Professor Stephen Powis shared data showing the public's movements for the first time.




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How Google, George Soros and eBay's founder fund Full Fact group

Foundations set up by eBay creator Pierre Omidyar and left-wing investor George Soros (pictured) have also given six-figure sums to London-based Full Fact along with thousands of individuals.




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Google searches reveal American's concerns have shifted amid the coronavirus pandemic

Google searches from April 2019 reveal Americans were interested in solving a Rubik's cube, but now people are searching for toilet paper and other necessities during the coronavirus.




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Google and Apple show samples of COVID exposure apps and forbid use of apps' location services

As reported by The Verge , the tech companies have provided samples of what eventual app interface systems could look like though they won't be developing the apps themselves.




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Google's medical AI far less accurate at identifying illness in clinics than in the laboratory 

A Google-developed AI that was capable of identifying cases of diabetic retinopathy (DR) with 90 percent accuracy in the testing laboratory has turned out to be much less useful in clinics.




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The AI that could keep you happy at work: Ex-Google team reveal software that 'nudges' workers

The startup, called Humu, uses machine learning to parse through employee data and then 'nudges' workers to help them improve in areas that might make their work lives better.




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चेतावनी! सारे काम छोड़ कर अभी अपडेट करें अपना Google Chrome, मंडरा रहा है खतरा

अपडेट करना इसलिए ज़रूरी है क्योंकि जब तक गूगल ने इस खामी को ट्रैक कर इसके लिए उपाय निकाला है, हैकर्स ने इसका फायदा उठा लिया है.




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होली पर Google का तोहफा, सर्च करें ये एक शब्द और देखें कमाल का जादू

गूगल ने होली के मौके पर एक शानदार ट्रिक पेश की है, आप भी ज़रूर करें ट्राय...




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ALERT! Google के 2 अरब यूज़र्स पर बड़ा खतरा, चेतावनी जारी करते हुए बताई ये बात

नए अपडेट में सिक्योरिटी फिक्स और रिवॉर्ड के साथ एक नोट शेयर किया है. इसमें बग के चलते डेटा के हैक होने का खतरा बढ़ गया है.




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Google ने 2019 में हर मिनट 5,000 से ज़्यादा ‘बुरे विज्ञापनों’ को किया ब्लॉक

गूगल ने कहा कि लोगों को जब भी जानकारी की तलाश होती है, तो वे गूगल पर भरोसा करते हैं, और हम ये सुनिश्चित करने के लिए प्रतिबद्ध हैं कि वे हमारे प्लेटफार्मों पर देखे जाने वाले विज्ञापनों पर भी भरोसा कर सकें...




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भारत के यूजर्स के लिए Google लाया एक और सौगात

गूगल ने शामिल कीं 9 और भारतीय भाषाएं.




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Google Chrome: बिना इंटरनेट के अब ऑफलाइन कंटेंट पढ़ सकेंगे यूजर्स

क्रोम ब्राउजर अपडेट के जरिए यूजर्स कंटेंट को ऑफलाइन भी पढ़ सकेंगे.




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Google I/O कॉन्फ्रेंस में कई बड़े ऐलान, नए फीचर्स बदल देंगे दुनिया

गूगल ने अपनी I/O developer conference के दौरान यह ऐलान किया.




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Google भी नहीं पहचानता 'मंदोदरी' को, 23 साल पहले छोड़ के चली गई थीं इंडस्ट्री

रामायण (Ramayan) के बहुत से किरदारों के साथ इंडस्ट्री ने न्याय नहीं किया. लंकापति लंकेश रावण की पत्नी का किरदार निभाने के बाद वो अपनी पहचान के लिए संघर्ष करती रहीं इनको-उनको चिट्ठियां लिखती रहीं.




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Google पर सर्च किया जा रहा आयुष मंत्रालय का क्वाथ, जानें इसके बारे में सबकुछ

मंत्रालय का मानना है कि आयुष क्वाथ यानी आयुर्वेदिक काढ़ा एक बड़ा हथियार साबित हो सकता है. इस महामारी से लड़ने के लिए इम्यूनिटी का मजबूत होना बहुत जरूरी है.




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कोरोना महामारीः Google पर फूड और रेसिपी से जुड़ी इन चीजों को किया जा रहा सर्च

लॉकडाउन के समय लोग सबसे ज्यादा किचन में नजर आ रहे हैं. सेलेब्रिटीज से लेकर आम लोग तक इस समय किचन में फूड आइटम्स के साथ एक्सपेरिमेंट करते दिखाई दे रहे हैं.




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Google Doodle का खास तोहफा, घर बैठे लोग आइसक्रीम के साथ खेलें 'स्कोविल' गेम

स्कोविल Google के एक नए गेम सीरीज का हिस्सा है जिसे पिछले सप्ताह लॉन्च किया गया था. इसके तहत Google नए नए गेम लेकर आ रहा है जिन्हें लोग घर पर रहते हुए खेल सकते हैं.




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Sunny Leone नहीं साल 2018 में 'देसी गर्ल' के पति रहे Google Search की टॉप पर!

प्रियंका और निक सबसे पहले अमेरिका के मशहूर डॉजर्स स्टेडियम में स्पॉट किए गए. ऐसे में जहां कुछ लोगों के लिए यह एक गॉसिप थी वहीं कई लोगों को यह जानने में दिलचस्पी रही कि 'देसी गर्ल' का दिल चुराने वाले निक जोनास आखिर हैं कौन?