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Google’s Home APIs are gaining Gemini intelligence
- Google is bringing Gemini intelligence to its Home APIs, allowing smart home developers and manufacturers to utilize AI-powered features for creating advanced automations and routines.
- Developers with access to the APIs can integrate features such as AI-powered camera analytics from Google Nest cameras, conversational language routines, triggers for automations based on date and weather, and more into their apps.
- Gemini in Home APIs enables developers to offer more advanced smart home control within their apps, simplifying setup processes and enhancing user experience without extensive manual configuration.
- The availability of Gemini in Home APIs will initially be through an early access program for a small group of partners, with potential future integration in various smart home devices and platforms.
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Train AI for less: Improve ML Goodput with elastic training and optimized checkpointing
- Improving ML Goodput is crucial for cost savings and efficiency in model training, but faces challenges like frequent interruptions and slow checkpointing.
- To enhance ML Goodput, strategies like elastic training, asynchronous checkpointing, and multi-tier checkpointing can be employed.
- Elastic training involves automatic scaling and remediation actions to minimize disruptions, ensuring resilient and adaptable training.
- Optimized checkpointing focuses on reducing overhead and improving recovery times by using multi-tier storage and tuning checkpoint frequency.
- These techniques leverage NVIDIA Resiliency Extension and PyTorch's distributed checkpointing to optimize ML Goodput.
- In a case study with 1,024 A3 Mega GPU instances, ML Goodput improved significantly through a combination of these techniques.
- Elastic training and optimized checkpointing, coupled with easy deployment options, are essential for maximizing ML Goodput in PyTorch workloads.
- These strategies are customizable through Python scripts and offer efficiency savings for large-scale training workloads on Google Cloud.
- The project involved contributions from various teams and individuals at Google Cloud, aiming to optimize ML Goodput and achieve cost savings.
- The improvements in ML Goodput can result in significant efficiency gains, as demonstrated in the case study with A3 Ultra pricing.
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How Confidential Computing lays the foundation for trusted AI
- Confidential Computing enables secure processing of sensitive workloads in the cloud, supporting use cases like privacy-preserving AI and secure data analytics.
- Recent innovations in Confidential Computing involve collaborations with industry leaders like Intel, AMD, and NVIDIA to enhance security features in CPUs and GPUs.
- Google Cloud offers solutions like Confidential VMs and GKE Nodes with NVIDIA H100 GPUs for AI workloads to protect data confidentiality during use.
- Confidential Vertex AI Workbench and Confidential Space with Intel TDX and NVIDIA H100 GPUs provide secure enclaves for privacy-focused applications.
- Available solutions include Confidential GKE Nodes with Intel TDX for isolation from host systems and Confidential GKE Nodes with AMD SEV-SNP for encrypted workloads.
- Confidential VMs on C4D machines with AMD SEV technology are in preview, offering enhanced performance and data security for cloud workloads.
- Various industries are leveraging Confidential Computing for business innovations, such as infectious disease surveillance and secure data sharing in healthcare.
- Google Ads implements Confidential Computing for confidential matching of customer data, enhancing privacy and security in marketing.
- Swift utilizes Confidential Computing to maintain data privacy while detecting money laundering, ensuring secure global anomaly detection.
- Gemini Cloud Assist provides AI-powered guidance for setting up Confidential Computing environments, simplifying security and compliance tasks.
- Continued innovation aims to establish Confidential Computing as a fundamental aspect of a secure cloud ecosystem, facilitating secure AI advancements.
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Chrome will change compromised passwords for you automatically
- Hackers continue to target passwords, putting everyone at risk of data breaches.
- Password managers and browsers can now track compromised passwords and alert users.
- Google's Chrome browser will automate the process of changing compromised passwords.
- This feature aims to simplify the task of updating passwords, making it more convenient for users.
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Google Unveiled New AI Content Detector Device
- Google unveiled SynthID Detector at Google I/O to identify content created using Google's AI tools like Gemini, Imagen, Lyria, and Veo.
- SynthID Detector aims to provide transparency in generative media by embedding invisible digital watermarks into AI-generated content detectable by its technology.
- Initially focusing on AI-generated imagery, SynthID now covers AI-generated text, audio, and video, scanning media for watermarks when uploaded to its portal.
- Google is rolling out SynthID Detector to early testers and collaborating with partners like NVIDIA to expand the tool's usage beyond Google's own AI-generated content.
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Honor’s 400 phones are midrangers built to last
- Honor has launched two midrange phones, the 400 and 400 Pro, in the UK and Europe with a unique selling point of offering six years of software support.
- The Honor 400 Pro, priced at £699.99 / €799, features a Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 chipset, 6.7-inch AMOLED screen, IP68 and 69 ratings, and a 5,300mAh battery.
- The regular Honor 400, priced at £399.99 / €499, is more affordable and comes with a slightly smaller 6.5-inch display, same main and ultrawide cameras as Pro, and IP65 water-resistance.
- Both Honor 400 phones promise six years of OS version updates and security patches, running on Honor's MagicOS and Android 15, with features like AI image-to-video powered by Google's Veo 2 model.
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Google Reveals Android XR And Gemini Integration At I/O 2025
- Google shared details about integrating Gemini AI into Android XR at Google I/O 2025.
- Android XR is tailored for extended reality environments, aiming to enhance AR and VR experiences.
