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Are you cleaning your Pixel Buds Pro 2 wrong? Google reveals the right way
- Google has released instructions on how to remove debris from the Pixel Buds Pro 2 if you’re experiencing unwanted noise or audio issues.
- The company suggests using a toothbrush, micellar water, and a paper towel for cleaning.
- Google warns against using Q-tips, alcohol, detergents, and sprays for cleaning the earbuds.
- Properly cleaning the rear vent mesh on the Pixel Buds Pro 2 is important to maintain audio quality, according to Google.
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Google Messages now lets emoji trigger Screen Effects animations
- Google Messages now allows users to trigger Screen Effects animations by sending specific pairs of emoji instead of using text trigger phrases.
- The app's Screen Effects are big screen-filling animations that were previously activated by entering particular phrases.
- Now, when users send two of the same emoji, they may receive a Screen Effects response, creating animated effects that take up the entire display.
- In addition to the Screen Effects, Google Messages already features various animated effects like individual emoji and message reactions.
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Meet Anne Wojcicki, the 23andMe founder who wants to bid on the company after stepping down as CEO
- Anne Wojcicki co-founded 23andMe in 2006 and stepped down as CEO, as the company filed for bankruptcy protection.
- Born and raised in Palo Alto, California, Wojcicki comes from an academic background with parents in academia.
- After graduating from Yale, she worked on Wall Street for about a decade as a healthcare analyst.
- Wojcicki founded 23andMe in 2006, aiming to help people understand their own genome.
- She married Google co-founder Sergey Brin in 2007; they divorced in 2015.
- In 2013, 23andMe faced setbacks from the FDA, leading to limitations on genetic testing for consumers.
- Wojcicki has three children and has been an advocate for normalizing breastfeeding and supporting new mothers.
- She made a failed bid for 23andMe before and resigned as CEO in 2025 to make another bid for the company.
- Wojcicki remains supportive of 23andMe, believing in the company's future despite its challenges.
- Her perseverance, financial frugality, and dedication to family and career reflect key aspects of her life and career.
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Gmail can now help you write your next message in even more languages
- Google's Help Me Write tool in Gmail now supports Italian, French, and German languages.
- The tool, powered by AI technology, helps users draft, refine, and formalize email messages.
- It can generate full drafts, rewrite messages, add more detail, or shorten lengthy drafts.
- The expansion of languages aims to make the feature more useful for a wider user base.
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#WeArePlay | How Memory Lane Games helps people with dementia
- Memory Lane Games turns cherished memories into simple, engaging quizzes for people with different types of dementia.
- The idea came about from the realization that old family photos bring joy to people with dementia.
- One memorable moment was when a non-verbal man expressed himself after playing a music trivia game, sparking tears of joy.
- Memory Lane Games focuses on errorless fun and gentle prompts to trigger memories and create moments of connection and happiness for dementia patients.
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Gemini is starting to let you ask about places you view on Google Maps
- Google is adding an 'Ask about place' contextual chip for Gemini, its language model.
- The chip appears when Gemini is accessed from Google Maps for certain place types.
- Gemini sometimes has issues accessing Maps URLs at present.
- The 'Ask about place' chip aims to make it easier for users to discover and use Gemini's skills.
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AI’s Invisible Touch: Customer Service Shifts to Revenue Driver
- Enterprises are utilizing AI in customer experience to improve the process and make customers feel heard and understood.
- AI-powered CX is shifting from a cost center to a revenue driver by driving ROI through increased engagement, loyalty, and sales.
- AI in customer experience is becoming seamless, personalized, and efficient, providing a positive customer experience.
- Google Cloud identifies AI trends for 2025, including seamless AI-powered customer experience, the use of multimodal AI, and AI adoption in security and privacy best practices.
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Gemini’s rumored video generation could be here soon
- Gemini's generative video capabilities are expected to be released soon
- Google app beta 16.11 suggests Veo 2 as the latest video generation model
- Users can describe their vision and get an eight-second video in about two minutes
- Gemini users may have usage limits for generative videos, with the possibility to purchase additional credits
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Oops: Google says it might have deleted your Maps Timeline data
- Google recently confirmed a "technical issue" that resulted in many users losing their Google Maps Timeline data.
- Google changed how it stored timeline data to improve privacy, transitioning to storing it only on users' individual smartphones, without cloud backup.
- Users have been reporting missing Timeline data on Google support forums, Reddit, and other social media platforms.
- Google is currently investigating the issue, but it has not provided any information on whether the lost data can be recovered.
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Pixel 9a delay sparks speculation of overheating issues, but don’t lose hope
- Google announced the Pixel 9a but delayed its release due to a component quality issue affecting a small number of devices.
