Tag: Google

  • Eurovision hero Käärija Finland's most Googled in 2023

    Eurovision hero Käärija Finland's most Googled in 2023

    Riikka Purra, leader of Basic Finns and deputy prime minister, was the third most Googled person in Finland.

  • Google introduces 'Gemini': a ground-breaking multi-modal AI model

    Google introduces 'Gemini': a ground-breaking multi-modal AI model

    Gemini stands out from existing AI models with unique “multimodal” capabilities. Unlike traditional models that only handle one type of user prompt, such as text or images, Gemini is designed to handle and integrate multiple media inputs, including text, images, audio, video, and programming code. This versatility puts Gemini at the forefront of AI technology…

  • Google Maps is renewed with artificial intelligence to change search and navigation

    Google Maps is renewed with artificial intelligence to change search and navigation

    Whether users are searching for specific local amenities, such as “electric car chargers,” “cafes with latte art,” or “things to do in Tokyo,” the updated Maps is designed to provide plenty of useful and relevant results. Google’s vision is that Maps transcends traditional uses and encourages the discovery and exploration of new places and experiences,…

  • Users of the EU’s Meta platform can pay $10.49 for ad-free service

    Users of the EU’s Meta platform can pay $10.49 for ad-free service

    SAN FRANCISCO, CA: To comply with EU regulations, Meta Platforms plans to introduce an ad-free subscription plan for Instagram and Facebook users in Europe. The plan, which could potentially cost €10 ($10.49) per month, is a response to EU rules that threaten the company’s ability to tailor ads to users without their consent, negatively impacting…

  • YouTube’s new hum search feature: a harmonic solution for song recognition on Android

    YouTube’s new hum search feature: a harmonic solution for song recognition on Android

    TechCrunch reported on this innovative addition, which piqued the interest of music enthusiasts everywhere. For users lucky enough to be part of this trial, switching from YouTube’s traditional voice search to the new song search feature is easy. All it takes is humming, singing or recording part of a song for at least three seconds.…

  • The VR war: How Apple and Meta will own your reality

    The VR war: How Apple and Meta will own your reality

    Vision Pro is the first new product Apple has released since the founder Steve Jobs demise. According to them, it should be as revolutionary as the mobile phone. Sven Carlsson tells about the history of virtual reality, from failed projects to current big investments with tech giants who dream of playing an ever-increasing role in…

  • More than half of Finns are worried about the security of cards, but card payments are still popular for in-app purchases

    More than half of Finns are worried about the security of cards, but card payments are still popular for in-app purchases

    Interestingly, the survey found that both older and younger people are concerned about the security of their card details. 45 percent of 18-24 year olds and the majority of seniors are concerned about the safety of this process. A quarter of the respondents said that they would prefer to use another application if the payment…

  • Market movers: Danish companies soar past global giants

    Solid start to 2023In recent months, Novo Nordisk has been buoyed by the formidable sales of its new weight loss drug, Wegovy. And the company’s diabetes products have also brought about a significant amount of change this year. The first quarter of the year has only just passed, but the company has already increased expectations…

  • Ninth graders’ math skills have declined in part due to insufficient vocabulary

    Ninth graders’ math skills have declined in part due to insufficient vocabulary

    “When a math problem is presented verbally, you have to understand words like face, function, and probability just to understand the problem.” Jari Metsämuuronensenior assessment specialist from Karvi, comment For YLE on Thursday. In his opinion, educators should pay attention to the development of students’ vocabulary, also from the point of view of mathematics, from…

  • Microsoft reinvented office applications with AI tools

    Microsoft reinvented office applications with AI tools

    “Manufacturers now have a co-pilot in the live studio to help them build solutions and provide suggestions for improvements. To build an app, stream or bot, you can describe it in natural language and the co-pilot can build it in seconds. Easy,” the statement reads. “Power Apps’ Copilot makes it easy to keep data at…

  • ChatGPT is still in the early stages of proving its industrial value: Report

    ChatGPT is still in the early stages of proving its industrial value: Report

    The chatbot, which converses with users, has demonstrated its ability to write poems, essays and research papers, program computers and even take master’s level exams. Generative AI describes artificial intelligence algorithms that can be used to create new content, including text, images, videos, audio, code, and synthetic data. The excitement surrounding ChatGPT shows that the…

  • Beware of scams appearing as Kanta services and Kanta pages!

