Category: Google
Google Stadia – streaming game platform details announced
Google’s streamed gaming platform Stadia will be available from November with well-known titles such as Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Breakpoint available at launch. The company’s major step into video gaming will be offered as part of a bundle to early subscribers initially, costing £119 to start and a monthly cost of £8.99 after the first…
Google appeals EU fine over ‘illegal’ advertising practices
Google has confirmed it is appealing against a 1.49 billion euro (£1.3 billion) fine issued by the European Commission for alleged illegal practices in search advertising. In March, European commissioner for competition Margrethe Vestager accused Google of breaching EU competition laws between 2006 and 2016, alleging that it abused its market dominance in the advertising…
Google opens its first Safety Engineering Centre amid ongoing tech security debate
Google boss Sundar Pichai has said keeping people safe online is a priority for the tech giant as it opened a safety engineering centre in Germany. The company has launched its first Google Safety Engineering Centre (GSEC) in Munich, which will work on new tools to improve privacy and security across the firm’s internet services.…
Google I/O developer conference: all the key announcements
Google has revealed a string of software and hardware updates as the company set out its plans for the rest of 2019 at its annual I/O developer conference. Alongside new, cheaper Pixel handsets were a range of new technologies for its artificial intelligence programmes. Here is a look at the key announcements. Pixel 3a Siblings…
Google announces mid-range Pixel 3a and 3a XL smartphones
Google has unveiled two new mid-range versions of its Pixel smartphones as the technology giant attempts to broaden its appeal. The company will sell the new Pixel 3a starting at £399 and the Pixel 3a XL for £469 – several hundred pounds cheaper than current generation flagship phones. The technology giant said it has used…
Google to let users delete location and activity history
Google users can now delete data linked to their location and web activity after a set period of time. The firm has introduced a new tool that will allow users to delete data gathered on their location, as well as searches made using Google. The tool is an extension to an existing Google feature which…
Google to ask Android users about search engine preferences following record EC fine
Google is to begin asking Android users in Europe about their preferred search engine and web browser apps after being accused of abusing its position by the EU competition authorities. Last year, the internet giant was fined a record £3.9 billion by the European Commission for what it said were restrictions placed on mobile phone…
Google announces video game streaming platform Stadia
Google has unveiled its new video game streaming platform Stadia, which will allow gamers to play across multiple devices. Company boss Sundar Pichai revealed details about the service, outlining its aim to bring gaming in resolutions up to 4K, 60 frames per second, with surround sound, that will work seamlessly across TV, computer, tablet or…
Google employee breaks Pi world record using cloud computing
A Google employee has broken the world record for the most accurate value of Pi, putting the number of digits at 31,415,926,535,897. Emma Haruka Iwao, a cloud developer advocate for the company, smashed the previous record of 22 trillion, using 25 Google Cloud virtual machines. Coming up with the figure used about 170 terabytes of…
Google Doodle marks World Wide Web’s 30th anniversary
Google has dedicated its home page Doodle to the World Wide Web to mark the technology’s 30th anniversary. The animated illustration shows a 1980s-style computer – similar to the NeXT Cube Sir Tim Berners-Lee used to create the online application which has since grown to encompass nearly two billion websites. Google Doodles are animations or…