- A leaker suggests that overheating around the camera may be a silent factor in the delay.
- Early hands-on footage shows potential throttling and lag issues.
- The Pixel 9a is expected to return in April after an update fixes its bugs.
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Google Drive for Windows on Arm PCs is now widely available
- Google has officially launched its Drive app for Arm-compatible Windows PCs.
- The Arm64 version of the app lets Windows PCs running Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processors store, sync, and access files.
- The app is available on devices with Windows 11 and Microsoft WebView 2.
- Google Drive for Arm64 can be downloaded from the company's website.
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Speed up checkpoint loading time at scale using Orbax on JAX
- Efficient checkpoint loading with Orbax and JAX can speed up AI development by reducing redundant data transfers and delays caused by central storage bandwidth limitations.
- Orbax toolkit optimizes checkpoint loading by having one replica download the checkpoint data and broadcast it to other replicas, leveraging high-speed interconnects for rapid data transfer.
- The solution balances time saved reading data from storage with the time spent on broadcasting, offering significant speedups in practice.
- A 6.8x speedup was observed on a CPU cluster with 2048 VMs and significant improvements were seen on TPU clusters as well.
- Orbax's memory-efficient broadcasting breaks checkpoints into smaller chunks to overcome memory constraints and prevent out-of-memory errors.
- Users can now tailor broadcasting based on their hardware setup and model requirements, improving checkpoint loading efficiency.
- Orbax's enhanced checkpoint loading capabilities increase performance and reliability, especially for large-scale models.
- To use the optimized checkpoint loading feature, users can set enable_single_replica_ckpt_restoring to streamline the process.
- Orbax's flexibility in memory utilization during checkpoint loading empowers users to optimize broadcasting based on specific needs.
- The collaboration between teams within Google has led to advancements in AI development methodologies, with Orbax playing a pivotal role in improving checkpoint loading efficiency.
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Build gen AI agents using Google Cloud databases
- Enterprises building generative AI agents require real-time data, typically stored in databases, for agentic orchestration.
- A new tech stack comprising models, tools, data stores, and applications is crucial for enterprises based on scalability, performance, security, and manageability.
- AI agents are developed to deliver personalized experiences, enhance productivity, aid in content generation, conduct data analysis, accelerate software development, and strengthen security.
- Agentic applications have a more sophisticated orchestration module enabling reasoning and planning using various tools.
- Agent runtimes consist of modules like orchestration, models for reasoning, and data retrieval from different sources.
- Connecting agents to Google Cloud Databases through agentic orchestration streamlines complex tasks and automates workflows.
- Gen AI Toolbox for Databases facilitates connecting production-grade AI applications to databases, improving tool management, security, scalability, and manageability.
- Using natural language to query databases, AlloyDB enables conversion of queries for efficient data access and retrieval by agents.
- Spanner's Graph capabilities simplify handling complex data models for agents by supporting graph, vector, and full-text search in a single database.
- The integration of Gen AI Toolbox with Google Databases enables developers to build sophisticated agentic apps efficiently.
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Nuro drives autonomous innovation with AlloyDB for PostgreSQL
- Nuro, a robotics company specializing in self-driving technology, adopted AlloyDB for PostgreSQL to enhance data processes and AI model development.
- The migration to AlloyDB provided Nuro with scalability, high performance, and advanced query capabilities, supporting AI-driven insights across vast data points.
- AlloyDB AI enables Nuro to conduct complex similarity searches on vector embeddings, aiding continuous improvement.
- Nuro Driver, powered by AI technology, is used by automakers and mobility providers for autonomous vehicles in various applications.
- AlloyDB seamlessly integrated into Nuro's existing PostgreSQL setup, offering superior performance, ease of use, and efficient management.
- AlloyDB manages metadata for logs, trips, simulations, and real-time autonomy issues, supporting Nuro's analytical workloads.
- AlloyDB on Google Cloud handles petabytes of data, facilitating AI model training, evaluation, and simulation for route optimization and real-world learning.
- AlloyDB's fully managed service reduces the burden of scaling and maintenance, allowing Nuro to focus on enhancing AI models.
- AlloyDB AI facilitates ML-based similarity searches across millions of vectors, aiding Nuro in identifying scenarios for improvement.
- AlloyDB's high query performance and scalability support continuous model training on increasingly complex road conditions.
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Gemini just got live video AI features, while Siri can’t even tell me what month it is
- Gemini AI has introduced new live video features, along with other improvements.
- Gemini 2.0 Flash powers Deep Research, Personalization, and photo editing.
- Gemini Live can chat about your live video and contents of your screen.
- Meanwhile, Apple's Siri has faced delays and lacks basic knowledge.
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