    Beware of scams appearing as Kanta services and Kanta pages!

    Typically, a scam message may ask you to send your personal information or documents to the address provided in the message. Information collected through such messages is likely to end up in the hands of criminals You may encounter scams in emails, social media, or search engines like Google or Bing. Criminals may also try…

  • Google’s new artificial intelligence can create music from text

    Google’s new artificial intelligence can create music from text

    The examples are impressive. There are 30-second snippets of what sound like real songs, created from song-length descriptions that dictate genre, mood, and even specific instruments, and five-minute songs created from one or two words, like “melodic techno.” “ The demo site also has examples of what the model produces when asked to create 10-second…

  • Spotify announces plans to lay off 6% of workforce

    Spotify announces plans to lay off 6% of workforce

    Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced Monday that the company plans to lay off about 6% of its workforce, or roughly 600 employees. The cuts are a result of financial challenges, according to Ek. The Swedish media streaming giant is one of the largest providers of its kind. Founded in 2006 by Ek and Martin Lorentzon,…

  • Spotify is to reduce 6% of the workforce, approximately 600 employees

    Spotify is to reduce 6% of the workforce, approximately 600 employees

    Stockholm – Swedish music streaming giant Spotify said Monday it is cutting six percent of its roughly 10,000 employees, the latest cost-cutting announcement among tech companies. “In retrospect, I was too ambitious when it came to investing ahead of our revenue growth. And for this reason, today we are reducing our employee base by approximately…

  • Google buys more land from the city of Hamina

    Google buys more land from the city of Hamina

    Internet giant Google will buy 50 hectares more land from the city of Hamina next to its current data center for 4.3 million euros. Hannu MuhonenThe mayor of Hamina, was pleased that Google decided to continue investing in Hamina, as the company is a major employer in the city. "We have had an excellent partnership…

  • Apple is preparing to launch its new search engine at next week’s WWDC 2022 trade show

    Apple is preparing to launch its new search engine at next week’s WWDC 2022 trade show

    According to Mashlele, Scoble stated that the information is based in part on interaction with informants and in part on reasoning. “This is the most expensive product launch ever,” he continued. Many have speculated that Cupertino’s behemoth would eventually sink its toes into the water due to a lack of competition in the search industry…

  • Google pays more than 300 EU publishers for news

    Google pays more than 300 EU publishers for news

    BRUSSELS, Belgium: Three years after the adoption of the EU’s groundbreaking copyright rules, Google will pay 300 publishers across Ireland, Germany, France and other EU countries to republish their news. Google will also develop an app to make it easier for publishers to sign up, and offer them an extended news preview agreement that allows…

  • Hesburger will close all offices in Russia and Belarus this week

    Hesburger will close all offices in Russia and Belarus this week

    The Finnish fast food chain Hesburger has announced that most of its stores in Russia and Belarus are now closed and others are expected to close by Sunday. The company said earlier this month that it plans to close all its restaurants in both countries by the end of April, when criticism of the Turku-based…

  • World Day 2022: Make the world a happier and healthier place to live

    World Day 2022: Make the world a happier and healthier place to live

    What was first celebrated on April 22, 1970, Environmental Protection Day in the United States, has now become a global day to promote large-scale promotion of clean habitats around the world. This originated when peace activist John Mc Connell proposed respecting the planet and the concept of peace at a UNESCO conference in San Francisco.…

  • A ‘Great Easter Day’: Now it would be a rabbit out of the hat!

    A ‘Great Easter Day’: Now it would be a rabbit out of the hat!

    Easter should be the least loved of all national holidays. When, why, WTF?There may be chocolate eggs for kids, but otherwise there are no real gifts, no fun costumes and no clear dates. The shops are closed (or so to speak open, but not for long… we are not sure). All events are incoherent and…

  • St Patrick’s Day 2022: Pick of the Irish!

    St Patrick’s Day 2022: Pick of the Irish!

