Tech Meme

Scott Stein / CNET: Google announces the $499 Pixel Tablet, with a Tensor G2 processor, 11-inch display, 8MP front-facing camera, available for preorder now and arriving in June  —  Available for preorder now, arriving in June: It’s a home hub and a sharable tablet, speaker dock included.  But where’s the keyboard? Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google updates its Find My Device network, including proactive alerts about unknown trackers traveling with users, with support for Apple’s AirTags and others  —  Shortly after last week’s joint announcement which saw Apple and Google teaming up on Bluetooth tracker safety measures and a new specification … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Bradshaw / 9to5Google: Google announces Pixel 7a with a 6.1-inch, 90Hz screen, Face Unlock, wireless charging, and 64MP camera, available tomorrow for $499  —  Over the years, Google’s Pixel phones have gained a reputation for having an exceptional camera, a clean Android experience, and smarts you won’t find on any other phone. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google announces a competitor to GitHub’s Copilot, a chat tool for questions about coding, and AI-assisted coding in its no-code AppSheet product  —  At its annual I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of a number of AI-centric coding tools, including its competitor to GitHub’s Copilot … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Google shows AI features coming to Search, including an “AI Snapshot”, which provides a summary of search results, with links that “corroborate” the information  —  Google is moving slowly and carefully to make AI happen.  Maybe too slowly and too carefully for some people. Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Google rebrands AI tools for its productivity apps as Duet AI and teases Sidekick, which will read, summarize, and answer questions on documents across its apps  —  In March, Google announced a bunch of AI features for its Workspace suite of apps in an effort to keep pace with Microsoft’s rapid integration of similar tools. Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Google makes Bard available in English in 180 countries and territories, promises AI image generation with Adobe, and integration with services like Instacart  —  Google is adding a smorgasbord of new features to its AI chatbot Bard, including support for new languages (Japanese and Korean) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: Google unveils features to help identify AI images, including an “About this image” feature and a markup that will allow images to be labeled as “AI-generated”  —  Google is taking its first steps toward combatting the potential for misinformation arising from AI-generated images. Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Pierce / The Verge: Google plans to add a section called Perspectives to search results, with information from individual users, featuring YouTube videos, Reddit comments, and more  —  You know the Reddit trick, right?  The one where, when you’re searching Google and you want an actual human perspective … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Google says PaLM 2 will power its updated Bard chat tool and is now available to developers through Google’s PaLM API, Firebase, and on Colab  —  At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced the launch of PaLM 2, its newest large language model (LLM). Lees verder op Tech Meme