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Gemini Live, Google’s answer to ChatGPT’s Advanced Voice Mode, launches

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Gemini Live, Google’s answer to the recently launched (in limited alpha) Advanced Voice Mode for OpenAI’s ChatGPT, is rolling out on Tuesday, months after being announced at Google’s I/O 2024 developer conference. It was announced at Google’s Made by Google 2024 event. Gemini Live lets users have “in-depth” voice chats with Gemini, Google’s generative AI-powered […]

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Google’s $1,799 Pixel 9 Pro Fold arrives with 8-inch inner display and Gemini

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Pixel Phones dominated Tuesday’s Made by Google 2024 event. In addition to a full refresh for the Pixel 9 line, the company unveiled the successor to its first foldable, the Pixel Fold. Google rejiggered its numbering scheme this time out, jumping to Pixel 9 Pro Fold for what is its second take on the category.

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Made by Google 2024: How to watch Google unveil the Pixel 9, a new foldable and more

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Google’s been on a consumer hardware jag in August. Last week, the company announced the long-awaited new Nest Thermostat, along with Google TV Streamer, which replaces the 11-year-old Chromecast line. And today at Made by Google 2024, the software giant will refresh the Pixel line with a slew of new smartphones. Previous years’ Made by

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Google begins shipping locally made Pixel 8 in India ahead of Pixel 9 launch

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Google has announced the rollout of its locally produced Pixel 8 devices in India, nearly 10 months after revealing its domestic manufacturing plans for the devices, and immediately ahead of the expected Pixel 9 unveiling later this week. The Android maker confirmed to TechCrunch that the local manufacturing is currently limited to the Pixel 8 and

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How to ask Google to remove deepfake porn results from Google Search

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The internet is full of deepfakes — and most of them are nudes. According to a report from Home Security Heroes, deepfake porn makes up 98% of all deepfake videos online. Thanks to easy-to-use and freely available generative AI tools, the number of deepfakes online — many of which aren’t consensual — skyrocketed 550% from

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Google DeepMind develops a ‘solidly amateur’ table tennis robot

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Sports have long served as an important test for robots. The best-known example of the phenomenon may be the annual RoboCup soccer competition, which dates back to the mid-1990s. Table tennis has played a key role in benchmarking robot arms since a decade prior. The sport requires speed, responsiveness and strategy, among other things. In

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