- The integration with Gemini AI in Android XR devices offers intuitive real-time support and task assistance.
- Partnerships with Gentle Monster, Warby Parker, and Kering Eyewear reflect Google's focus on combining technology with style in smart glasses.
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Xiaomi’s first flagship phone chip is a genuine Snapdragon 8 Elite rival
- Xiaomi has introduced its first in-house flagship chipset, the Xring O1, which competes with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Elite.
- The Xring O1 features a 10-core CPU with impressive clock speeds and core counts, challenging competitors like MediaTek's Dimensity 9400 and Apple's A18 series.
- Xiaomi's Xring O1 chipset aims to match Android alternatives from Qualcomm and MediaTek, positioning itself as a true flagship offering.
- Xiaomi has also introduced the Xring T1 chipset for smartwatches and plans to use it in the updated version of the Watch S4, showcasing its ambitions to expand beyond phones and tablets.
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Sergey Brin just gave away stock worth almost $700 million — but we don't know who to
- Google co-founder Sergey Brin has given away more than 4 million Alphabet shares worth nearly $700 million, with the recipient unknown.
- The gift included both Class A and Class C stock, with different voting rights, bringing the total value to over $693 million.
- Brin, ranked 10th on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a net worth of about $144 billion, has a history of large donations, including a $600 million gift in May 2023.
- The recipient could be a charity, financial vehicle, or trust. Brin has previously made significant donations, including shares worth over $100 million in 2024, and he has a personal foundation supporting causes like research into Parkinson's disease and the climate crisis.
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google’s veo 3 generates AI videos from text with dialogues, voice-overs and sound effects
- Google's Veo 3 can generate AI videos from text with dialogues, voice-overs, and sound effects, advancing the capabilities in the AI video production field.
- Users can enhance their AI videos with ambient noise, background music, and improved accuracy in following text prompts and actions using Google's Veo 3.
- Google has released an AI-powered filmmaking app called Flow that complements Veo 3, allowing users to control camera motions, angles, and perspectives in their AI videos.
- While AI videos offer unique features and quality enhancements, such as blurred backgrounds resembling portrait mode, the distinction between AI-generated and real videos can still be identified through subtle differences in lip movements and facial expressions.
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Google Chrome Not Working on Windows 10 or 11? Here's What Finally Worked for Me
- The user faced issues with Chrome not working properly on Windows 10 for months, despite trying various troubleshooting methods.
- After switching to Brave temporarily, the user finally fixed the Chrome issue by disabling Graphics Acceleration in Chrome settings.
- Attempts that didn't work included reinstalling Chrome, removing extensions, clearing cache, and restarting the laptop.
- Disabling Graphics Acceleration resolved the freezing and loading issues by making Chrome rely on CPU rendering, improving stability.
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Hiring gains momentum in March with 7.54 lakh new EPF subscribers
- India's formal employment sector showed signs of recovery in March 2025 with 7.54 lakh new EPF subscribers, marking a 2% increase from February.
- Youth employment saw a notable rise, with individuals aged 18 to 25 accounting for 59% of the total new additions in March.
- However, the representation of women among new subscribers slightly declined to 27.6% in March from 28.1% in the previous month.
- The net payroll addition in March stood at 1.46 million, with around 1.32 million individuals exiting and rejoining the EPF system.
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Google Photos may soon tell you just how long your backups will take (APK teardown)
- Google Photos is working on big UI changes with Material 3 Expressive elements.
- New interface changes are in progress to prominently show the status of backups.
- The upcoming changes will include banners with estimated time until backups are complete.
- Google Photos aims to improve communication regarding picture backups for user awareness.
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Sergey Brin says management is the 'easiest thing to do with AI'
- Sergey Brin has been using AI for managing teams at Google and believes management is the 'easiest thing to do with AI.'
- Brin returned to Google in 2023 to develop AI products amidst competition with OpenAI, and he has used AI for tasks like delegating and promotions.
- Executives like Nvidia's CEO and Duolingo's CTO also use AI daily for tasks such as writing emails, speeding up coding, and decision-making.
- While some tech execs like Brin leverage AI for management, others like LinkedIn's COO believe AI has yet to show capabilities in inspiring teams and connecting with people.
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Why Google May Have an Upper Hand in AI-Led Shopping?
- 71% of consumers want generative AI embedded in their purchasing experience, according to Capgemini Research Institute’s annual consumer trends report.
- Gen Z and Millennials are driving the demand for hyper-personalized, digital-first shopping experiences.
- AI is increasingly integrated into the shopping experience, with consumers showing a preference for AI tools over traditional search engines.
- Companies like OpenAI, Pinterest, Meesho, Flipkart, Perplexity, and Amazon are leveraging AI for shopping experiences.
- Google's ecosystem, spanning Search, Gmail, Maps, YouTube, and Android, positions it well for AI shopping integration.
- At Google I/O 2025, Google introduced an "AI Mode" for shopping powered by Gemini and Google's Shopping Graph.
- Google's AI shopping features include dynamically curated product data, personalized recommendations, and agentic checkout.
- Google's try-on feature offers a virtual dressing room for users to visualize clothing items.
- Google aims to reshape shopping by understanding and anticipating user needs through AI.
- As AI evolves to understand text, images, and context, shopping experiences are expected to become more seamless and personalized.
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