Google Adds ‘Ask Maps’ Conversational Search, Rolls Out 3D Immersive Navigation
The update affects both exploration and driving features in the mapping service
The update affects both exploration and driving features in the mapping service
U.S. President Donald Trump will meet leaders from Google, Meta, and OpenAI to formalise a pledge aimed at protecting households ...
Google has released a preview of Gemini 3.1 Pro, reporting a 77.1% score on ARC-AGI-2 and expanded access for developers ...
In the open letters released on Wednesday, the campaigners say the apps are being used to generate illegal and degrading ...
The agreement hands Google a function inside Apple’s ecosystem at a moment when Apple has been having issues trying to ...
The feature brings task summaries, reminders, and AI-assisted overviews to make email management faster and smarter.
The company is starting this rollout with TCL, its launch partner for Gemini on TV.
The deal values Manus at up to $3bn and gives Meta control of one of the fastest-growing autonomous AI platforms ...
A new trend is taking over Nigeria’s investing scene: people want one app that handles both U.S. Stocks, ETFs and ...
OpenAI hits back at Google. GPT-5.2 is here; faster, sharper and aimed squarely at Gemini 3.
This follows last month’s major AWS outage and exposes the high demand for more resilient cloud architectures.
He was explicit about the risks when asked how Alphabet would handle a severe downturn. “I think no company is ...
Google and the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat have launched the ‘AfCFTA Digital Inclusion & Entrepreneurship Programme,’ a ...
Cameyo by Google enables businesses to run legacy Windows apps directly on ChromeOS, simplifying enterprise migration and reducing costs.
The U.S. tech giant plans a new data centre in Dietzenbach, near Frankfurt, and will expand its existing facility in ...

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