    By Armelle Delmelle Prepare for a day drenched in rain and Guinness, while freckled blue-eyed boys and green-haired girls occupy the city. No, they are not Billie Eilish fans (well, most of them are enough!), It’s St Patrick’s Day, and it’s been a long time coming. Jonathan Swift once remarked, “I do not really like…

  • The entire stadium rises as one to welcome Christian Eriksen’s return to top-class football

    The entire stadium rises as one to welcome Christian Eriksen’s return to top-class football

    Christian Eriksen’s reintroduction to top-class football after a 259-day absence should always be a special moment. A highly admired player at English Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur between 2013 and 2020, he played his club football for Inter in Italy at the time of his unfortunate cardiac arrest in June 2021, and his name was…

  • The American technology giant risks Russian fines

    The American technology giant risks Russian fines

    The technology giant turned out to have limited competition with its video sharing platform YouTube US technology giant Google will be fined after Russian officials ruled it violated the country’s antitrust laws, in connection with its video sharing and social media site YouTube. The Federal Antimonopoly Service (FAS) published the news on its website on…

  • Google is facing a $ 2 billion anti-competitive lawsuit

    Google is facing a $ 2 billion anti-competitive lawsuit

    Google is accused of manipulating search results in favor of its own service PriceRunner, a Swedish price comparison site, has filed a $ 2.4 billion lawsuit against Google, claiming that the search engine manipulates search results to benefit its own commercial services. In the lawsuit, which was filed on Monday, the Swedish company claims that…

  • Researchers teach artificial intelligence to master Finnish dialects fluently

    Researchers teach artificial intelligence to master Finnish dialects fluently

    Recently, there has been gathering information in the news so that artificial intelligence can understand the dialect of Finnish and Swedish. Computers usually understand Finnish only as a normative standard known as literary language and they need examples of spoken language to improve their algorithms. Because it is impossible to speak a language without speaking…

  • Corona and football dominate Google searches in Denmark

    Corona and football dominate Google searches in Denmark

    Baldwin, Biden and… Tokyo? The last three in the top 10 were all culture-oriented. The big Danish TV series thriller hit ‘The Chestnut Man’ on Netflix came in eighth place, while the South Korean giga hit series ‘Squid Game’ finished in tenth place. ‘Albert Dyrlund’, the popular Danish YouTuber who tragically crashed 200 meters to…

  • How to make sure your business has the best possible ranking online through SEO content

    How to make sure your business has the best possible ranking online through SEO content

    When you want to make sure that your business has the best chance of success once it starts, it is important that you focus on the use of SEO content in your business. This is an option for search engine optimization so that your business website can get as much online organic traffic as possible…

  • Spotify cancels its Car View feature

    Spotify cancels its Car View feature

    Washington [US], November 27 (ANI): The Swedish audio streaming platform Spotify has decided to discontinue its Car View function. The above feature was introduced in 2019 as a way to make the application less distracting and easier to control while driving, reported The Verge. According to the publication, the confirmation of the change initially came…

  • Apple brings car crash detection to the iPhone

    Apple brings car crash detection to the iPhone

    According to The Vergen, the current plan is to introduce such a feature next year. Google’s Personal Safety app for Pixel phones already includes a feature that calls for help when it detects a crash, just like the combined Car Services for modern vehicles, including GM’s OnStar, Subaru’s Starlink and Fiat Chrysler’s Uconnect. Many cars…

  • Best Smart Home Devices to Look Ahead in 2021

    Best Smart Home Devices to Look Ahead in 2021

    Everyone wants to live in a smart house, but making one from scratch is both expensive and complex. Therefore, the best course of action is to upgrade the one you live in! Yes, you can convert your regular house into a smart house using various gadgets. Below you will find a list of all the…

  • Autumn Holiday 2021: Huge treasure hunt

    Autumn Holiday 2021: Huge treasure hunt

    The Hidden Giants Secret places in Rødovre, Hvidovre, Vallensbæk, Ishøj, Albertslund and Høje Taastrup; trollmap.com Autumn is upon us, and so is the usual harem of intolerable Instagram days out, from posing in a field of pumpkins to braying about pumpkin spice to … in fact, no matter — they are all pumpkin-related. When did…

  • YouTube bans videos that contain false information about vaccines

    YouTube bans videos that contain false information about vaccines

    According to The Verge, the Google-owned platform also bans visible anti-vaccine accounts, including Joseph Mercolachannel and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.-linked children’s defense fund. YouTube took ads for anti-vaccination content in 2019 and announced in October 2020 that it would remove videos that spread false information around COVID-19 vaccines. The new policy expands to block misinformation…